Antec P193 question.

Crazykenny · Aug 5, 2010, 11:56 AM

Hey guys,

I ordered a Antec P193 to place my server in, but by reading tons of reviews about it I kinda fell I love with it, so I wanna put my gaming rig in there.

But my question is, can I? I have a Coolermaster V8 doing the CPU cooling and I heard the case is somewhat restrictive in terms of CPU Cooler height due to the enormous fan on the side.

So, what do you guys think?

Crazykenny · Aug 5, 2010, 04:08 PM

Nobody?

Arrakis+9 · Aug 5, 2010, 06:15 PM

You might have to look into getting a new cpu cooler if you want to use that case with your main rig. last time we had a P183 in the shop i had the "pleasure" of building a server in one of them. it wouldn't fit any of the after market coolers we had in stock (mind you they're all tower coolers) so we had to use the stock intel fansink to make it work. hope this helps and good luck with the cable management in that thing.

Crazykenny · Aug 5, 2010, 09:43 PM

I'm planning to put the dremel in it so cablemanagement is not going to be a real issue. I heard some stories about people just fitting in a V8 with 1-2mm clearance between the top of the cooler and the huge 200mm fan on the side.

Aug 5, 2010, 11:56 AM	#1
Crazykenny Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 360 (0.26/day) Thanks: 52 Thanked 48 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Antec P193 question. Hey guys, I ordered a Antec P193 to place my server in, but by reading tons of reviews about it I kinda fell I love with it, so I wanna put my gaming rig in there. But my question is, can I? I have a Coolermaster V8 doing the CPU cooling and I heard the case is somewhat restrictive in terms of CPU Cooler height due to the enormous fan on the side. So, what do you guys think? __________________ ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68/ Intel Core I7-2600K 5.2Ghz@1.21v 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black 1600 Nvidia GTX570 @stock 2x Samsung 830 128GB (Raid 0) + 2TB HDD Storage Corsair HX1000W 3x LG IPS 22''

System Name:	Monolith // Fileserver
Processor:	Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz // 2x Intel Xeon Nocona, @ 4x 2.8ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z // ASUS NCCH-DL Socket 604
Cooling:	Corsair H60 // 2x Thermaltake Full Copper Blocks
Memory:	16GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair // 1.5GB of Kingston and Corsair @ 400MHZ
Video Card:	ASUS GTX570 DCII // ASUS X800XT 256MB
Hard Disk:	2x Samsung 830 128GB, 1TB Samsung, 1TB WD Black // 74 WD Raptor, 120GB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD-RAM // Generic LG DVD-ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	3x 22" LG LCD Screen // Neovo 15" LCD Screen
Case:	Lian Li PC-A71F // Chieftec Big Tower
Sound Card:	Creative F4tality Champion Series 7.1 // Onboard AC97 audio
PSU:	Corsair HX 1000W // BeQuiet 520w
Software:	Windows 7 Professional x64 // Windows XP Professional x86
Benchmarks:	Can play Pacman and Space Invaders. Lags a bit, but still playable :D

Aug 5, 2010, 04:08 PM	#2
Crazykenny Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 360 (0.26/day) Thanks: 52 Thanked 48 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Nobody? __________________ ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68/ Intel Core I7-2600K 5.2Ghz@1.21v 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black 1600 Nvidia GTX570 @stock 2x Samsung 830 128GB (Raid 0) + 2TB HDD Storage Corsair HX1000W 3x LG IPS 22''

System Name:	Monolith // Fileserver
Processor:	Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz // 2x Intel Xeon Nocona, @ 4x 2.8ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z // ASUS NCCH-DL Socket 604
Cooling:	Corsair H60 // 2x Thermaltake Full Copper Blocks
Memory:	16GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair // 1.5GB of Kingston and Corsair @ 400MHZ
Video Card:	ASUS GTX570 DCII // ASUS X800XT 256MB
Hard Disk:	2x Samsung 830 128GB, 1TB Samsung, 1TB WD Black // 74 WD Raptor, 120GB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD-RAM // Generic LG DVD-ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	3x 22" LG LCD Screen // Neovo 15" LCD Screen
Case:	Lian Li PC-A71F // Chieftec Big Tower
Sound Card:	Creative F4tality Champion Series 7.1 // Onboard AC97 audio
PSU:	Corsair HX 1000W // BeQuiet 520w
Software:	Windows 7 Professional x64 // Windows XP Professional x86
Benchmarks:	Can play Pacman and Space Invaders. Lags a bit, but still playable :D

Aug 5, 2010, 06:15 PM	#3
Arrakis+9 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 1,366 (0.65/day) Thanks: 405 Thanked 449 Times in 300 Posts System Specs	You might have to look into getting a new cpu cooler if you want to use that case with your main rig. last time we had a P183 in the shop i had the "pleasure" of building a server in one of them. it wouldn't fit any of the after market coolers we had in stock (mind you they're all tower coolers) so we had to use the stock intel fansink to make it work. hope this helps and good luck with the cable management in that thing. __________________ my heatware 56-0-0 high power server fans for sale

System Name:	Hexy
Processor:	2600K @ 4Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus V Gene
Cooling:	Stock Intel
Memory:	8GB Samsung @ 2133 10-11-10-28 1.45v
Video Card:	Custom LC GTX 570
Hard Disk:	60GB Agility 3 & 640GB Samsung (accelerated HDD)
Optical Drive:	Liteon BDrom \| Liteon DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	32" JVC TV
Case:	Lian Li PC-8NB
Sound Card:	Supreme FX III
PSU:	Seasonic x850 Gold
Software:	Windows 7 Ult x64

Aug 5, 2010, 09:43 PM	#4
Crazykenny Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 360 (0.26/day) Thanks: 52 Thanked 48 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	I'm planning to put the dremel in it so cablemanagement is not going to be a real issue. I heard some stories about people just fitting in a V8 with 1-2mm clearance between the top of the cooler and the huge 200mm fan on the side. __________________ ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68/ Intel Core I7-2600K 5.2Ghz@1.21v 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black 1600 Nvidia GTX570 @stock 2x Samsung 830 128GB (Raid 0) + 2TB HDD Storage Corsair HX1000W 3x LG IPS 22''

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