Hi im planning on changing my old chieftec case for one of these and seeing as there both priced the same which one would you recomend? im looking for a quiet good air cooling case that has great cable management.
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Hi im planning on changing my old chieftec case for one of these and seeing as there both priced the same which one would you recomend? im looking for a quiet good air cooling case that has great cable management.
P182 - absolutly great case, a bit trickier to build because it is a bit smaller, but the neatest builds I ever do are in the 182.... it is just fabulous.
yea my current rig is a chieftec matrix full tower. even though its a full tower it is a pain to build inside. horrible cable management and seems too small
P182....
Or an Akasa Eclipse
Both have great cable management features althoughb the P182 is a trickier build due to the construction of it and the fact that you can't remove most of the stuff. need a few cable ties for both though.
the Coolermaster 831 Special edition is a very nice case.. plenty of room for fans if you have a rather warm PC..
just make sure you don't use a hude heatsink or you aren't gonna fit it in with the side 120's..
P182 is probably a better case though.
Go with the P182 unless you really need the space of a stacker (ie loaded with 4in3 drive modules for a storage server). The P182 is a lot quiter and ncier to work with.
My 180 (182 without great behind the motherboard cable routing) has 5 hard drives installed..... and there is room for anotherQuote:
Originally Posted by Lourdes
ahh cool. i'l order a p182 then :P thanks for teh advice, it seems like a great case and i could of sworn i posted a message before the message above me asking if it will fit 3 hdd's, umm
I have 4 SATA drives in the lower chamber and 1 in the upper. If you are using 4 or less hard drives I recommend putting them all in the lower chamber - and put an extra 120 intake fan (motherboard controlled) in the front. In fact I replace the two upper chamber 120 TriCool fans with fans that can have their speed automatically controlled from motherboard headers rather than fiddling with the 3 speed switches, but some would call that excessively wastefull..... still it is my money and I shall waste it if I want!.:stupid:
Good luck with the new build.:rockon2:
hehe thanks its not realy a new build, just moving my current p4 northwood rig into a much quieter cooler case that will eventualy be my wife's own pc
Sorry for the thread hijack but what fan did you put in front of the lower chamber? I know it wont take a 25mm deep fan and I dont think it will take the 20mm deep one from Kustom PC, did you manage to find a 15mm deep one?Quote:
Originally Posted by EtheAv8r
Josh... you wont go wrong with the P182, I had 4 HDD's in the lower chamber and they were fine, running around 50 degrees with the middle fan removed.
My Stacker's house 16-20... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by EtheAv8r
Hey, I replaced all 6 fans in my Lian Li A70B with Noctua S12s, at £10 each. Add another for the CPU heatsink and it was £70 just on fans... and the stock fans weren't exactly loud. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by EtheAv8r
P182 works well for me (well my son).
Going to get another one I think for my setup - I would have liked something a bit smaller but the Antec's a great case.
:rolleyes:
if you have a µATX motherboard then you could get the P182 Mini that will be released sometime between now and sometime in the future :P Think the summer was mentioned though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by smallstool
If you have ATX then that obviously wont be an option.
was in a similar position when i was picking my case, glad i went for the p182.