If it does have a fan, then that would be a good route and I'll agree. If no fan, then I stand by believing it's in the right place.

lol, the intake fan is in front of the HDD, but im not sure if it was there already, or if I moved it. There are filtered vents, and fan mounts, in front of both HDD cages. If its better to move the fan and HDD, I can ;)

You moved it. It comes stock with the fan in the bottom compartment. Taking that fan out means you now have dramatically reduced the airflow in your lower chamber. Case fans don't cool your components directly. They are responsible for moving the heated air out of your case. To me it looks like you now have your 8800 mounted on top of a heater and have a fan blowing hot air onto it.

How is the air any warmer where it's at then it will be coming up from the bottom? Down there it will STILL have the hard drive in front of it, it's the only fan and HAS to cool his drive. So your saying run his drive uncooled then? Yes, one CAN do that, and it will survive fine most likely. BUT, I always cool my large capacity drives. So in fact I cannot agree with you on this. Your way will move the fan down a bit, but accomplish nothing. The HD is still warming the air coming in, but the PSU in the bottom did nothing to the air in the case since it exhausts air out the back of the case as it is. So what we have is 6 one way, half a dozen the other. Sorry, that's a waste of time for very minimal to no benefit.

I thought that the whole idea of the second compartment was to create 2 isolated environments. The fan on the bottom was to keep the air flowing in the bottom compartment so it doesn't get too hot and cause heat to start seeping into the upper compartment. Also, as far as heat generation goes, I consider the CPU and GPU to be the major heat sources. So I tried to keep them as isolated from all my other components as possible. On my system, the hard drive is way down on the list of items that needs to monopolize the cooling in my case. But, I can see your point if you are running a large array of drives, this could be different.

It's more about the detail that when I was working in the service end of the PC industry, I saw early on that drives tend to live longer and healthier lives if cooled directly. Exact data is really hard to quantify on this subject, but it certainly seemed that PC's that actively cooled the hard drive had less drive issues over time. That's for SINGLE drive machines too. Many folks who have worked in the service end have learned this the hard way. And a single drive doesn't affect the incoming air temp as much as your assuming. In fact, it's far more beneficial to the drive then it is detrimental to anything else.

That does sound like a good idea and I am not arguing against doing that. But, you can't really blow air directly onto the components that are generating heat. (Since they are inside the case of the drive). So blowing air over the HD doesn't really cool the hard drive in the same way as a heatsink/fan does a CPU. But it does make sure that the air doesn't stagnate around the drive and become too heated. So, it is critical to not have your hard-drive in a place that doesn't have good airflow. (Like the lower chamber of a P182 once the fan has been removed). The whole idea behind the 2 chamber design is to optimize airflow and separate components to minimize the ambient temperatures in the case. Antec has designed a space to add a fan to do exactly as you are talking. I have no problem doing that. My complaint is that the existing fan is removed and used instead. I am not sure why you would buy a 2 chamber case and then mod it to be a one chamber case. You'd be better off buying a case that was designed to be a single chamber instead.

I'll agree with all of that :D

this page is loaded with sweet rigs!!:bleh: ... j/k:heart: i keep saying this.. but i will soon post my setup.. it really is nice:D

This is after my watercooling died, and like freakin countless mobo swaps. Still need to redo the wiring, which is why my back case door is not attached.


Still considering going all out air and getting a stacker >.>

wierd.. all your lights are on but no fans spinning lmao.. What kind of case is that? Kind of looks like mine with different fans.. Thermaltake Armor Series..

High speed digital camera's make fans appear to stop spinning when in fact they are.

i think he knew that... he was making a funny:p

Damn you people and your jokes :hmm: :D

A man walks into a bar............ then says ouch. :bleh: Okay so that was lame:o

:yep:

damn you!!!!!!! :lol:

AHAHAHA I LMAO XD lol
seriously thugh wat kind of camera is that?? and whered u get it lol sorry for being off topic and heres my new case :)





And the KON plushie rules all and owns all of my property XD

OMg... i want a stuffed Kon doll!! also.. nice setup:D

I can't believe you let your PS3 have all those smear marks. That would drive me crazy.

i took the pics with a fairly old camera of mine. Sony dsc-t1.

Hey nycdarkness,

You have a monster computer. Could you post some HDTACH readings please?

Nice looking display there ultimadrift :up:

Me too!.........althougth to be honest I'll probably buy one this august at the AnimeEvolution Co.....store,yes the AnimeEvolution store.....:bleh:

I dunno, those samuri swords kind of make me nervous...:eek:

I too keep my swords right above my PC on the wall. I also keep an M4 right above those, hell of a display ;)

he stole it from samurai_crip :runaway:

Sorry, totally forgot to post it up.

Short bench



Long Bench

^ Thats very nice:up: is the memory have water cooling also?