Here I am a year after you guys and also contemplating an upgrade to my older i7-860 system that resides in my P180 case. I bought the case in 2010 and it has been fine for my needs. A little on the heavy side but I knew that going in and it has been pretty easy to keep the build virtually silent fo...

jagnath, yes, ultimately CFM out = CFM in. Often you see multiple fans moving air out of a case and fewer (sometimes none) fans moving air into a case. And I'm simplifying greatly, I realize, since different sizes and speeds all have a bearing on the actual numbers. In actuality, a steady state is r...

I'm curious about the negative case perssure that seems to be the norm. Typically you find more CFM out of the case than coming in. This results in a negative gradient of pressure from the outside of the case to the inside. Why is that? I know in industrial "clean room" environments the opposite is ...

Hello, everyone. This is my first post here. I found this site while searching for information on system components for a new PC I plan to build. For the last 2.5 years I've had a Dell 8400 with a 3.2 GHz P4 Prescott. I don't have any real complaints except that it's too loud. For some reason, after...