whatever the fuck you do, do NOT get the Rosewill RIKB-11001. bought two in a sale, and i'd prefer the oldest, <50% unreliable keyboard you could find to it. can't touch-type on it (well); the touch is terrible. there's no spacing between the number row and the F-row. trust me. you never think it wo...

yeah, i had to get an HR-05 IFX (and got an SLI, too, for sb) for my ill-fated X58 Pro (nb would hit 100C .. and beyond, then shut off). it's great if you have room in your case for it!

i know it won't be silent, but 21dba isn't all THAT loud is it? as for the 900a, the breathing room doesn't really matter. the only thing in the way is a bar which doesn't block that much air. http://www.short-media.com/images/mm/Reviews/Hardware/Cases/aspire_x_qpack/installed/install_ws_no_cover.jp...

If you're looking for a Socket A heatsink that doesn't need mounting holes I don't think the ThermalRight SLK 900a can be beaten. It should be more than capable of cooling an XP-M with a quiet 80mm fan. The only problem would be finding one. the problem is more that i can't use mounting holes ... a...

i could just cry. it's 2mm, MAYBE 3mm too tall to fit in the case...!

back to square one...

How about this one? http://www.silentpcreview.com/article115-page1.html i'll look into that one... the other one looks like it would be too big for the case... when i have the money, i think i might look into a passive psu, too, as well as a 6200 with HDTV out (unfortunately all 6200s with HDTV out...

are there any decent 3 prong HSFs one would recommend for a SFF Athy XP system? i'm thinking of putting an Athy XP-M on a Soyo SY-K7VM333 v1.0 (microATX) i had laying around in a Aspire X-QPack . unfortunately it doesn't have the standard mounts of an ATX board... so i can't use my CNPS7000B-AlCu or...