Silent build completed

Vipernitrox

Vipernitrox

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I finally finished my build and as i promised to another member here are some pics and some explanation about my build.

Specs:
Antec P182
P5N-e Sli
C2D E6420 @ 2.13 Ghz + Scythe Infinity
4GB (4x1) Kingston Hyperx Memory 800mhz cl4
Sparkle 8800 GT Coolpipe 3 512MB
Creative Audigy Soundblaster
500gb samsung sata HD
Ichbinleise 700 Watt Silent Psu

Temps idling:
Motherboard 40 °C (104 °F)
CPU 28 °C (82 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 28 °C (82 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 25 °C (77 °F)
GPU 43 °C (109 °F)
GPU Memory 43 °C (109 °F)
GPU Ambient 38 °C (100 °F)
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 35 °C (95 °F)

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.36 V
+3.3 V 3.31 V
+5 V 4.95 V
+12 V 12.35 V
+5 V Standby 4.95 V

Pics:
Overview:
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Upper Part (cpu, motherboard and peripherals, upper drive bay and 5.25 drive bays)
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Upper drive bay back:
Here you can see the fan i mounted (supplies to do this come with the case) on the back of upper drive bay to cool my graphics card and southbridge (thermalright hr-03 is coming on top of that). This does prohibit the use of the upper drive bay completely.
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Upper drive bay front:
Here you can mount another fan (supplies to do this come included with the case).
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Lower part front (psu and lower drive bay):
In between these 2 parts there comes a fan mounted for standard. I removed it because it was cool enough without it and i didn't need the extra noise. My psu provides me with enough airflow here.
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Lower part front (psu and lower drive bay):
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In between the two separated parts of the case there is a slide system you can open and close and lock with thumbscrews:
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Backside of the case:
Here you can see the system of cabemanagement they built into the case. If your wires are long enough you can let them pass through here. This decreases the amount of wires in front of your motherboard and increases the airflow. And it just looks better :D
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Backside motherboard tray:
Here you can see you can tie-wrap your cables to the tray using the included re-usable tie-wrap (I used normal ones).
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I would really appreciate your opinion on this build and anything i can do to improve it. If you want to know something more about it just shout.
I'm planning on oc'ing it later on. Don't have the time right as another build is waiting to be repaired by me...
 
as long as you don't let them stick out to much you shouldn't have any problems.
my motherboard psu cable can easily fit in between the motherboard tray and the side panel at least.
 
Yes, my 900 antech case is easy remove on both sides, you need to remove the back on some cases so that you can install your drives and harddrives.
 
What did you do with your hard drive there? Suspending it with elastic seems to be pretty popular with silent builds; doesn't it create vibration on your side panel when it's shoved into the corner vertically like that?

edit: I just noticed the rubber grommets. But still, why'd you choose that over suspension?
 
Originally Posted by Kornowski
That looks great!

Although, the pictures showing the fan at the front aren't loading for me .
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here's a direct link

Originally Posted by fortyways
What did you do with your hard drive there? Suspending it with elastic seems to be pretty popular with silent builds; doesn't it create vibration on your side panel when it's shoved into the corner vertically like that?

edit: I just noticed the rubber grommets. But still, why'd you choose that over suspension?
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I don't know what you mean by suspension, but this is the standard way of mounting hd's with the p182.
 
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Temps idling:
Motherboard 40 °C (104 °F)
CPU 28 °C (82 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 28 °C (82 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 25 °C (77 °F)
GPU 43 °C (109 °F)
GPU Memory 43 °C (109 °F)
GPU Ambient 38 °C (100 °F)
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 35 °C (95 °F)
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Wow... memory can be that hot? And do memory even have sensors?
 
damn he did a nice job on that...
does take up a lot of space in your case.

oscaryu1 said:
Wow... memory can be that hot? And do memory even have sensors?
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yea i really need to look into that... i don't have a clue as to how hot memory can be. And i've also never seen sensors on memory
 
i looked it up and that's just a little glitch in my program i use to monitor my temps (everest) That temp isn't the memory temp (there are no sensors on there) it's the external sensor for the gpu (called ADT7473).
So it isn't of any big importance, pretty much the same as the standard gpu sensor temperature.

Also 2 more pics off the front of the case:
Front door open:
The two gratings (or whatever you call it) the grills of something. You can click open. Behind there are air filters you can take out and clean.
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Front door closed:
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That looks very nice, do you find that having the door shut raises the temps at all?

Also, I thought you could mound a fan in the CD Drive bays too?
 
Kornowski said:
That looks very nice, do you find that having the door shut raises the temps at all?

Also, I thought you could mound a fan in the CD Drive bays too?
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i haven't noticed any raises in temp at all, if you look closely on the sides just behind the door are openings to let in fresh air.

well not that i know of. You can always mount a scythe kama bay but in the stock settings you can't just mount a fan.
 
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