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Brians256 · 08-06-2005, 01:07 AM

I just looked at the P180 case today and was not impressed for it's watercooling potential. The whole value add of the P180 is it's ability to make the most of air cooling while maintaining quiet.

What I see as ideal would be a separate path for air cooling the radiator such as the bottom plenum used to channel air over the HDs and out the PSU (yes, it's on the bottom). Essentially, it is the same thing as a radbox, but integrated.

The P180 only has space for a decently sized internal radiator in the main chamber, which means that the CPU heat is being transferred 6" away to a large heatsink (the rad) and then wafted around the motherboard before being exhausted. Is that significantly quieter than a massive heatsink like the Zalman 7700Cu? At that point, you are watercooling not for quiet, but for overclocking (which I highly endorse).

08-06-2005, 01:07 AM	#23
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	I just looked at the P180 case today and was not impressed for it's watercooling potential. The whole value add of the P180 is it's ability to make the most of air cooling while maintaining quiet. What I see as ideal would be a separate path for air cooling the radiator such as the bottom plenum used to channel air over the HDs and out the PSU (yes, it's on the bottom). Essentially, it is the same thing as a radbox, but integrated. The P180 only has space for a decently sized internal radiator in the main chamber, which means that the CPU heat is being transferred 6" away to a large heatsink (the rad) and then wafted around the motherboard before being exhausted. Is that significantly quieter than a massive heatsink like the Zalman 7700Cu? At that point, you are watercooling not for quiet, but for overclocking (which I highly endorse).