There's a lot of hot components in that build.

What general shape do you prefer?
Cube, tall tower, deep tower, ...
Have you considered a Silverstone Raven type setup?
The back of the mainboard faces up, heat from the CPUs and GPUs can travel up and out of the case.

There's one more small board with 6 SATA ports: http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=210&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 Zotac dual core Atom, in DTX Format, ITX +1 slot. Pros: low power consumption, low price Cons: lacks hardwa...

The 775 Bolt through Kit Rev. 2 looks like the one on the installation page of the Si-128 SE.

When in doubt, contact support:
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/contact.html

Great find! I am looking for something smaller, now I want to see how it stacks up against a Silverstone SG07. It will be available in silver and red, too: Go to Spec, then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page There are two new Zotac boards with 6 SATA ports: H55-ITX WiFi Socket 1156 NM10-DT...

I think the vibration of the hard drives is amplified by the case. The mounting mechanism on the Lian Li V2100 has no dampening. The Lian Li A20 has a HDD cage with some degree of dampening. The screws for the hard disks have little rubber grommets. The case only fits 6 hard disks this way, but you ...

Find out where the noise comes from. You should post your current setup in full, maybe your graphics card or another device makes a lot of noise. Some quick thoughts: Are you using the Intel boxed cooler? If so get a new one like the Scythe Mugen 2 Rev B. Stop the fans and see what it does for noise...

In a word: no. I have a Lian Li V2100 with 8 7200 RPM hard drives (Samsung and Maxtor). I tried to identify where the noise came from and stopped every single fan except for the PSU (Seasonic S12 500W, very quiet), and it wouldn't get much quieter. The hard drives seem to make a lot of noise. The in...

In the SPCR review power draw topped out at 78 watts with a 9400GT:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1013-page5.html

Here's a very good review of the cooler, tested on a 5850 and 5870: Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fht4u.net%2Freviews%2F2009%2Fscythe_setsugen_meets_radeon_hd5800%2F&sl=de&tl=en Original: http://ht4u.net/reviews/2009/scyt...

Please provide some details like temps, RPM of the fan, CPU and case.

Here's a list of small towers with 120mm fans: Silverstone TJ08 http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=tj08 Lian Li PC-A05 http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=289&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=63 Aerocool Qs-200 http://www.aerocool.com.tw/pgs/pgs-q/qs200....

SSDs with trim are among others: Intel X25-M G2 http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/x25m/index.htm OCZ Vertex http://www.ocztechnology.com/ssd_tools/OCZ_Vertex_Series_SSDs/ Corsair P Series http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=83708 I would recommend them in the order posted, though diff...

High clocked S775 CPUs are still good for gaming, but not better than a PhenomII at the same clock speed, the Phenom II is up to 50% cheaper. With the arrival of dual core i3/i5 CPUs Intel will phase out most of the S775 CPUs. I have a Socket 775 system that I'm going to use for a while longer, but ...

Socket 775 is dead. Network and audio is integrated on all consumer mainboards, display outputs sometimes. CPUs and mainboards with a good price/performance ratio are Intel socket 1156 and Amd sockets AM2+ and AM3 parts. Dual core CPUs are easier and quieter to cool than triple or quad core CPUs. Do...

Is BeQuiet more readily available?
The BeQuiet Pure Power 300W is 80+ Bronze certified and has a better than 80% efficience starting at about 15% rated power. It's also quiet and costs about 30€.

The power measurements from Xbitlabs are NOT at the power outlet. Please read the article and the links on testing equipment before drawing a conclusion. The power figures from Xbitlabs are the most detailed I could find anywhere. Here's a link to the testing equipment for your convenience: http://w...

I don't know what you mean by better.
It can do all the tasks described in your first post. The Intel SS4200 is also a bit loud, but you can buy a long network cable and put it an a place where you don't hear it. So it's probably not better, just a different solution with different pros and cons.

The best graphic card for a HTPC is an ATI 5000 series card. They support bitstreaming of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio over HDMI from a Blu-Ray disc. The cheapest model available right now is the 5650 which is available with a passive cooler. Cheaper models should appear soon. If you do not ...

I think the PSU is too weak for heavy oc and 5850 CF. Here are some power figures for a very similar system: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5800-crossfirex_10.html#sect0 This is the test setup: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5850_4.html#sect0 The sys...

The Nexus 430 has four 12 volt lines, probably not seperate ones. Total combined power draw on all of them cannot exceed 396 watts /12 volts = 33 amps. http://www.nexustek.nl/NXS-Nexus-VALUE-430-silent-power-supply-80plus-430watt.htm A quality 400 watt PSU can supply enough power for almost any syst...

If you don't need a lot of CPU power and no more than one or two hard drives why not use an atom board like this one: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1010-page2.html In this case: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article905-page1.html If you use a single hard drive you can put it in the external 3...

What kind of system are you really planning? If the UPS is a major factor you want the system with the lowest power draw. LCDs are great for real estate, power and even colors if you pick an 8 bit panel. The CRT probably uses more power than the whole system idling which it would have to get from th...

As far as the Ninja Mini it's 115mm high, the Antec Minuet is 94mm high. Both CPU are very power efficient, the difference under load is 5-10 watts. I remember the Big Shuriken being a few degrees cooler than the Shuriken. Both should work well with such a cool chip, I recommend the Big Shuriken for...

Congratulations, looks like a nice and very quiet setup, glad I could help. About the fan configuration, I recommend removing the top fan to fit the optical drive, if both fit at the same time even better. The direction of the intake fans was chosen to create positive air pressure inside the case, w...

I did a little research, I believe you're talking about this board: http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GSEJT/D945GSEJT-overview.htm The tech specs PDF ( http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/D945GSEJT/sb/CS-030300.htm ) lists SATA interfaces page 19 one 1X4 (molex) po...

The drives idle between 3.9 and 7.9 watts, that's roughly 16-32 Wats for four. In a very low power system I would estimate idle power between 30-46 watts. Getting an estimate for the power supply figures is pretty hard since the sytem idles so low and most test don't bother with efficiency at or bel...

Here are some power consuption figuers for hard drives, startup and idle and more: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/15-2tb-hdd-roundup_18.html#sect0 Four of these hard drives on startup need 3.5-4A on +5V and 5.6-10.8A on +12V. I don't know if I read your figures correctly, 30A start...

Here is a list of heatsinks with 120mm fans shorter than the Megahelem: Prolimatech Megahelem (reference), height 158,7mm AeroCool DCC-C1200 height, 155mm. A heatpipe direct touch heatsink with a flat top. There are similar models from other manufacturers. Scythe Ninja 2, height 152mm. Good for low ...

Here's my recommendation for a small and quiet system: Case: Antec Mini P182 revied here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article810-page5.html PSU: Any 400 Watt model wil do fine, i.e. Nexus 430 watt, here is recommended list: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_PSUs SSD: Intel X-25 M G2, if it...

Take a look at the recommended heatsink list:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_Heatsinks
The Xigmatek HDT-S964 and the Scythe Ninja Mini are two of the shorter heatsinks.