Internal View:

     With the left side cover off we can now see the Swiftech water cooler preinstalled in the P180. If you're wondering what the brown box in the bottom of the case is, it's the water block. Swiftech wedged the box in where the power supply would go for shipping purposes. At first I was worried the box was rattling around inside the case, but it turned out that the box was held securing in place by the power supply sound dampening bracket. Other than the water block, the cooling system is preinstalled with hoses routed and connected.

     In the right side of the case you can see where Swiftech mounted the reservoir. Immediately I noticed the high quality workmanship in Swiftech's reservoir. Swiftech has used heavy duty plastics and metal brackets that look clean and professional.

     As I mentioned earlier, these reservoirs have an LED light to illuminate the liquid inside the container so it can be easily seen through the little level indicator window in the case panel. This is probably the nicest water cooling reservoir I've seen.

     If you're wondering how you service this system, it is done from the right side of the case. The filler cap is located in the top of the reservoir. It is in a bit of an awkward position, but it can be reached with a small funnel.

     Above is a photo of the level indicator window as seen from the inside. As with the reservoir, the level indicator window looks clean and professionally installed.

     While we are looking at the right side of the P180 case, let's drop down and take a look at the water pump. Swiftech uses a heavy duty MCP350 12v pump rated at 13ft of head and 50,000 hours MTBF. This pump is fairly quiet too with a dBA rating of only 24 to 26 dBA.