You will probably need a quiet 80mm fan to help cool the chip. Some people wedge a fan next to a PCI slot to blow directly down onto the heatsink. I bought a Zalman FB123 fan bracket, so I have a quiet fan pointed perpendicular to my video-card heatsink. There is also a way to build your own fan br...

Yep even with no foam in my door, I can seriously tell the difference when I close the door on my Sonata. Looking for something really thin to place in there to help more...

Some of those things on the front are of dubious usefulness. Anyway, unless they post a better pic of the innards, it moot to even talk about this case. Buy one and take some pics so we can properly critique it

You would have to get a Panaflo L1BX to monitor the RPM's.

It's called Ebay. You can get $40 for the PSU easy peasy. I did.
People cream themselves for Antec PSU's. People are stupid

That site rocks.

My intention was a little more like this one:

trinkets that often used as give aways

Come down to Taco Hell in Urbania for some free WKRP schwag


How about bling bling?

It was the direct heating of the water. Both into and out of the radiator. I was shocked.

The Antec holes are designed to let the PSU breathe in fresh air. Since your PSU will not "breathe", I don't see the benefit. Just make sure that 120mm is running. I'm not really sure the Sonata is "the case" for use with a fanless PSU, though. SInce you will lose the airflow from the PSU, you will ...

Quick note, I moved the hoses to/from the radiator up off from direct contact to the ZM80, and my temps dropped another 8 degrees.

LOL.

dba(small fan) > dba(no fan)

All you need to know really.

Impossible to tell. No good pics of outside, and absolutely no pics of the interior. Lots o connectors and schwag on the front panel. Looks a little R2D2

Yep the A7N8X is all its iterations (A7N8X-X and -VM are the worst) are totally non-undervoltable.

1. Yes
2. Not without modding. Sonata is probably the quietest "off-the-shelf" case

UH..... grasping at straws here , but I have a similar config as you. I assume you are playing the sound through the M-Audio Sound card right? Do you definitely have the onboard sound disabled? Is the NB really hot while playing MP3's. Or the SB? Last ditch maybe you could try nforcershq.com forums,...

Good question. I guess we have to wait til some retailers have stock. I can't find any yet.

Differentiation for the Sonata: 1. Front Headphone and Mic jacks (I consider this important) 2. Blue Neon light ( I *don't* consider this important) 2. Better PSU in Sonata (Neither is great and need replaced, IMO) 3. Sonata is a little shorter Can't think of anything else besides the paint job, and...

Hmm, what to use as a filter. Used (or unused maybe) dryer sheets?

"My room smells April Fresh!"

Ack, I went to Yellow. I suck.

PC Power and cooling silencer, I have found it to be quieter than the L1a 92mm. Zalman is horrific.

Anyone seen it for sale anywhere yet?

One thing I noticed is the the ANTEC holes on the side do go directly into the PSU intake, as the fan on my Nexus NX-3000 is frigging filthy. :x I almost need to void my warranty to get in there and clean the PSU. However the 120mm exhaust is fairly clean. That tells me that the filtered air is goin...

According to Antec's site, it stands for Black Quiet Edition.

Only concern would be the increased noise if the fan in the PSU is temp controlled. If the fan in PSU increases too much it may be better to vent the CPU directly out the back instead of through the PSU internals. It depends really on your PSU and your CPU's heat production.

Did you notice a large benefit from what you had before? Noise and cooling wise? Actually the temps are not what I had hoped, but they are better than the SLK800U by about 2C load, and maybe 3C idle. Mostly I am just happy to eliminate another fan. GPU block will solve my last problem on the ZM80 j...

I plan on switching it to sucking as soon as I get the GPU block (to answer Mr_Smartepants' question). I still wanted to maintain some outward airflow to help the ZM80 on my Ti4200 until then. I will probably also go with a NB block, but that's further down the road. Plus I'm not sure all that tubin...

You can get Tygon pretty cheap from USplastics.com
Just down the road from me. $1.25/ft I think. That's cheap.

I want everything contained within the case. If I wanted super cool, I would go with the heatercore. Those things are pretty ugly, though.

I just want competent and passably effective.

BTW, that's one of those OEM Panaflo 120's on the rad, that I got from Lenny. Nice fan. Thanks Lenny!

Yep 3/8 ID, 1/2 OD Tygon

I am considering a Black Ice Pro Rad, looks even smaller and is supposed to be really good.

I just can't leave well enough alone. Several people told me it was impossible to fit all this into a tiny Sonata case, but I made it work :) I can tell you it was a close fit, there is about 1/8 in from the radiator fan to the waterblock knobs. :!: I got a used Waterchill on the [H] forum for a pre...

Newegg sells hard drive brackets and doors with windows for the Evercase.

The vent goes over the CPU. Just built one last week. Got it from Newegg.