Antec P182

[Zak33]

You guys need plastic chopsticks.

I use them for all my awkard builds.

I like this thread....lots of people talking cases very cool...literally.

[staffsMike]

lol i did actually have a look for my chopsticks but couldn't find them.

I was so annoyed with it the stabbing of the rubber was quite therapeutic anyway

[luvclub]

The chopstick is a good idea, but gimme a rubber on the end any day!

A nightmare situation would be if your're putting pressure on one of the clips and the chopstick slips off and goes straight into the motherboard!!!

Who knows what Caps or Chips you'll knock off!

The rubber tip on the pencil would provide a nonslip contact, but be careful to not sharpen it too much otherwise you could impale your hand with it

[staffsMike]

Yeah I was very nervous about putting too much force on it in case I slipped.. So i cut my losses and just took the mobo out..only took a few minutes to get it out stick the hsf on and get it back in.

[luvclub]

It gets really tiresome fiddling with all the screws and tidying the cables for the n'th time though.

Since my system is relatively new it's almost likely a weekly routine for me to mess around with the HSF. Trying new TIM, new orientations, lapping the CPU, lapping the HSF base, reseating it for the heck of it, etc....

[staffsMike]

Give me cable tidying anytime..I could have nightmares about HSF's..i bet i do tonight lol

[gLk*zaP]

Another question about the P182. Planning on buying it soon. I know already my PSU (Seasonic S12-650HT), so thats good.
But what i couldnt find out yet from reviews is this. Can i place 120mm fans in front of BOTH hdd cages at the same time?
Some review mentioned some metal clips needed, and that antec only delivers one pair. Can anybody please clarify this.
I plan to have a total of 6 hdd´s in the cages (4 bottom, 2 top of course), and cooled by 120mm fans.

[staffsMike]

I'll check for you tomorrow if no one gives you the answer before..but as I remember it everything is there for the two hdd fans to go in.

This might be of interest though

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8863&page=7

suggests you need a low profile fan..

[gLk*zaP]

I'll check for you tomorrow if no one gives you the answer before..but as I remember it everything is there for the two hdd fans to go in.

This might be of interest though

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8863&page=7

suggests you need a low profile fan..

I have been reading five or six reviews the last few hours now. Including the one on hexus (of course). After reading that bit again now, i finally understand what they meant by this:

Antec also includes a wire bracket for an optional 120mm fan that attaches to the top caddy.

However, using this restricts you to having HDDs in the bottom caddy (or using HDDs fitted with brackets in the 5.25in bays). We'd likely choose to use the top caddy, though, because we rather like the HDD trays that it provides.

Seen pictures of those wire bracket in another review now. It just puts another fan in the top cage, to cool the graphics card a bit more.
Then of course i cant plug hard drives in the top cage anymore, so i have to put them in the lower cage. When i first read it, it sounded to me like
when i put a fan in front of the top cage to cool hdd´s there, i cant use the bottom cage anymore. Doh!
Sorry for the trouble caused Now i get it.