PCP&C 750w in a P182?

CountChoculaBot · Post by **CountChoculaBot** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:08 pm

A PCP&C 750w will fit just fine in a P182 as long as I get a fan grille for the bottom fan, right (besides taking it out)? I won't have to be forced to route the cables through that little vent instead of being able to use the cable management system in the back or anything?

Also, is this a good fan grille?
http://jab-tech.com/Fan-grills-80mm-92m ... -1513.html

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:10 pm

A PCP&C 750w will fit just fine in a P182

maybe so, but what are you running that needs 750W?

CountChoculaBot · Post by **CountChoculaBot** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:37 pm

An extreme Quad Core @ 1600FSB (whenever the hell they come out, till then I'm on a E4500) and then a 9800 GTX, possibly in SLI (again, whenever the hell it comes out). I realize a Corsair HX620w would probably do the job, but I just like this PSU

EsaT · Post by **EsaT** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:12 am

That 80mm fan is going to do lot of RPMs at higher loads so I don't see much reason to like it. Also it's 18cm long so you really have to cram it to that case.

This demonstrates well how overshooting all advertised "minimums" are.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... id=2097209

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:34 am

EsaT wrote:That 80mm fan is going to do lot of RPMs at higher loads

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:18 pm

hi Oleg, the picture isn't displaying for me, can you sum up the results?

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:56 pm

The fan grille is fine, that is the standard wire grille.

A highly overclocked extreme quadcore with two 8800 GTX's in SLI only requires about 500 watts at full load, with generous 33% safety factor that puts you at 670 watts, according to that link.

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:08 am

jaganath wrote:hi Oleg, the picture isn't displaying for me, can you sum up the results?

Relatively quiet at loads up to 500 W, but quickly becomes loud (very loud!) at higher loads. Since I test all PSUs at room temperature (22C), in real PC (temperature inside the case is about 30...35C) threshold of loudness may come at lower loads.

P.S. Sorry, my server is down, I'll try to fix it ASAP. BTW, there is the same graph with captions in russian (RPMs -- red line/left axis).

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:09 pm

An 80mm fan in a PSU that starts at ~1400 rpm would piss me off beyond belief, I wouldnt use that PSU even if I did need the power (which you dont).

Go with the corsair 620W PSU, it will be way quieter under any load you can throw at it, will be far more convenient (by not being massive), and will save you quite a bit of cash.

Also, that graph only says "rear" fan, how many does it have and how fast do the others go.???

Andy

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:22 pm

andyb wrote:Also, that graph only says "rear" fan, how many does it have and how fast do the others go.???

Only one.