I had a slight (10%) overclocked prescott cooled by my Ninja with a Scythe S-Flex 1200rpm fan at 11V during games and 5V in idle.
The prescots beats every cpu when it comes to high heat

My Noctuas run at 21093rpm according to Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Not sure if the fancontrollers on motherboard still sucks or it's something up with that fan

Your DIY 120mm slot-fan should fit, or possibly a 92mm version might be bether.

I have Zalman ZM80D-HP on my 7950GT and it's around 75C on full load

Someone on this forum created a chimney with a 40W lightbulb in to get a draft but it didn't work very good. Intresting idea tho

McBanjo, would you agree that of the three brands you named, seasonic and corsair are probably the most reliable and therefore the best choices? According to what I read they are the best or among the best. There is ofcourse exceptions in Antec lines but as a generell rule they are good. There exci...

Since I've heard that Tagans has problem with going very warm it might overheat the PSU. Why not simply buy a unit that is stable and silent already? Seasonic, Corsair and Antec is good brands

@McBanjo, like the unconventional airflow design, not sure the bottom fans add too much to the confection airflow. They do, but I can run the computer without them and still be within temp-limits. Just a bit to high for my taste and I can't hear them anyway :) I will probibly create something simul...

The first one:
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The present one:
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blubberhoofd wrote:I will test this weekend if ducting will make a difference, so is there any advice for duct material?

Thick paper or cardboard works like a charm

falcon26 wrote:I'll probably get the ninja. It does fit in the P182 case right? And this may sound dumb but it does cool better than the zalman 9500 right?

No personal experience but to my knowledge it's a safe YES on both those questions

Turn the heatsink 90 degrees instead, should eliminate the problem

Plan #1 seems best to me, not sure a duct is needed

RMA it

Or get a Corsair or a Seasonic

I can't deside if that amount of coolers is scary or impressive...

I belive that the main reason MikeC measures at 1m is becourse it's the normal distant from a computer to the user. Everything is silent when it's far away enought and everything is noisy when it's close enough

What would the case cost in a store?

If noise isn't an issue why do you want to swap cooler?

Nice info, great job Felger

Jaganath, if you want to check the derivation, remember that SIN(30deg) = SQR(3)/2.

I'm using Zalman ZM80D-HP on my eVGA 7950GT at 600/1500, without a fan poining at it (and 2 HDDs below it) it had about 80C on maxload. With a 5V fan and 2HDDs between the fan and card it doesn't hit 70C

I have to disagree about the functionality. The Decomatic is the only entry with a video card (nVIDIA 7600GS). The others all use onboard graphics. Not your fault. Odd that people automatically assume that the wooden computer is also the slowest. (Low-tech case=Low-tech computer???) Intel never pub...

Got to love that cardboard-case. It's so ugly

Some really nice cases there. To bad your Decomatic didn't win, it's definatly the best looking one but I guess mCubes is the most funcuality one.

Eh Asus is a brand while Nvidia, AMD/ATI and Intel does the chipset that acctually runs the motherboard.
An Asus with Nvidia chipset is probibly slightly bether for Nvidia graphiccards while an Asus with AMD/ATI chipset is bether for AMD/ATI graphiccards

Nice

Got any reference temps on the original cooler?

The fan itself is only 220x30mm, by some odd reason they measure those fans sideways like an old monitor.
With that measurmernt a 120mm fan would be ~140mm

I agree with Bluefront

Aluminium can be bought throught hardware stores or they can give you a hint where to search. Try to find a store that is directed against the industry

...I think that perhaps if you reversed the airflow it would cool better (e.g. intake is at the motherboard, the PSU is reversed so the fan points down, the bottom fan is an exhaust). Of course, then you'd have issues with sucking in hot air blown out by the bottom fan... d'oh! Otherwise, neat desi...

A fan on the PSU/MB wall pointing towards the MB might help your overheat situation. Just a thought

While I agree with Isaac on the top I think your present solution is cooler
It's a bit much empty space in it for my liking but it's neat anyway

The stock cooler really, really has to go

How this works? In brief, it manages the following: output voltages and load on each rail, power fan speed tweak, localized or preset temperature monitors, power supply lighting control, proximity warning bells and even present user modes for performance, normal use or silent operation. This equate...

I would like to replace this with something quiet and large... 300, 400, 500GB? What are the BEST drives to get noise-wise that have similar performance to the raptors?

Isn't the raptor rather silent?

Read this?

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html