Welcome to SPCR Oberst Oswald

Much better looking than the orginal gaming bomb.

I don't care for the handles or the top blow hole.

I do like being able to mount the HD's front to back, I don't like side to side HD mounts at all.

Plz post the stepping code.

IQYFA is reported to be the best stepping for the 1.45v XP2500 mobile.

I don't know if it applies to the 1.35v XP 2400 version your getting.

5.25" FD's are handy once in a while especially if you collect antique software. :wink: Those early Seagate drives sure had a "distinctive" audio signature 4sure. I used to use a Zenith Z248 desktop machine at work years ago and I always found the hard drive seeks to be pleasant, just enough sound t...

I'll be in the "Ministry of Silly Walks" gluing heatsinks to my shoes whilst singing "The Lumberjack song"

I would think mounting a video card with a heatpipe upside down would decrease it cooling effectiveness.

Different strokes for different folks Sly Stone Hobby, addiction, passion, need, lust, focal point, keeps me off the streets, cheaper than cars, need for speed, playing the best games, love of mechanical things, constant tweeking, constant problem solving........... good for the head. All of the ab...

Everybody loves Raymond playing in another room on the TV

I think the Prescott comment is a joke by the inquirer.

Has the motherboard always did the bios reset thing after 8 hours? Sounds like the battery needs replaced.

If everyone agreed on everything, life would be pretty boring now wouldn't it?

Every time Thermaltake makes another "silent" computer accessory, God kills a kitten... So much negativity... Lol. Unfortunately it's true. If you want the blood of an innocent kitten on your hands, keep buying TT stuff. So true, not to mention what they do to widows and orphans, it's horrible, cha...

Sooty has a point Plexiglass cases are some of the very, very few enclosures that can be custom ordered one each instead of 1000 at a time. I had completely forgotten about that.

Is it me, or is this all very vague, grey and unfocused, kind of like a smokey room full of mirrors?

Cracks and scratches. Scratches can be polished out if they're not too deep, cracks are another matter. Power supplies tend to droop if the back panel is not thick enough. Finding a "quality" clear case is the challenge. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike them, I just haven't seen one that I think ...

OK we know why it's hot.

7 months, they (the HD's) should still be under a warranty. ?

See if you can get them repaired or replaced.

looks like you might get a bit of a venturi effect from the front air intake.

except for the knock-out pci slot covers, I like the looks of this one.

Welcome to SPCR

what fan are you using on the Scythe Kamakaze (rev B) ?

does it work better with the side door off?

What's your ambient room temp?

We agree to disagree

Northwood. I've got a Prescott/Zalman 7000Cu and it's slower than the comparable Northwood while runrunning much hotter and some older motherboards are not compatible, voltage wise, with them. I had to re-flash my MSI PT880 bios to get the dam thing to run stable and it's a new motherboard! Prescott...

When I made the above post I had the WD Raptors mounted in another case (aluminum with a thick front) and I have since moved the whole setup back to "test mule" Antec SX835 and noticed the whine but only when really close to the case. I really was pissed when I dropped the drive but pleasantly surpr...

You can try it with out the fan and see if it works OK, if it gets too hot then buy the fan kit.

You can also underclock that card with powerstrip for cooler temps.

acetone will desolve super glue

You could also use double sided thermal tape.

Sidewinder had the MicroCool South Sinks with the tape already on them as well as MOSFET sinks.

You can never have too many heatsinks

That has the fan mounts on the left or top side.

I'd recommend the fan option as the heatpipe will introduce more heat into the inside of the case. Personnally I like my video card heatpipe as it's a much more effective cooler that the stock HSF but it does raise the case temps.

Recycled Phase Cannon Bling, Bling, Bling, Just what the 13 year olds want.

A 200cfm fan outta do it and being from ThermalTake it'll probably fall apart after a week and destroy your video card in the process.

I don't care if makes gold eggs while cooling the cpu if it's from ThermalTake I'm not buyin' it. I've already wasted too many of my favorite dollars on their junk.

The FB165 comes with an 80mm 3 pin Zalman fan and a 5v resistor for quite operation and is gr8t for cooling a video card with a heatpipe or any other pci cards. I use one to keep my ATI 9700 Pro/ZM80HP combo cool. The FB 123 is more flexible with fan sizes (any size works) and useful for cooling oth...

OK, I'm not even starting to debate what happens if some clutch at NewEgg happens to drop one of the OEM containers for the drives... :roll: lol, I had new WD Raptor go flying across the room and bounce of my chairmat and land on the carpet, seriously, I hadn't even taken it out of the ESD bag yet ...