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Shikyo
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89vision
United States70 Posts
And the other is quiet because, well it has fkn foam but has a questionable front door. I don't need the door that much. But are 3 120mm fans enough for cooling an OC 2500k and an OC GTX460 that vents inside the case? Ambient temps I can see ranging 65-80 throughout the year I like both of the cases. | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
On October 29 2011 14:46 Shikyo wrote: The problem with P183 imo is that graphics cards won't fit, so yeah I think it might be the better choice if they do. 130$ is underprice for it anyway. But I'm not sure about the front panel, I didn't see it mentioned in the reviews I read. Because reviews never cover anything substantial - most of these guys get shipped a case and all they do look at it (I'm somewhat convinced TechPowerUp doesn't even turn their cases on). Some might put a system inside the computer, run the occasional test, and write some shitty review about it. Very few use it for a sustainable amount of time (i.e month), if they did all of them would have found out about the Antec Solo's utterly pathetic power switch. The P183 fits 10.5" long GPUs perfectly, have you used or seen one before? If for whatever reason you need more room, take the hard drive cage out. On October 29 2011 15:04 89vision wrote: So the Performance one series is quiet because of great build quality and design And the other is quiet because, well it has fkn foam but has a questionable front door. I don't need the door that much. But are 3 120mm fans enough for cooling an OC 2500k and an OC GTX460 that vents inside the case? Ambient temps I can see ranging 65-80 throughout the year I like both of the cases. Overclocking and noise reduction doesn't go hand in hand - noise dampening just dampens the noise but if the internal components are bloody loud, you can't do much about reducing the noise. The CPU will be fine inside the P183 but the GTX460 will get rather loud if you're pushing a lot of voltage inside it. Though if you don't need the top two hard drives, you can clip a 120mm fan onto the hard drive cage to create a GPU air duct. The GTX460 is a really short card so I can't imagine the 120mm fan blocking anything - to provide a frame of reference, I had a reference HD5850 in my old P183 with a Noctua NF-P12 clipped on the hard drive cage. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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89vision
United States70 Posts
My card fits fine in both cases. I think...based on the measurements given. Will 3 120mm fans cool an OC 2500k and an OC GTX460 that vents inside the case? Ambient temps 65-80 | ||
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
And yes, three (four if you're using the hard drive fan clips) 120mm fans is enough to cool a single overclocked GPU and CPU. I've ran an overclocked HD5850 and i5-750 in an Antec P183 without any problems during the Australian summer (40C = ~100F). | ||
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89vision
United States70 Posts
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Xan09
United States2 Posts
My Budget for a new computer would be at 1000-1500 preferrably. My current screens resolution is 1920 x 1200 and I’ll be using it for gaming, photoshopping, a medium amount of video encoding, and will most likely branch out into streaming eventually (Overkill I know). My upgrade cycle is normally 2 years however my current computers are on their 3rd year. It will most likely take me around 5-6 months to have saved up enough for a new build. I know nothing of overclocking so I won’t try and I don’t need a new OS. I’ll probably be looking to add a second agraphics card eventually for SLI as well. I do not need a hard drive as the 2 internal drives I have are still good. This is my first attempt at a real “build” all my other builds have been just adding upgrades to a machine a friend built me, so I do not have any idea of where tog et the parts for a good price. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me. I really appreciate it. | ||
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Womwomwom
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On October 29 2011 15:35 89vision wrote: Any comment on the sound dampening capabilities of the P183? Hard drive mounting is still by far the best in the industry (very thick gooey silicon mounts), weights a lot and uses silicon feet instead of rubber so vibrations will be rare, uses a three layer design for the side panels that absorbs vibrations much better than the cheap foam crap most people pass off as sound dampening material, and has good indirect air intakes that reduces noise and doesn't restrict air. Only things that suck are the included fans, you have to open the door to access the power button, and its size. Antec TriCools are not very good fans and its close to being as large as an actual full tower. On October 29 2011 15:53 Xan09 wrote: Hello, I’m a complete noob here when it comes to builds. I’ve answered all of the questions the first post asked My Budget for a new computer would be at 1000-1500 preferrably. My current screens resolution is 1920 x 1200 and I’ll be using it for gaming, photoshopping, a medium amount of video encoding, and will most likely branch out into streaming eventually (Overkill I know). My upgrade cycle is normally 2 years however my current computers are on their 3rd year. It will most likely take me around 5-6 months to have saved up enough for a new build. I know nothing of overclocking so I won’t try and I don’t need a new OS. I’ll probably be looking to add a second agraphics card eventually for SLI as well. I do not need a hard drive as the 2 internal drives I have are still good. This is my first attempt at a real “build” all my other builds have been just adding upgrades to a machine a friend built me, so I do not have any idea of where tog et the parts for a good price. