Thanks for the feedback - I didn't know you could do that.

I think the best bet for me is to swap to mini-itx as the boards are available. Just need to find a case I like! There are some pretty small ones by Silverston like the PT05 and Hoojum Cubit.

Ta

Gavin

Long time fan of SPCR embarining on a media centre PC.

Are there any nano-itx motherboards with hdmi incorporated?

Have seem plenty of min-itx boards, like the Albatron KI690-AM2 Mini-ITX, but I really want to use Silverstones LC08 case.

Cheers

Well after much deliberation and reading on Silentpcreview I finally made the decision to sell of my old Artic Cooling Silentium and jump to... http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.8625d472b1.jpg (click for larger pic) Spec Antec Solo Corsair HX620 EVGA 680i motherboard Corsair TwinX 2048MB In...

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I think the nexus solution will achieve the same aproximately the sound levels, but I don't think you'll get the same amount of airflow so your passively cooled 6600 might run a bit hotter.

I'm going for a gigabyte 6800 passive cooled AGP card!!!

I've fitted an SI97 now. Unfortunately it doesn't fit my motherboard very well - there's resistors/capacitors on either side of the CPU! This means that the centre of the CPU is not aligned correctly with the heatsink because I've had to site the heatsink off-centre. So unfortunately I don't think t...

I've fitted an SI-97 now. Unfortunately it doesn't fit my motherboard very well - there's resistors/capacitors on either side of the CPU! This means that the centre of the CPU is not aligned correctly with the heatsink because I've had to site the heatsink off-centre. So unfortunately I don't think ...

Good tip - the SI97 looks to fit the bill.

All of the reviews of the SI97 have fitted a fan to the heatsink though which is a shame - perhaps we'll be the first to try it fanless!

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Fantastic in depth review and great reading. I especially like the mp3 sound clips. I'm currently running an old Antec KS282 rig with no silent features whatsoever and a QTEC gold 450W PSU - its safe enough to say that this PC is really noisy - I don't have a sound meter, but I estimate well in exce...