I just stopped in the local Microcenter http://www.microcenter.com/ and took a look at the Antec P 183. This is a great case. All about noise reduction and good airflow to reduce heat. It is setup about as good as it gets with cases and the price comes in at $160. Spoke to some of the techs there and they agreed a perfect case for noise reduction. Leaning towards this purchase http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTgwOA==&lan=us I really like that the power supply is separated into its own section and its heat is eliminated without entering the case http://www.antec.com/demo/p183/p183_flash.html I look forward to contributing to this thread if it is ok with the op. I dont want to take over the thread in any way.
It looks like to match that design, the power supply itself needs to blow air through from the front to the back. Many power supplies that I have seen, and your OCZ 800W seems to be of that design too, sucks air from the back of the chassis and blows to the side (towards the motherboard where usually the expansion cards sit). The airflow seems to be opposite to what this P183 was designed for?
P.S. perhaps start a new thread with your new build based on i7-2600k? Would make it easier for future searches.
Yes you are correct. The OCZ is not the best choice for this case. The Antec P183 case suggests using Antec's CP 850 for best match. http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NzIw I will keep the OCZ p/s for repairs to the Antec 900 build I have been working on to eliminate freezing problems and make the purchase for the CP850 for the new build. prices for Antec CP850 P/S A new thread will be a good idea for the i7 build