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I agree with your thoughts. But it makes me wonder why case designers promote mesh for their gaming cases...

According to what I've read so far, to make one's PC quiet and energy-efficient, one needs a system that: draws little power, produces little heat, runs cool on as few fans as possible (Extras: Soft-mounting, dampening etc.) Having drafted a gaming-rig with low power consumption components, I am now...

@Seb Thank you for your suggestion! I will take e7200, seeing as it's got good reviews and is very affordable (not much difference between price of e5200). You're right, that is a huge difference in gpu power consumption. I guess I'm getting a 4670. Then I'll try that rv740 on a subsequent upgrade. ...

I'm building a gaming rig on a budget. I'm aiming for each component to be as efficient as possible, i.e. no superfluous system resource. I want just enough to run next gen games (Crysis, Far Cry 2 etc) on high (or very high if possible) at only 1280x1024 (native LCD res). Is this feasible? Note: No...

Perfection. Thanks to all the contributors, I'm going to save a lot of money buying a 300-450w psu. I've learned a lot just reading the articles and forums for a few days. I just wished more people updated the forums and articles, most of them are from 07 and earlier...