Very nice case indeed and again a nice test. This GD08B was in my shotlist for a gaming HTPC, after removing the FD Node 605 from it after reading reviews. In the listing it is equipped with only one 120mm in front and one on the side. This should be noted. Otherwise a good review (like always). It ...

Hitachi has the E-serie drive which are made for 24x7 use.
They are going to release E7K200 drives this summer. I think seagate also has a 24x7 serie for blade servers.

Thanks, the ST3160811AS is a 7200.9 serie drive, there are know for being noisy.

I'm going to build a SFF PC using a Asus T3-M2N. But it's impossible to softmount a 3.5" HDD. Now I have to decide between a 3.5" single plate HDD or a 3x more expensive 2.5" 7200rpm HDD. The 2.5" drive can be soft mounted, where I can only damp the HDD case with case-dampingmaterial. Which drive is...

Oeps, the T3 is a Asus barebone.
http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1 ... odelmenu=1

Hello, I'm looking to build a SFF PC and this system is quit cheap compare to the Shuttle systems (more than twice the price). I would combine it with a 65W X2 CPU and 7600GS or something more powerfull (7600GT,7900GS or 8600GT) which all consume not a lot of power. The only problem is I can't find ...