I'm not sure about a case that matches yoiur requirements. I've built a HTPC using a MATX board in a Lian Li PC-9300, which takes a SFX PSU (I used a 180W one). That totalled more than £50 for me. I did some mods to remove the 80mm fan from the power supply (It's a Sparkle one, but was too noisy). I...

I recently upgraded my T-bird 1.33 to an XP2400+ (T-bred) which is about the same power. The die was 1/3 the size, but otherwise cooling it is the same...

I recently put together a MATX system in a Lian Li PC-9300 case . I had to get an SFX power supply (Quicklinx 17Z4WS at dabs.com ). It wasn't that quiet, and seeing that the PC is by the TV I wanted it silent. I use a Zalman flower , but rather than the 92mm fan on a bracket (not from the PCI slots ...

According to this page : Typical power consumption for AMD Barton 2800+ : 53.7W. Typical power consumption for P4 2.8Ghz : 68.4 - 69.7W depending on exact version. They have no data for the TBred 2800+. I don't think the Zalman "flower" cooler (AKA CNPS7000) exists for socket A. I'm not sure the 60...

Last year I got a Seagate U6 80Gb and was really pleased with the performance and noise aspcts of it that when it came to building a server I wanted to go with some more the same (for a RAID array). I couldn't source any at the end of last year and ended up with some Samsung 5400rpm, 80GB ones inste...