Antec P180 VGA Duct Question

[Hauk]

Okay, the air duct is useless for air channeling. I'm curious however about the empty room effect (empty room echos where a room filled with furniture does not). Would leaving the VGA duct in (no fan installed) help dampen noise somehow?

 

[Pens1566]

Try it both ways and find out. Honestly can't say myself, as the first thing I did was remove the duct and threw it away. Most people with the P180 would have the same story. Don't know of anyone that actually uses it.

 

[Hauk]

Tried it both ways. With side panel installed, I can't tell a difference. The fan on my NV silencer 5 is quiet; that's the only thing the vga duct is sittiing in front of. I guess maybe with a loud stock VGA cooler, the VGA duct may capture a bit of noise. It's coming out.

Oh, I was going to use my old 430W Thermaltake PSU, but just ordered an Antec Neo HE 550W PSU.. Non-Asus MB.

I'm excited...

 

[Pens1566]

Be a sheep like the rest of us, ditch it. Keeping it in also makes upgrading any cards a pain, having to remove it all the time.

 

[KBTuning]

i cant use mine... my ATI Silencer is in the way.

 

[MDE]

Can't use mine because it bumps into my Sapphire X800 GTO2 with a Zalman installed. I'd take it out anyways.