Are these as nice as they look on paper ?

Thinking about getting one for work and maybe home, does having the power supply at the bottom cause any problems with psu's having bottom mounted fans ?

They look like nice cases, ill get a p182 (if i get anything) in the black gun metal colour.

Are they as quiet as they claim etc.

I've got the P182 (gunmetal, the shiny one just didn't striked me), it's beautiful and quiet. I just have no graphics card so can't run it properly at the minute. The cable management system is great and the looks just ooze class.

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And the PSU thing isn't a problem, the PSU is at the bottom of the case but it's not flush on the bottom so there is space for that fan to blow and another fan located down there pushing air horizontally across the PSU.

The only downside to the entire case, is that there's not slide out motherboard tray on it (unless I missed a couple of magic screws somewhere).

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I have the P182 black also... yes it's a good case. I am not finding it silent, but that’s prolly down to the other components and my 4.5GHz CPU.

Be careful of the PSU and motherboard you select to go with it, the 12v and ATX 24 pin cables need to have a good length of cable to reach up behind and over the top of the motherboard via the cable routing. I have a Corsair VX450 atm and the cables are just OK… The previous unit, an Antec TPII 480 had to be mounted up side down to give the cables the extra 2”

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yeh well if I replaced my home pc case id be fine, as apparently the ocz gamexstream 700w cabels are long enough.

For work probably gonna be either corsair 520hx or ocz stealthxstream.

and yeh wharry i hate the shiny one, i think it makes the damn thing look like a toaster or a fridge.

Might replace my shark case with one purely cause although the huge honeycomb air vents do their job in allowing air to be sucked directly in, it also lets out alot of noise and drags in huge amounts of dust.

I might not get as low temperatures using the p182, but given that the temp inside the case is only 27.5C atm i think a few degrees hotter wont matter. Plus the intake fan (once fitted) will probably work alot better than the one on this ...given i have to leave the front door slightly open for it to work.

Dant - the vx550 is cheaper http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132563 and better http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=135

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yes but if im going togo for a non modular psu, i shall just get the ocz stealthxstream as thats cheaper than the vx550 .

That's the PSU I got Dantes. I saw Asir's post and went hunting down a link to it. Came back to post it and saw your reply.

Plenty of room on the cables to thread through the space below the motherboard.

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the ocz stealthxstream ? if so cool is it nice and quite like its supposed to be ?

given that the gamexstream is very quiet i doubt ill be dissapointed.

If u didnt mean the stealthxstream...then ignore this lol

Yeah, seems it, although without a graphics card it's hard to test :P

That being said, when I turned the PC on with the duff GPU, the only thing I could hear was the fan on the graphics card spinning like mad.

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Only problem i can see having a PSU with a fan at the bottom is that it'll suck in more dust (if you live in a shithole like mine)

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well this is gonna be for work to start with (depending on budgets). But both at work and at home i keep the pc up on the desk. So it wouldnt cause any extra problem for me in that department.

It is a tall case, especially with the 'spoiler' on the top, it's a good 2/3 inches higher than my old Coolermaster beast.

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i think its slightly smaller than my current thermaltake shark case. Either way i prefer bigger cases. Makes fitting things usually alot easier lol.

Apart from the highly annoying HDD LED cables and PWR LED etc.

Hate them things. I'm normally happy once I've got the Power switch sorted. I don't need no flashing lights.

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Cut up a pair of tights and stretch over any fans or inlets, dustproofing on the cheap.

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Or cut up a pair of tights and stretch them across your face, then go rob a bank and buy a new clean PC.

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Or ball them up and ram them down your throat!

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or dive into a salad cake

salad cake proof!

pretty sure I have one, and I love the insides of the case. The PSU/Hard drive engineering quality is amazing!