The Grandia's chassis is steel; only the front panel is aluminium. There are plenty of silent 80mm fans. I can recommend the Arctic Cooling fans, which are quite inexpensive too.

Thanks for clearing that up, SST Guy. So the Grandia's internal structure is similar to that of the LC17, except for the different hard drive bays. (I'm just drawing comparisons to the LC17 because I've seen it in person.)

Aha! I found a six-HDD desktop case. Silverstone Grandia GD01MX

There's a general anti-thermaltake attitude on these forums. I've never had one, so I can't speak for their quality or lack thereof. The Seasonic M12-500 is a good choice if you want both detachable cables and silence.

Gigantic monstrosity of the case is enough to make it a deal breaker. I want stuff I can tuck under a desk.

pfft, LEDs... Black computers go faster! It's a proven fact! Neil: Looks like the fan screws just thread between the fins.

The TR HR-03 looks awesome; Maximum PC magazine said in their review that the Schooner was a royal bitch to install.

They didn't even open it up either!

Rig the 40 -> 60mm adapter onto the zalman HS.

Condensation would be a problem there, qviri...

be interesting, with the 200mm fan, see if anybody comes out with a 200mm radiator... That would be only logical.

Ryboto: I'm in the same boat as you w/r/t the zalman being the loudest fan in the system. I should really fanmate it to 5v instead of letting q-fan give it PWM. Sorry not having a report now, I haven't even ordered the fan yet. Been so busy with school :/

Dear God. No. The Antec 900 wasn't a joke? What is this world coming to?!?!?!

Tzupy: afaik no. The Disktwin is designed to mount in a 5.25" bay, the P150s drive cages are not that wide.

The rear fan is ducted to the CPU now, that's stock Dell. I think I'll make it even more positive by flipping the PSU-fan, I need to figure out how to keep wires away from it though. Setup going down atm to take pix.

Ooh. I believe this design is deficient on HDD cooling. I'm currently getting 51C on my Seagate 40GB primary drive, and 49C on my WD 160GB. Ideas?

Yup, internal pics would really help the Dell users. I'll take tehm next time I have my rig down, in a few days. I might tape over some of the remaining vents.

nici wrote:The intake fan can not possibly provide as much airflow as the two exhaust fans, so all the small holes in the case, like around the 5,25" blanking plates, would act as intakes.

and that's going to get you more dust in odd nooks and crannies. I know from experience.

Yup, I finally got around to doing this even though I've had the sys for over 2 years. Worklog (if you can call it that becasue it took me maybe 3hr): Replaced psu with 400w Hipro Reversed rear fan Snipped out rear grills Moved a HDD into the floppy bay (cooling) And now it looks ghetto-tastic becau...

The hipro PSU is totally compatible. It will fit in your case; in fact I replaced the psu in that same case (at school) with 120mm fan PSU.

Babelfish is illegible And the report is coming by 05 October.

Emachines psu are not proprietary, I replaced one at my school with a normal 350w. Recent Dell psus aren't either, I'm running my cellie 1.7 box off a 250w Dell psu. I can recommend the Hipro HP-E4009F5WR. *newegg link*

nici: no. I'm 14 and I don't like it. I'll stick with the Evercase 4252 ir P180 thanks.

NyteOwl: Model M's ftw!!! I have a 1992 one on my main box. The Logitech S510 on my other desktop can't match the feel.

Newegg doesn't stock the YL, and I'd very much prefer to get the fan from Newegg, because I'm also buying a wireless router there. And I intend to have it as ‘set-and-forget’ on a fanmate, because of my laziness. That rules out the Ever Green for me. And I confess to being slightly anti-Yate-Loo...

jaganath: Can't buy from jab-tech, they don't have wireless routers. I'd like to keep them on the same order. Neil: I'll probably get the NMB, because it hasn't tested much around here. Chocolinx: Thanks for the advice, and I'll make sure to fanmate the AC if i get it. I actually do have a spare fan...

I remember having seen a Powmax Assassin at a computer fair; I eyeballed the fan as 14cm. I don't know the brand/model of the fan.

I was browsing on newegg and I found some quiet 120mm's specwise, and they're all from good brands. I'm seeking people's input on which would be the best and quietest. Arctic Cooling AF12025 Evercool Ever Green EC-EGF-12 NMB Minebea 4710KL-04W-B19-VB2 I'm not leaning toward any specific one. It's fo...

Indeed. 150mm is just a typo. It's actually a 14cm. And Powmax? /me pukes

Thanks for posting that Atomic. I was going to form a similarly well-thought-out post, though I didn't have time.