From http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/r-spec.php?model=RV02&area=usa "Compatible with expansion card up to 12 inches" I know 10.5 fits without removing fans no problem. Also the bigger cards have been coming with top mounted power supply pins so that they are easier to fit. I have no ide...

I am also contemplating the same questions. P55 / i7 860 or X58 / i7 920 for a new game machine. Do I want to pay extra for a usb 3.0 and sata 6G board? The Marvell solution that both Gigabyte and Asus are using appears to currently have issues for Sata 6G. Take a look at http://benchmarkreviews.com...

As for the 18cm fans and the honeycomb grill & dust filter, I'm going to be posting a followup, after experiments with some other fans to see if the effect is the same. Ditto with different types of grills and filters. It may change our basic advice about fan vents -- perhaps wide open & unrestrict...

Be Quiet SilentWings PWM fan line announce. I have no idea what they are like.

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php? ... 63&catid=2

Anantech takes a look at performance with new firmware:
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667

Thermalright has decreased the fin count and increased the gap between the fins on the Ultra Extreme. They also put a hole down the middle similar to the Megahalem. Should work better with lower RPM fans. Hardocp appears to like it at both low and high RPM.

Xbit reviewed the Thermalright T-Rad2 GTX cooler today. Works very well on Radeon 4870 or 4890 if also use the VRM1/2 cooler (adding to the cost). Does not work well with Nvidia GeForce GTX cards.

Hard OCP has first review. Thought it important enough to post this that I created account for first time after 3 years of reading SPCR but not allowed to post a link until get 3 posts on this board. Replace first two spaces with . and rest of spaces with / www hardocp com article 2009 09 25 seasoni...