Thank you for your comprehensive answer.

I´ve decided to go with R3 from FD, with exchanged intake and exhaust fans. The only question is, which ones to use? Nexus 120mm PWM Real Silent Fans, or Scythe Slipstream without PWM - If so, 500rpm or 800rpm?

This PC sits under the desk.

Thank you

Luca, thx again for you reply. The price is definitely not a big issue, also the Silverstones are not in my view finder. I´m in search for a quality case for silent computing with estimated air flow, cable management options and silencing details after every corner..so the P180 mini from Antec looks...

hi luca, thank you for your answer. as the matx ff is not a problem for me, antec mini p180 looks like a nice ventilated silent case and its hdd dampening silicon gromets looks not bad too. when living with gromets instead of elastic suspension, there are two more nice cases from antec - very afford...

Guys, I´m planning to upgrade my old modified Foxcon case. After reading some recommendations here on SPCR, I´ve decided to go for Antec Solo, mainly because of the rubber HDD suspension system (I use today too), compact size and because it can be relative silent. May I ask the ones of you, who know...

kerosene, sorry for asking, but why did you choose the Fractal Design Define R3 case for silent musician build?
it has not enough 5,25" slots for rubber hanging of your 3,5" HDD(´s).
Otherwise - nice build.

I have to permit with vicotnik, that its the whole time just the "watts game" - not the °C problem. As I wrote earlier, my CPU temperature dropped down of about 10 °C after changing my graphics. Because my original 8800GTS640MB concumes app. 58W on idle, and the actual 8400GS consumes less than 14...

Hallo guys, I´ve finally decided for this low profile NVidia´s 8400GS from MSI: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1304&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=136 After 3 hours of 2D work (music making) or old style gaming (Diablo 2), the 8400GS finished at 65C and never went down (equally w...

..and one more thing - do the 8400GS´s know the "frenquency drop" in 2D mode? I mean some feature like AMD´s power play..thank you..

to Greg F.: hey, thank you for your post. HD3450 looks like my next card

to Modo: thank you for your tip. Can you please write here the idling temps of 8400GS?

The 8400GS is not in the energy consumption charts on this forum. Do we have this information please?

to vicotnik: thank you for your explanation, I just don´t want to have an radiator in my small cases. I understand now. Also under the impression of last written - whats the most suitable graphics for my usage? What do you all mean? Maybe Radeon 3450 or the older gen - 2400pro/xt? Doesn´t have Nvi...

one more information to the theme: one week ago, I´ve quieted down a musical computer of my friend. Graphics was the theme too, because his computer had GF7600GT from Inno3D with terrible noisy active cooler. After cooler change (Accelero S2) the temp dropped from initial 57 to 50°C with only one ...

thank you guys, but I mean, that we are not at the end.. to modo: the Asus 8600Gt card is 2 slot design, and I have uatx case, also unfortunately there is no free slot cover, one could remove. There sits a sound card from RME and her I/O add-bracket right below graphics. My opinion is, that in my co...

Hello guys. I am new here and need your help. As you can see, my computers are quite silent, can play some of the newer games, but I don´t play anymore because of time reasons. I use my rig mainly for music making (2D) and for office / internet apps (2D aswell). I´m in search for energy economical...

How is it really with the idling temeprature of passive radeons 2400pro/xt please? Does anybody have personal experience with it? I found not very optimistic reviews on newegg: Cons: The heatsink on this card gets very hot. A customer of mine actually claimed to have smelled melting plastic from her...