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    stacker of p182

    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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    Re: stacker of p182

    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.
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    Re: stacker of p182

    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

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    Re: stacker of p182

    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.
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    Re: stacker of p182

    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.

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    Re: stacker of p182

    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.

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    Re: stacker of p182

    Quote Originally Posted by Lourdes View Post
    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 another
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    Re: stacker of p182

    ahh cool. i'l order a p182 then 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

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    Re: stacker of p182

    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!.

    Good luck with the new build.
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    Re: stacker of p182

    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

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    Re: stacker of p182

    Quote Originally Posted by EtheAv8r View Post
    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.
    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?

    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.
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    Re: stacker of p182

    Quote Originally Posted by EtheAv8r View Post
    My 180 (182 without great behind the motherboard cable routing) has 5 hard drives installed..... and there is room for another
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    Re: stacker of p182

    Quote Originally Posted by EtheAv8r View Post
    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!.
    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.

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    Re: stacker of p182

    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.


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    Re: stacker of p182

    Quote Originally Posted by smallstool View Post
    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.

    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 Think the summer was mentioned though

    If you have ATX then that obviously wont be an option.

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    Re: stacker of p182

    was in a similar position when i was picking my case, glad i went for the p182.

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