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Wait till you have the money saved up then ask again. As you probably know, computer hardware moves extremely quickly so half the stuff we suggest to you now might not actually exist in 5-6 months time or be rendered obsolete by better hardware. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
I'm running an overclocked 4850 on a 300w bronze PSU with 240w max 12V output no problem, so I'd say that you don't really need a huge PSU, especially considering that 4850 consumption is very high. | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
mobo http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004Q5W7EM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE HD samsung F3 1TB Ram 8gb ddr3 i have an old case, but it'll do. I have all the peripherals, and an OS so all i need is GPU, CPU, power supply so whats the complete bare minimum i could do it with? thanks | ||
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Shikyo
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
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Shikyo
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
mb i misread something somewhere | ||
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Grohnn
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i already made a list with the components im thinking buying but i would like your opinions on upgrades to my choices. INTEL CORE i5 2500K (3.3GHZ) SKT 1155 GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3* KINGSTON KIT 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ HYPERX (CL9) COOLERMASTER ELITE 430 BLACK WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB SATA III 64MB BLACK ASUS DVD±R 24X DRW-24B3ST BLACK BULK (SATA) CORSAIR TX-650W V2 EVGA GTX560 Ti SC 1GB DDR5 PCI-E* total: 901.20 EUR = 1,274 USD My range is 1000 Euros = 1,414USD Thanks | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41224&agid=1617 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=49255&agid=669 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44315&agid=1192 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=48895&agid=631 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30069&agid=1628 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=47362&agid=699 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=42805&agid=1342 http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=39743&agid=707 If you want to use all of the 1000e and dont like multi-gpu | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
On October 30 2011 00:27 Shikyo wrote: amd 6450, intel celeron g530, a random 300w PSU that costs no more than 25£ holy shit. So for less then £100? sorry this is gonna sound stupid, but how good of a pc will that be? it'll run sc2 perfectly, just browsing the internet and stuff it wont be slow? will i be able to run SC2 at the same time as playing music? and what are the chances of it running HOTS and D3? thanks  | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 30 2011 01:42 ThatGuy89 wrote: holy shit. So for less then £100? sorry this is gonna sound stupid, but how good of a pc will that be? it'll run sc2 perfectly, just browsing the internet and stuff it wont be slow? will i be able to run SC2 at the same time as playing music? and what are the chances of it running HOTS and D3? thanks 6450 is pretty good for minimum level graphics card but it's still obviously not that good. It'll probably maintain 60 fps in 1080p SC2 on low should run diablo3 on lowest as well. And yeah you'd be able to play music while playing SC2, I can do that on my single core Athlon x64 4000+ with a GT420. If 6450 seems too low to you, read this for ideas: http://www.techspot.com/review/392-budget-gpu-comparison/ | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
On October 30 2011 01:50 Shikyo wrote: 6450 is pretty good for minimum level graphics card but it's still obviously not that good. It'll probably maintain 60 fps in 1080p SC2 on low should run diablo3 on lowest as well. And yeah you'd be able to play music while playing SC2, I can do that on my single core Athlon x64 4000+ with a GT420. If 6450 seems too low to you, read this for ideas: http://www.techspot.com/review/392-budget-gpu-comparison/ the graphics doesnt bother me that much, its more the CPU. I thought SC2 was a really processor dependant game, so was thinking an i3. But doing it this cheap is pretty cheap, if its gonna perform well too | ||
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