Maxtor is alive!

The nice people in Diastron where I had bought the drive, managed to reformat it, and it's once again in active duty! Till next time...

Another change in Antec P180, PSU this time

Antec Neo HE 430W from P150.










Since this PSU didn't work in the P150, I installed it in my server. The old one won't start when I get a fourth hard disk. Cable management from scratch!

New PC for Chris (my love 4ever). Antec P150

The new and the old. Antec P150 on the left. Best looking case I've ever seen!













Inside.















The PSU didn't work with the Asus board, but I already knew that and was prepared!



Hiding the cables.











No cablegami in here!










I had the Antec Smartpower 450 PSU from Charlie's Sonata II here, and used it in the P150. A very pleasant surprise! We wanted a quiet and powerful machine, so we decided to go with an AMD processor. This meant nVidia chipset boards, and got an Asus with on-board graphics. And that's where the nightmare began! Horrible drivers, buggy BIOS versions, and 2 Windows installations. Advice: First update BIOS and then install Windows! Finally, it worked and it's really good. Quiet and fast.

Specs:
Case: Antec P150
CPU: AMD 3700+ San Diego
M/B: Asus A8N-VM CSM
RAM: 2x512Mb Kingston
HDD: WD250KS
DVD-R: NEC 4551
PSU: Antec Smartpower 450W

PC room updated

Desk now.











Brackets for my Eizo monitors. Huge save in space.

Tweaking the Antec P180

One slot cover removed, GPU temps dropped by 5c!






Put the third HDD down with the others.









Cut off the back grill and replaced it with an aftermarket one. Better airflow = lower fan RPM for same temp.











Front grills also snipped off.