If it is dirty then polishing will make a difference but out of the box and clean, not even slightly noticable.

And I wouldn't modify the base of the heat sink, they design it that way for a reason, it allows more surface area to contact the thermal conpound between the heatsink and CPU.

I never understood why people put LEDs and Neons in their PCs. I try to make my pc unnoticeable not flashy.

That is normal, PSUs after all are switching power supplies, that is just one of their quirks.

Read this: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-supply.htm
and/or this: http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_switching_vs_linear/

Nice! You have the same CPU cooler as I do

That sounds like a temp sensor malfunction, at 88*C (or 121*C for that matter!) your CPU would cook, I can almost guarantee it!* And if the CPU went from 121* to 39* in the few seconds it takes to soft reset and get into the BIOS it would probably have been damaged by the rapid cooling because of di...

Get your SLK3000-B at amazon, it is $43 there right now and has free shipping. And save some money on other things too, a gig of RAM would be nice and you don't need something as powerful as a 6600 if you don't plan on gaming. You should get a 5950 or something in that range.

frankgehry wrote:I think the greek was making an attempt at humor.
EDIT: maybe not - just new member question.

Yes and no, I'm new here but not to the quiet computer scene. I just keep seeing this fan and wondered what it was. I've heard of Nexus fans and even own one but I didn't know the orange fan was one.

Yet another SLK3000-B system! A fine choice of case and components! One question, what make/model is that orange fan that everyone seems to be using?

I really like the looks of this! think I'm going to get one

Nice! It seems alot of people put noise dampening foam in their case doors, not just me :lol: CD/DVD drives are noisy! And your "assumed" airflow path looks correct to me... I think your PSU should stay plenty cool! And as for the CRT buzz, there is really no way to fix that other than to get a bett...

I like it! The rounded shape will improve airflow and it is just plain pretty!

It would be oxymoronic to put my fast PC in the snail-like case

Only problem is that my SCSI doesn't fit in those stupid sideways HDD bays

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Those benching apps either don't work well with SCSI or are total garbage, they gave my ATA133 Drive marks 3x higher than my SCSI drive. Well, I know that's wrong so I won't let it worry me.

I certainly agree with Mike, I seriously doubt your PC is making even a small difference in your room temperature. Mine sure doesn't and it runs a steamy 56*C (132*F) CPU temp and 38*C (100*F) case temp under full load.

Looks heavy!

Your temps are nothing to worry about unless they are within 7-10*C of the max operating temperature. My CPU idles higher than yours goes full load!

And 40*C toasty?! Who told you that, that is cool for a CPU!

My full load temp is 56*C, idle 40*C...