Searching around I found these pics. The front fan is only a 92mm however.

Heres a kit that can be used to convert any case to a external PSU.
http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info ... ucts_id/90

Friend of mine got one from Computergate.com in his quest to reduce the monthly electric bill caused by a 24/7 on system. I haven't heard it personally to match up against my Fortron 120mm yet, and I won't know how electric bill is affected till the end of this month.

Sweet duct work :D (now that I can see the pics) Ed, thanks for pointing out that Rockler carries these parts. I had given up on ducting after checking Home Depot and finding nothing usable. I stopped by the Torrance location on the way home and it looks like they have everything I need for a muffle...

I used to work as a Gateway technician when the 500 series came out last year. Looking at the current line they haven't changed the case configuration so I can say the PSU's are the normal ATX shape and connectors are compatable but the case has *no* PSU screws in the back and uses a tool less lever...

supply...then again, keep in mind I deal with these extremely quiet power supplies all the time (silenx, nexus, verax, zalman) which do generate very low air flow. The 120mm fortron isn't pushing as much air as those damn loud vantecs or enermax, if you tend to compare with those more "mainstream" ...

Also think about getting a Zalman Multi adaptor, it is very cheap and converts from a single 4-pin molex to 2x 5v 3pin + 2x 12v 3 pin connectors. Perfect solution for multiple fans.. I can't remember exactly where, but in one of the threads here at SPCR I read that these things can actually make no...

I find it hard to believe these 120mm Fortrons can even be considered silent, they're friggin loud in my opinion. :) They do push a ton of air, I must admit. But look inside and you realize how dinky the heatsink on that power supply is, no wonder it requires such a large fan. The fact the fan is n...

Well I took the plunge and picked up the 350W 120mm from XPdirect based on the positive feedback here. It's defintely is quieter than my generic PSU modded with a Panaflo and moves more air more efficently since the intake is directly above my cpu. When comparing the two side by side I noticed my ol...

Nvidia ran into severe fab and design problems after they commited to the Geforce FX design. Thus they had no product to release when ATI Radeon 9700 took off with the speed lead. Now the Geforce FX series is so late it's just essentially a DX9 product refresh of the existing Geforce 4 series.

I've seen Newegg offering this case cheap w/o power supply.

I have a fanless oem MSI GF-3 Ti-200 made for Compaq that I bought at Fry's 2 years ago. The heatsink is about 65mm square and the fins are not as fine as pictured. The memory is not sinked and it doesn't have the DVI port. Running stock speeds it gets burning hot but has been stable. Lately, I've t...

Technically having more water only delays the inevitable because without a a way to radiate the heat, the system would eventually overheat. I would concentrate on finding a decent large radiator and you should be able to passively cool that kinda wattage. A small car radiator comes to mind.

I just noticed today that SVC are carrying these ducts for $9. They have a very good resellerrating . http://www.thermaltake.com/images/products/heatsink/ducting/Ducting.jpg On a simular note, Directron started carrying the Badong set of duct kits. http://us.st7.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/directron_...

This was a interesting article on system stability testing that uses Microsoft's hardware compatability testing suite. http://www.whiningdog.net/Articles/PC/Testing/20021202-HCT/ I've not seen any review sites use it for testing purposes, but I've run it on one of my systems and can say it really bo...

Directron carries the older version of this case in blue, black and silver. http://store.yahoo.com/directron/aft6551.html These don't have the 2 cdrom doors and the front audio ports. Price has drop some what, used to be in the $150+ range. jhh, see the nexus site here http://www.nexustek.nl/Nexus_s...

Tom's Hardware just did a review on this case and a sister aluminum model.
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20 ... se-08.html
This one is made by "Atech", although I believe they all are coming from the same unnamed OEM manufacture in China.

From most reviews I've read the Zalman flower design is quiet, but you can do measureably better with a massive Alpha or Swiftech heatsink and a quiet Panaflo fan. I went with a Alpha for my Athlon XP 1700+ and it's worked out quite well. However I suppose if you ducted the Zalman like in Rusty's de...

Both the Alpha for the P4 and Athlon use 80mm fans only. You can use a fan adapter to accommodate 90mm and 120mm fans if you have enough clearance around/above your cpu.

Does anyone actually own this case? And could you post any experiences with it?
I'm interested in buying one but it looks like it has some ventilation issues, and it's $155 w/o PSU. Here's some interesting claims.

I'm actually trying to find a USA based dealer that carries this as this is the type of duct I've been looking for sometime. My idea is to route the air from my Alpha 8045 straight out the back of the case. Incidentally I first stumbled across various pictures of a duct like this on http://www.korea...

Found a review of this here.
http://www.xtremods.com/vbulletin/show. ... stsystema1
Comments anyone?



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I've been thinking of getting one of the SN41G2's (the AMD one). Odd, from most of the reviews I've read so far they haven't mentioned that the fans were exceptionally loud, and some of them were in perspective that the system could be used as a Home Theater PC (HTPC) so I'm sure they considered the...

Can you really get this shroud without buying the fan/heatsink? That would be a deal..... After checking around Sharka sells them seperately for $9.95. http://www.sharkacorp.com/cgi-bin/TLSstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=zmfd80 Unfortunatly they presently out of stock, can't imagine why :win...

I just saw one of these at CompUSA under the PC Toys brand name, so they do have a US distributor. Actually I was refering to the Badong product, not the Zalman fan and duct. Also to note, CUSA only sell the Zalman part bundled (fan/sink/duct) and not seperate (I'd only want the blue plastic duct)....

Dan's Data just posted a review of a CPU fan duct. From the description, it looks like the use may be opposite (ie, sucking air in instead of blowing it out). Still, it looks interesting http://www.dansdata.com/badong.htm I've been looking for something like this since I found some pictures of thes...

Sorry I'm not familier with this alpha vendor. Could you post a link to their site? Thanks.

Just wanted to add that the a friend has one of the newer tower/clamshell Dell cases that looks to be a custom design. He bought it `bout 3 months ago and it is black/dark plastic over metal fram but interestingly has slot openings for only 5 slots, and a matching sized 5 slot motherboard. I can't f...

I think since the base system is to be a home theater (inferring non-portable) I think a external water cooling solution is the most optimal. However this route can get expensive. Some suggestions solutions: Koolance Exos is probably the easiest out-of-the-box solution. http://koolance.com/products/...

I'm trying to find a replacement 80mm x 20mm fan (normally they are 25mm thick) for a mATX psu. However, I can find no vendors that carry these sized parts. Does anyone know where I might buy them?