Antec Mini P180

As most of you know and to much regret I have chosen another case over my modified Silverstone SG01-Evolution..

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The Antec Mini P180 has been on the cards for a while now and really the space restriction to my needs sealed the deal.


The goods:

CPU
E8600 @ 4.5gz 1.43v (Quick OC, Not finalised)

Ram
Mushkin Redline @ 900 5-5-5-18 2.2v (Not finalised)

Motherboard:
GA G33M-DS2R

Storage
1x500Gb Seagate 7200.11 (80Gb partition for OS)
2x1000Gb Seagate 7200.11's

GPU
Nvidia xfx GTX280 xXx Edition @ GPU-602, MEM-1107, SHADER-1296 (Not finalised)

Soundcard
Xfi Xtreme Gamer

PSU
Corsair 620 HX Modular

Cooling - Case
Scythe Kaze Master controlling
-2x Scythe Slip Stream 0-1900 RPM (Silent up to 800rpm "10db/40cfm) Or (1900rpm "37db/110cfm")

Water Cooling - Components
-CPU, Swiftech Apogee GTZ
-Chipset, Sfitech MCW30 Chipset
-GPU, TBA
-Rad's, Swiftech MCR QP 1x120 + 1x220

Other
-Laing D5 Swiftech Vario Pump
-Swiftech Micro Res
-Tygon 1/2 Tubing
-Black Clamps
-Feser One UV Black Liqued

Other
- Wireless Xbox 360 Controller "internally mounted"
- Samsung SyncMaster 206BW (20" @ 1680x1050)
- Logitech MX518
- Steel Series Qck Heavy XXL
- Logitech X530 5.1
- Sennheiser HD555's


Pics:

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The Goal:

Silence, clean looks (nothing over the top but still pleasing to the eye), functionality (aka overkill?)

Last but not least PERSONAL TASTE! (Built to spec)

Comments:

I love the look of the Mini P180. Being clean, smooth, dead quiet and still very small in size but tonnes of room inside which caters exactly for my personal needs.

Yes I did.. I bought a fan controller!! (I'm very minimalistic..) But since it has a door I can hide it away (all be it a very sexy fan controller) also hiding is a CD drive (no more cables hanging out of the old SG01!)

The case is sound insulated and pending developments I want to do I may padd it further.

Credits:

Hope you enjoy, rest assured there will be updates and by no means is it finished! No interior pics for now (lots to do inside still!)

Untill next time,

foR

Wait . . . .you still have that SG01 right.

This is a very nice case and has a tonne of room inside. I wonder what you can do to it lol.

The SG01 is up for sale,

I should have some $$ soon so hope to keep the updates more frequent :)

Good choise on the case, any plans on watercooling it or are you sticking to air ?
I'm planing to mod mine so that i can fit a triple rad inside replacing my current MCR220.

Nice to see another Antec Mini P180 owner! :up:

I bought this case on sale in july, and I'm very happy with it, even with fact that the case is bigger than I Initially thought!

I made a more or less silent studio music recording rig by ditching the Antec 120mm in the back for a 1000rpm sharkoon silent eagle at ~750rpm with a Zalman fan mate.

I also have the big Antec fan down volted and are using the quiet: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU-Cooler for the 45w AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4850e 2.5GHz.

With no additional graphic card (are using Integrated gfx on the GA-MA78GM-S2H board) this home studio music recording rig is now dead silent!

I also love the case for the great out of the box airflow, so its also usable for more hot hardcore gear and CPU's than my lousy recording rig has right now!

Nice black colour inside of the case and I'm loving the great cable management!

In short! - Great case! :up:

Looking forward to see more of what you can do with this case.

Look's like it will be a sweet project. Im not to sold on the mini version of the p180 though. Something about the oddly shaped vents on the front panel and the "arrowhead" on the top rear.

It just looks odd to me. They should've left those out imo and made it a bit more "simple" and clean.

Never-the-less I have a feeling you're gonna get a sweet rig out of this.

My next is going to be based around a P180 (at least thats what im planning for right now). I just need to decide on what 180 to get since there are a few available.

Good luck! :up:

Cheers for the comments!

Not all has/will be revealed yet so just hang in there for updates ;)

foR

I look forward to seeing what you do with the mini, as I have been following the SG01 thread of yours with some interest especially with how you arranged your multitude of heatsinks.

