Get an In-Win V500, $36 with a 250w (silent) power supply.

It's actually a V500, sorry :>

took out the front intake, don't need it here ... need it in my desktop.

before (idle and load respectively) case 35c / 37c cpu 52c / 57c after case 32c / 34c cpu 50c / 55c ambient temp was 25c i still think the CPU is too hot, mainly due to the poor exhaust (120mm @ 5v - gonna replace it with 120mm antec @ 12v), and there aren't enough holes for the intake fan to work p...

the cage is out, was easy as hell.

thats an interesting idea, thanks Ralf.

It's an In-Win S500, like it says in the title :wink: yea these are great cases for messing around with. $40-ish on newegg with a 250w power supply. just fixed a few things: -took off the Delta and stuck on the retail fan with zalman fanmate -7v'ed the 80mm panablo -cleaned up the cables a bit loude...

System specs: -Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton) -Albatron nForce2 motherboard -256mb PC2100 Crucial RAM -Western Digital 80gig 7200rpm SE drive -LiteOn 48x CD-R -Antec 300w PSU (silent) -Antec 120mm intake (12v) -Panablo 80mm exhaust (12v) -Loud-as-shit Black Delta CPU fan (7v) <-- annoying. Mods: -Chopped ...

used this thing for around 6hours altogether and now the fan is broken ... lucky i didn't install this on my main system. there goes my spare linux box until further notice.

(sorry for the bump, but if you're considering this peice of excrement: reconsider asap)

im not really a fan of suspending drives, i don't like things dangling around in my case ... especially not the drives. also im constantly changing drives, hotswap bays saved my a LOT of trouble in the past. i had 2 of these before, after a few months the fan would rattle for a few seconds on boot. ...

ah its only the rivets, i thought the edges were soldered on. ill chop it up then.

thanks mate.

Case temps are getting too high, wanna get rid of the cage (by any means necessary), stick the drives into 5.25" hotswap trays, and stick a 120mm Panaflo in the front. Anyone got a link to this being done (saw it somewhere a few weeks back)? Should I RMA the BQE and get the AMB instead? Does the AMB...

i wouldn't suggest ever running a cpu + heatsink without thermal grease, the standard stuff works well - AS works better.

well the 'thinner' stuff, around 3~5mm.

no ... but i can step into the spare room with the fileserver and be tone deaf for the next half hour, just to be reminded of how nice silence sounds.

5 harddisks ... 7 fans ... wow.

dampening material comes to mind, cant you use the thin stuff?

little update, got the Aeroflow on monday, didnt even bother trying it in my main system after reading some replies. so i stuck it into a spare linux box and was amused at the plane engine-like noise that followed. its pretty loud yea :D anyway, i was looking at the SLK-900 and then the 800 - since ...

they'll fix it and charge you.

Here are some more pics, with my ghetto paper ruler! http://files.sworded.net/images/heatsink/3_tn.jpg http://files.sworded.net/images/heatsink/4_tn.jpg (click to enlarge) There's like 1.5cm of space between that fan and the PSU. Also, is there a HUGE difference between the SLK-900 and 800? The 700 ...

The ThermalRight 900 is a good idea --> http://svc.com/thslcl.html

it definately fits psu-wise, guess i could always get out the old dremel and chop it up if the fins hit caps.

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edit: fan is 60x60mm to get an idea of scale

hmm maybe 7v will do it for me ... i dont mind a bit of noise, anything but the 12v Delta to be honest :D thanks for the suggestion Neil, the only thing im conerned about is the fan clearance at the top. the HS expands as it goes up and thus it might not fit due to the psu being directly above it. i...

good info, thanks much.

just out of curiosity, what exactly does undervolting do?

Before

AXP 3000+ with boxed heatsink + 12v Delta @ 6000rpm 5000000dB
120mm Panaflo @ 12v
92mm Sunon @ 12v
Shitty stock heatsink+fan on 9800Pro

After

Delta @ 5v
120mm Panaflo @ 7v
80mm Panaflo @ 12v
Zalman GPU HS cooled by 120mm Panaflo

I don't need my heatset to listen to music anymore!

yes ... but i dont think they would know if you RMAed it.

changing the voltage changes the clock speed unless im badly mistaken, and i think any changes to the clock void it.

I found that the Panaflo 120mm moves jack all at 5v, you can't hear it though lol.

7v works best IMO, you hear a quiet hum (<50cm) and it moves considerably more air.

well if it has the same dimensions as the Aeroflow i can wait until monday to find out. thanks again!

Fileserver -main stuff P4 1.8Ghz 256mb PC2100 S3 2meg AGP 4 channel SATA controller -storage 2 x 20gig WD 7200rpm (one in Vantec hurricane thing) 2 x 80gig WD 7200rpm in fan cooled hotswap bays 1 x 36gig WD Raptor 10k -cooling Zalman CNPS 5500 (i think) /w 80mm (idles at 30c - load at 38c) 120mm pan...

can you verify the Nexus fits? i wanna use the aeroflow in my other system. might as well go all out with silence hah.

hah i left the image that way to spare the 56k users the agonizing 30 seconds wait :) i think ill opt for the 7v mod of the TMD fan. like i said, anything below 60c doesn't faze me. ive noticed the temps getting higher now that summer is here, 30c for case as opposed to 25c in winter (i still rememb...