This PSU looks really promising and delivers 80 plus gold certification at a really nice price point. Unfortunately, my newer desktop builds feature smaller cases the lengths of these cables seem too long. The G360W may still be ideal for replacing older power supplys for EATX desktop computers. Typ...

In my experience, the best way to make a considerable difference in noise is a fan controller. After getting The Scythe Kaze Master Ace fan controller, I could undervolt my fans down to an inaudible level when my system wasn't used for gaming. I could even turn off my fans during winter.

Very impressive, How did you mount that Hard Drive Cage?

well I mean instead of the fan being parallel to the motherboard it would be slanted so that the fins won't be in the way. or just cut those fins off

What type of fans are you planning on using?

Is it possible to bend the heatpipes so that your heatsink doesn't interfere with case?

You should try having the power supply intake air from outside the case. I've tried both configurations and I found that my computer ran alot cooler when the power supply took air from outside of the case. edit: I forgot to mention make sure your video card doesn't block any extra SATA ports. the GT...

The Big Shuriken is mainly a preventative heat sink. It reduced the temperatures up to 5 degrees Celsius. The heat sink is shorter than the stock heat sink for my Q9550 but it's wider. but I agree a stock heat sink should be sufficient. I am really glad that I spent the money to buy some good 120mm ...

Cable management is key in my opinion. I have a SG03 as well and when I play DX10 games I need to crank my fans to max to keep it my GTX260 OC2 under 70. The fan used to cool the GTX260 is a Scythe Slipstream, I run it at 2000 RPM to keep it cool. I can run it at a lower RPM but maxing it out is eas...

I let my brother use the ICD sample I received and he is running a intel stock cooler and his temperature maxed out at 45 degrees celsius with Arctic Silver 5 and now it maxes out at 42 degrees celsius.

ICD = 42 C

AC5 = 45 C.

He is running an intel e6600 (stock clocked)

actually it's smaller.

Lian-Li Q7 Dimensions:
193mm x 280mm x 208mm (W,H,D)

Silverstone SG-05:
125 mm (W) x 63.5 mm (H) x 100 mm (D)

However, the Q7 uses an ATX Power Supply rather than a SFX (whatever that is)

I think that oiling the slipstream requires peeling sticker off. Under that you find a "hole". Drop few drops there. That's how I did it with my 80mm back in the day. I bought a 2100 RPM slipstream and slowed it down to 800 RPM with my fan controller and it hasn't run out of lubricant yet :) (8 mon...

Perfect timing I would love to test this thermal paste on my Q9550

Honestly, this case is beautiful but the only thing holding me back from this beast is the power supply.

In the past I have killed alot of power supplies while gaming, if this was an ATX PSU I wouldn't be worried.

I was never a fan of the heat dissapation concept behind the SG-02 case. In my experience PSU fans don't generate enough air pressure to pull heat away from heatsinks effectively. In the past, I have built computers that draw heat away from the CPU with the PSU. Typically the whole case runs warmer....

I am not much of a typist but my simple answer is no. except for that one about being comfortable talking to a girl about this subject. It doesn't matter what race, nationality, or sex. Technology brings the world together, especially in this millennium. For example CES 2009. :) As far as the PC par...

This would be ideal if I could only fit a GTX260 into it.

lol

I am going to throw you antec fans a curve ball

Coolermaster Elite 330 from Anitec for $50

Wow this case will be hard to silence. If the case is as thin as you guys expect it to be it might have horrible sound dampening properties. Especially if you mount four 120mm Fans into it. I am really impressed with the locations for the HDD mounts. The HDD mounts are above and below the front fan....

What form factor is preferable? Mini tower, HTPC?

I would suggest:

antec NSK3480 for a mini tower

http://www.antec.com/usa/productDetails ... 80&lan=us#

or

Silverstone ML2 for a slim case.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/ ... ml02&area=

Looks like you have alot of fans, might get loud.

What type of material are you going to use for this case?

sounds like the perfect size to mount a box fan from home depot or something lol

I really like the front panel, it would look gorgeous with a glossy semi-transparent layer above it.

What's that black box in the bottom of the case?

What about a Silverstone SG-03? Also, I convinced my friend into buying an Aerocool M40.. It's bigger than you think. I fit a Ninja Mini into his computer a few months ago. I didn't like how there was no airflow from the 120mm going through the harddrive. However, there is a place in front of the ha...

what can u salvage from your dead desktop?

you might be able to repurpose it, afterall motherboards from a few years ago are under 100$, generally.

well if you are using a pico psu you should be able to fit it in, I think some other members have done so in teh past.

in the realtek drivers there is an echo cancellation option in the speaker setup, maybe that is causing it.

I really like your thermalright setup, that backplate looks verry practical over the exhaust fan.

This is a bit off topic but another key aspect you need to keep in mind while choosing between vista and XP is the amount of ram you will be instlaling on your computer because if you install 4Gb of ram you will need to use a 64-bit operating system I would buy quads because it's productive longevit...