I also think that the Antec Mini P180 is nicer than its bigger brother, though I wish they had made it possible to squeeze in an ATX motherboard by placing the PSU in the front like in the Lian Li PC-A05.

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Cheers for the comments!

Not all has/will be revealed yet so just hang in there for updates ;)

foR

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I think you will enjoy working with the Mini P180, it has a lot going for it. I just built my first matx system with this case, and it was a pleasure. Going from a Stacker 832/P5Q-D was quite a transition, but I had been planning on a sff build for a while. The Mini P180 really does have excellent cable management options, plenty of well-finished cut-outs for the cables, and the width of the case makes stringing the excess cables behind the motherboard tray a piece of cake. Even with a non-modular full-size PCP&P power supply, I was able to hide away all of the excess cables easily.
I enjoyed following your Silverstone project and look forward to seeing your new build:cool:

Thanks man, will order a few more things now I have money so hope to update in the next few weeks :)

All I can say for the E8600 and GTX280 is it plays everything really nice :D

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Thanks man, will order a few more things now I have money so hope to update in the next few weeks :)

All I can say for the E8600 and GTX280 is it plays everything really nice :D

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Yes, it's quite a combo, the performance is great, easy to overclock and very stable, in my case going from an E8400, E8500, and various flavors of 8800's, the most recent being a GX2. Just too bad that the HR-03GTX has been delayed:rolleyes:

Looks very nice.
I had been thinking of doing the same thing (Mini P-180) now that I got an mATX motherboard.

Thanks, it is a VERY nice case :)

Few parts ordered, should have the rest in a few weeks and will update then!

I just got the same case as your old one, the mini P-180 looks nice too. I may be temped to do a build for my sister in it. More pics please ;)

Soon, just getting money together to order the last of the parts :)

Updated :)

cant wait to more pics :p:

Pics up, nothing exciting "yet" :)

Your item was delivered in NEW ZEALAND at 9:36 AM on November 3, 2008.


Sounds like I have w/c gear waiting at home for me :)

Thats a slick case, good luck with the water

Cheers,

Everytime I look on performancepcs.com I find that I can cool something else by water.. This is looking to be expensive hahaha

Can you spot whats going on?

Teaser pic!
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Pics:

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This is going to be good!
Are you going for bright colours? or keeping it stealth?

Stealth :) The feser one liquid is black/UB Dark blue.

Kind of ran out of $ at the moment so will be a while before the GPU cooler make it in there which really halts the whole process :(

im really lovin this case. it might be my next case depending on if i stay with the mATX i have now or upgrade to a newer mATX or a newer ATX. what would be a good mATX board for gaming

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im really lovin this case. it might be my next case depending on if i stay with the mATX i have now or upgrade to a newer mATX or a newer ATX. what would be a good mATX board for gaming

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DFI LP JR P45 T2RS, of course!
Couldn't be happier with mine, it has put some ATX boards I had previously to shame.
And I can honestly say the same for the Mini P180.
That's coming from a previous Coolermaster Stacker 832 owner:D

Finally finished stage 1

Recieved both rads today, and installed only the 220 as I will put the 120 on when I get the GPU cooler.

Tidied the cables a but and will finish that when the sleeving kit and sata cables arrive :)

Behold my 3T sata power cable! lol

Pics:

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push the tubing all the way onto those radiator barbs, also don't forget to use clamps :fact:

Nice work so far

Looks very nice!!!

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Is the radiator held in place by sitting in the 'CD-ROM drive' slot of the case?

Nope, it's suspended by screws from the top of the case with 1cm rubber spacers :)

One down, 2 to go!

Then the PSU >_<

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Oh wow. :up:

id mod the rest of the top and get some 20mm yate loons. and could you fit your 120mm rad in the empty space under the drives?

There's no way you can fit a 25mm fan there nor cut anything as the HDD cage is in the way anyway. As for the 120 rad, it's too tall and again the HDD cage is in the way.

The 120 rad will go at the back as per above photo's.

Thanks for your comments/input :)

foR

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There's no way you can fit a 25mm fan there nor cut anything as the HDD cage is in the way anyway. As for the 120 rad, it's too tall and again the HDD cage is in the way.

The 120 rad will go at the back as per above photo's.

Thanks for your comments/input :)

foR

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Vdroop mod tonight :D

wow. nice work. This case is just so ripe for a HTPC build.

