Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:08 am
The Corsair PSU I had to buy, with its monstrous long cables and big connectors, meant that cable management took the longest time.
The Antec P182 didn't do much wonder for the temperature in its default configuration. Although it kept the case cooler for a longer period time, the temperature eventually climbed to 45 C on the mainboard sensor at non-gaming use.
Since it wasn't necessary to have a fan at the bottom in front of the PSU, I moved it up in front of the VGA card, so now the temperature is down to [30, 34] for the mainboard. The HDD is in the lower chamber, at around 32 C.
Non-game use (music, flash video, TV, DVD; room temperature at 17 C without heating):
CPU = [29, 32] C
GPU = [47, 50] C
MB = [30, 34] C
Game use (32 bots, 1024x768 window, most display settings on normal, ONS; room temperature at 17 C without heating)::
MB = [34, 37] C
CPU = [32, 38] C
GPU = [47, 51] C
Of course, these readings will change with room temperature, because most computer fans can only move air, not cool it.
It is noticably noisier than my previous case, though, even with all fans set to low.
The blue LED blinking on standby actually lit up half the room, even with the front door closed, because there are wents on the side. I should probably just pick out the Power LED wire, since it's not really necessary.
(Replacing the fans isn't always a solution to noise, since the noise also comes from air passing through the holes in the chassis. But this case is less noisy than my first big tower case, which had one chassis fan.)
PS: The front door on the case, which is supposed to open in 270 degrees, doesn't work as it should. It feels like it's going to snap off and break once you push towards 190 degress. Maybe it needs some use to soften up or something.
The Antec P182 didn't do much wonder for the temperature in its default configuration. Although it kept the case cooler for a longer period time, the temperature eventually climbed to 45 C on the mainboard sensor at non-gaming use.
Since it wasn't necessary to have a fan at the bottom in front of the PSU, I moved it up in front of the VGA card, so now the temperature is down to [30, 34] for the mainboard. The HDD is in the lower chamber, at around 32 C.
Non-game use (music, flash video, TV, DVD; room temperature at 17 C without heating):
CPU = [29, 32] C
GPU = [47, 50] C
MB = [30, 34] C
Game use (32 bots, 1024x768 window, most display settings on normal, ONS; room temperature at 17 C without heating)::
MB = [34, 37] C
CPU = [32, 38] C
GPU = [47, 51] C
Of course, these readings will change with room temperature, because most computer fans can only move air, not cool it.
It is noticably noisier than my previous case, though, even with all fans set to low.
The blue LED blinking on standby actually lit up half the room, even with the front door closed, because there are wents on the side. I should probably just pick out the Power LED wire, since it's not really necessary.
(Replacing the fans isn't always a solution to noise, since the noise also comes from air passing through the holes in the chassis. But this case is less noisy than my first big tower case, which had one chassis fan.)
PS: The front door on the case, which is supposed to open in 270 degrees, doesn't work as it should. It feels like it's going to snap off and break once you push towards 190 degress. Maybe it needs some use to soften up or something.
