Just shy of a full year since I asked the original question I have finally taken action (more due to being busy than procrastinating). I purchased the following: - Antec Designer 500 - Intel Core 2 E4500 - ASUS P5K SE (no NB fan) - Seagate 320GB - Corsair 2 x 1GB DDR2 6400 - Passive video card - Scy...

Aris wrote:Yes you can run a fan at minimal speeds and still keep a C2D cool with a scythe ninja.

Do I just need the case fan or do I need the CPU fan as well?

You could make yourself a SPCR-standard PC: P150, Ninja on a E6300 or an AMD X2 EE, some passive mobo, some passive gfx card, a Samsung or WD Caviar SE 16 (320GB and above **KS version IIRC) and a nexus case fan should work... I've put this off long enough and I now need to go ahead and make a purc...

I am looking towards getting a new PC. I currently run off of a Notebook with Celeron M processor which is dead quiet 99% of the time with a moderate fan noise kicking in when under constant load. This is normally used as a PC and is hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard & mouse. I've been real...