My old Asus m2n4-sli is good in this regard.
The 4pin CPU fan header also works with 3pin fans.
In the "silent" mode (there is also performance and optimal), it lets my 1200rpm fan spinning at 750rpm.
The chassis fan header also can control a fan.

Asus HD4670 has a very good heatsink/fan (Arctic Cooling Accelero L1), capable of cooling 8800GT (v.g. ECS and Inno3d). Probably it's better than the Powercolor one (ZEROtherm "Professional Cooling System").
It doens't have two DVI ports, though. (1 HDMI, 1 D-SUB and 1 DVI).

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdo ... =2834&p=10
Including the (in)efficiency of the PSU, the XPS 410 consumes 240W at 100% CPU.
And that's with E6600 and 7900GTX.
Probably with your E6300 and a 9600gt it won't be higher.

I don't care. Here in Brazil we don't say "America" to refer to USA, we say "Estados Unidos" (United States in portuguese). But, because "estado-unidense" - wich is one of the possible gentilics in portuguese - sounds so weird, we say "americano" (american) to refer to a USA born person, or a thing ...

Sometimes the fan has all the 3 conector, but only two wires are soldered (the black and the red ones, which are necessary, the yellow for monitoring is not needed). You can solder the yellow wire.

from this post: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=424741&sid=8a4463be1da6089550281fdc6b47000f "For info my new basic folding@home rig consumes only 37w idle and 57w under Prime95 load: CPU - E7200 @ 2.5ghz (7.5 *333) at 0.880v (0.925v BIOS) Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 ...

GIGABYTE GA-EG31M-S2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128338
I know it's Intel, but it is very energy efficient.

Yes, it's possible. I did it many times.
Yellow wire is just for measuring rpm, not controling it.
The variation in the 12v wire (the red one) is what determinates the speed.

Silverstone TJ08 Cooler Master Elite 340 Their internals are the same, but the Silverstone is much more expensive because of the aluminium front bezel and the overall quality (come with fans, no perforated grills but wire grills etc). They are bigger than the Antec NSK3480 though Edit: there is an a...

And it's quiet according do xbitlabs:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/ ... su7_3.html

ps: I just wanted to add the review to your list. good sell!

Well, then it's perfect.
Did you try another configuration of airflow (back fan exausting air, fan on the heatsink blowing through it)?

Great build, congratulations.
My only concern is about the power suply, because AFAIK it's bad not to have draw from other rails than the 12v.
I don't know if I made made myself clear because I don't speak english very well.

This HSF is sold under another brand in USA, maybe in Australia happens the same. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200015 Masscool offers a product that may be useful for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150091 Again, Masscool is just a brand, pro...

Kinda like this one (but without fans)?
viewtopic.php?t=39383

The video card is still very long.
I don't think it will fit in a regular Mini ITX case.

You can keep the DVD drive if you use one heatsink like these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200015 http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/eitheta/nsk1300/rightside.jpg http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38787 Another one that may work: http://www.newegg...

Just out of curiosity, isn't it possible to turn the PSU upside down? Like in the original Antec NSK3300: http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/images/nsk3300/topless.jpg Of course you would have to make ventilation holes at the top of the case, but at least the screw holes allow both mounting positio...

Another is ASUS M2N32-SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131011

The heatsink is nearly identical to the Iceage Prima 120 by 3RSystem, but the fan is tottaly different.
The 9-blade design of the Sunbeam fan looks promissing, since the Scythe SlipStream is so good.

I think this fan would be a better choice for Corsair than the ADDA:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/ima ... ps/fan.jpg
It's funny that I don't see many complements about this PSU since it's very quiet.

Maybe these motherboards aren't suposed to run the CPUs at full load all the time, they are targeted to offices, HTPCs, etc.

http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsu ... i=3010&p=1
According to anandtech this iCEAGE cooler is very good (but far away from TRUE), but they tested it with the stock fan (2000rpm).

Yes, and the shape of the aluminium fins is different, too.
And the LGA775 mounting mechanism seems to be better.

There is another company with coolers that have the same technology.
http://www.3rsys.com/english/products/aircooler.asp
I don't know if it's the same product under a different brand, it seems so.

Yes, it can control both types, PWM and 3-pin.
There is one part in BIOS that says "CPU Smart FAN Mode", and by default it's set on AUTO, so it will recognize the type of fan you plug in the header, you don't even have to bother about change it in the BIOS.

The 4480 doesn't have audio conectors in the front.

I have a question about the same subject.
It's possible to replace a GPU PWM fan e conect it in the video card header?
The wires are the same than a regular PWM fan? The VGA is a Foxconn 8600GTS:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Upload/VG ... TS-394.jpg

160KWh per month.
two people in one apartment measuring 45 square meters.
No need for heaters, because it's very hot in Brazil.

Larger amounts of memory are necessary only for high resolutions. "A contrario sensu", in medium resolutions faster memory is better than lots of memory. Anyway, 512MB of GDDR2 is only marketing strategy. You'll need a much better card (with faster memory) to benefit from 512MB. BTW, I don't underst...

The DDR3 version is faster.
According to some guy from a forum in my country:
3DMark03 (1024x768). AM2 4000+, 2GB DDR 667MHz
- XFX 8600 GT 512 MB DDR2: 11700
- XFX 8600 GT 256 MB DDR3: 14500