There is no "TDP" nor "watts" on the "recommended heatsinks" page! What could be more basic than the performance of a cooler? (With more or less airflow. For example "airflow from fan attached to the sink", "airflow from a (PSU- or case-)fan nearby", "airflow from just the natural (hot-upward) conve...

Guys, what about buying a (cheap) chassis, then drilling many holes into it at bottom, top, etc. Putting in a fanless PSU (or one part of a 2-part psu), a low-powerconsuming CPU (maybe 10W? 20W?, but quite strong (I would prefer above 1000 points is passmark (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php...

Here is a smaller variant of my silent PC concept: http://w3.externet.hu/~p_tclrg7jter/2drv%20sink-above-RAM%2012x24x40cm%20PC-case.html Room for only 2 drives (of normal common size) and 3 small exp. cards. Heatsink above the RAM (!) (no room elsewhere :)). Common fan size (12 cm). Single-plate mot...

150 CFM may be what the hottest OC'd chip wants...but that's not "Quiet" copmputer....it's a Hot Rod tamed somewhat. If less is enough, that better. I thought of the 8-9 fan cases.. (summing their CFM-s I guess it reaches even 150CFM) Heatpipes MAY ultimately let CPU-GPU-Chipsets share a massive he...

jaganath wrote:150CFM at 18dBA?

I extrapolated from the SilenX fans. (Excuse for the ad.) As I noticed the dBA does not increase much, as the size grows. There exist a 18dBA, 90CFM fan.

I'm not sure I would call this "compact" [..] I'm not sure how feasible it would be to manufacturer an L-shape motherboard. To save space, maybe consider a redesign with less than 5 expansion slots. [..] the single fan in your design may not be enough to cool down dual graphic cards. For air flow p...

--Here is the design--

Somebody, please implement it!

Apologization: I am not a case-designer at all, just a (dissatisfied) user.

I have designed a single-fan PC case. (See the next post for the URL of the (small) picture.) Its features: - 1 fan only (be about 18dBA or less, vibrationless-mounted, insulated) - powerful (can hold 5 of the biggest expansion cards, 6 big (noiseblocker-encapsulated) HDD/ODD drives (3 of them expos...