Thanks,

Just ran the CPU up to 4.8 and stable at 4.5 untill I get the 120.1 rad in there.

What sort of temps are you getting?

mid 44ish idle and 63 load @ 4.5-.7 @ 1.4(something will confirm tonight V) it was a fairly humid evening though

The board has a droop of .5v, hoping to lessen that.

Great idea on customizing the color of the cables using sleeves.
I'll probably do that some day. :up:

I have the Mini P180 as well and was debating for a long time about watercooling. I must've looked at this page 100 times. I finally did it though.

Sorry for digging up an old thread =x

Here is my build.
It can also be found here: http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...mini-p180.html

Not much modding. Took out the top 5.25" bay and mounted the rad on top of the case.
I was able to put 2 standard Yate Loon 25mm along with the MCR220 up top after taking out the top 5.25" bay.

Specs:
Asus Rampage II Gene x58 mATX
i7 920
6GB G.Skill DDR3-1600
BFG GTX 260
3xWD 500GB AAKS Raid0



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Bonz, I have to ask, what is your OC on your i920, vCore, and temps w/ 100%?

I have a regular antec p180b and hate it, but the mini looks nice.

Finally, there's some quality mATX boards out there. Nice job btw, looks slick. Thats a very powerful rig. ;) :up:

Hey mate nice setup :)

What oc + temps idle and 100% load? :)

Cheers

Wow thats awesome :clap:

I'd also like to know your load temps?

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Wow thats awesome :clap:

I'd also like to know your load temps?

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Hey mate you live in Brisbane? I'm in NZ and movin to brissy on the 23rd ;)

Might need someone to show me the good PC shops as will be doing my next build after I move!

wow i have the ASUS Gene and got my

P180mini yesterday, i am still drooling over it.

thanks for digging up this thread, i have been debating watercooling it
but didn't like the stuff i saw, but
i might give that 240 a try on top like you,
still I will go with a black true and a 3.8Ghz OC somewhere in the 1.2xv's
and watch my temps, the great cooling the case gets i might just be able to keep
it on air, but now i see other possibilities..... Sweet job!
I love this case!

Have done some work since I posted last.. Nothing much though, will do an i7 build soon.

Tossing up the Rampage II Gene or do a custom case EVGA Classified

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sup dude. go the Gene!. Sell your hdd's and buy 2 x 2TB and put them down the bottom. Remove the hdd divider between the top and bottom cages and mount the rad there.

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sup dude. go the Gene!. Sell your hdd's and buy 2 x 2TB and put them down the bottom. Remove the hdd divider between the top and bottom cages and mount the rad there.

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Might do,

Thinking of a complete new build an open case design

Do you still need a job? Flick me a txt 021 242 0595

Edit: rad won't fit without removing the top bay too :)

Selling complete for $2000 that Inc 70% rule

check pm's

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Hey mate nice setup :)

What oc + temps idle and 100% load? :)

Cheers

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Thanks bro, you inspired me to do it :P

Def. do an i7 rig... and if you go micro, get the Gene. It's a great board. Oh, and sorry about jacking your thread a little there :p

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

Bonz, I have to ask, what is your OC on your i920, vCore, and temps w/ 100%?

I have a regular antec p180b and hate it, but the mini looks nice.

Finally, there's some quality mATX boards out there. Nice job btw, looks slick. Thats a very powerful rig. ;) :up:

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Thanks a lot :)
Unfortunately I have a pretty crappy batch (3838B), and my OC is only @ 3.8 w/ 1.36v. The core temps are kinda high @ 70c load on all 8 threads, but these i7's are wayy hot. I'm hoping to sell this off and buy a D0 to clock it much higher with less voltage.

I would cut it down to 4 threads, but what good would an i7 be? :p

No worries man, was a big vision of mine to do this.

I am going i7 but atx.

i7 920
EVGA Classified
Dominator GT 3x2gb
GTX295
Enermax revolution 1200

The case should hopefully impress :)

Anyone think it would be possible to fit 2 220 rads in this case?? Maybe 1 up top and 1 in the front?

These look awesome guys, have helped me to plan my Mini P180 loop

I'm planning on getting this case and two HD5850s (Crossfire). Would two 2.5" SSDs (with adapters) fit in the lower HDD bay with the 5850s installed, or would I have to remove it?