Felger,

I also look forward to hearing your thoughts on the acoustic characteristics of the HD250HJ drive.

I'm really curious to see how quiet/silent this single platter drive from Samsung is.

Thanks

Thanks for the follow up here Joe123.

If anyone is interested, SunBeam sells a PCI Slot fan controller without the fan, similar to the Scythe one used in this build by joe123.

http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/coo ... fc/fc.html

Nice build....what fan controllers did you use there (brand/model)?

Thanks

Nice system you have here....what keyboard and rechargeable mouse do you have there in the shot of your workspace?

Thanks for sharing

Like Tikka above, I too am interested in whether the Nexus fans now come with open corners?

Jackal, if you can list which website you got them from, it would be much appreciated!

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