I'm wondering exactly the same... And I have IP-35 as well So far haven't bothered to connect it and the rig seems to work. Maybe just extra power for graphic cards with no additional connector?

I'm a bit disapointed you didn't take it apart to see what's inside.... So I searched another review and saw the internals. It made me lol to see some hype about high quality connectors and see the internals with basic connection wire running from the high quality RCA-connector to the PCB :roll: But...

Have fun with the Sonata's HedFukBar Damn the only purpose for that beam is to cause the user to get frustrated to hell when he/she tries to either install a new cooler or the Antec's PSU blows up and needs to be replaced.

Also reviewed on SPCR

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article801-page1.html

The stock cooler that comes with Pentium C2D (21x0) and 8x00-processors is a joke, really. The heatsink is only 15 mm high compared to the old 30 mm high Intel boxed, and if that midget is enough to keep the CPU cool, then I really don't know any aftermarket solution that wouldn't. Arctic Cooling ma...

Well done review. but with the small motherboard in a larger sized case im curious who will endup using this thing. Me. I don't care about the size, it's not like I would take it to LAN-parties or my rent would be affected by how large the case of my second PC is. Got my lovely new P180 Mini today....

I have somewhat similar problem. My hardware is Abit IP35, E6750 and currently I'm testing a couple of coolers from Xigmatek. Now the coolers are supposed to be top notch, but for a reason or another the temperatures are far from impressive. First of all: At first test the load temperature was the s...

Wouldn't like trying to press the pins of a large cooler with those around

Dunno if I'm off the off-topic here, but I have a 24" (1920x1200) and have obviously tries watching 1080p movies with this. So far I think I'm leaning towards 720p as I don't see a difference worth twice the file size between 720 and 1080p videos. On proper home theaters, on the other hand, I can se...

To me (and it seems some other around here too) a proper audio amplifier looks more like this:

http://www.dagogo.com/images/Rotel-RB-1092-2.jpg

And compared to that, most HTPC cases don't look bland at all!

I've noticed a slight buzz from my 8800GT as well. It got louder when I overclocked the card and I can also hear it when I move 720p movie around the screen (wmp window that is). Not really annoying, but the buzz definitely exists.

I'm just wondering if that Ninja really needs its own fan? I mean 3800+ shouldn't heat up that much.. I like the case, haven't seen one of those in action before.

And at first I thought you were preparing to be nuke'd or something The food boxed really caught my eye.

Depending on the vick/metal foam used inside the tube, heatpipes should be pretty easy to bend. Nickle plated don't work that well though, but Accelero seems to have normal copper colored versions.. Here's some extreme heatpipe-bending for you :) Also a nice tool to help not bulge the pipes: http://...

Maybe it's just me. No, it's not just you, but you are in the minority. I'm in that minority too, but when I DO USE the optical drive I don't want to have to reach the floor. Chrome? What chrome? :lol: More like shiny plastic. Also I don't like the bottom dust filter. Seems like a bit of a pain to ...

It allowed for resolutions of 800x600, 1152x648, 1280x720 and 192x01080

Just pointing out a slight typo. Nice results indeed, a good base for a blu-ray HTPC.[/quote]

Splits opinions surprisingly much. I do like it. I don't like oversized fans that can't be found as replacements when the original one fails/doesn't please one's ear, but this one seems to be all OK. And what are you whining about the optical drive location and all that? How often do you REALLY use ...

Do you REALLY need three 3,5" drive bays? Fusion would be such a nice choice for a budget HTPC-case. Zalmans are too pricey and full ATX..

A bit of a shame really that I sold my mATX-setup recently.. Would have been an interesting case to take a closer look at. Maybe I'll have to get a new second setup? Here we go again

Those HDD-cages are always problematic.. I like the P150 design maybe most. You can easily get the drives out, but it doesn't restrict airflow too much. On the design seen here and for example on Sonatas the drives are very easy to take out and change, but the cage itself sits on the way of the airf...

Finally a case with huge fans that I could even think of getting. This has to be the first one ever to have a 20 cm fan on the front panel without bright blue leds and a duct. I kinda like it actually.

Go figure how I posted the same information about the fan and a very familiar looking image a week before the review came out ;) I can warmly recommend any Gainward cards with that cooler to everyone looking for a graphic card that's quiet out-of-the-box. The 1024 MB memory seems like total waste, b...

Ummh. As far as I can see the Zalman costs $15 more than the Accelero S1 and doesn't perform as well. Also w/o the turbo module the price difference gets even higher (atleast I already have quiet 120 mm fans that could be used). Sure Zalman offers competitive performance, but I tend to look at the p...

Speaking of bottlenecks.. I had a X2 4600+ and when I received my 8800GTS and ran 3dmark twice (I couldn't believe the result on the first time) I went straight to the store and bought E6750+mobo. I didn't bother testing the FPS on any real games, but I'd imagine it shows there as well. And someone'...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7017/gtalastipkj0.th.jpg There you go, ofcourse I had to take the Gainward Bliss 8800GT Golden Sample apart right when it was delivered to me. The bad news are that the thermal paste was once again rock solid and there was a sticker that stated I no longer have wa...

That black version without logos looks so much better than the gray with logos :O Classy.

Damn that's one awesome wirejob! Can't believe there are so many HDDs in that case! I get a terrible mess already with three disks

I figured cable management somewhat futile in this case as there's really no airflow to be restricted For the outlooks and parts to be easily accessible yes, but other than that..

Good to hear you're happy with the system.

A tad too dark photos, hard to see all the details, but as far as I can see, good work! Seems kinda familiar as I had M2N32-SLI dlx and a Silverstone PSU installed into one of those cases too

I can tell you there are no vibration killers of any kind for the HDD, so some sort of modification might be a good idea again. Ask them how they like the cooler? Is it enough for more modern CPUs than the 3500+ used in the review.... And if they've snapped any mounting brackets :roll: EDIT: And goo...

I don't know if the cooler seen on the Metku.net review always comes with this case, but I reckon it's not half bad. Haven't tested it too extensively though, but it doesn't seem to make too much noise and judging by the weight and the size it should be a better performer than the boxed coolers. And...