MikeC wrote:Nexus Psile is a thermal nightmare. I would not touch it. There are better, cheaper mini-ITX cases.

Blimey, that bad eh. Any recommendations for me? I'm after one that I can use a 3.5" HD with.

Another question - sorry if it seems noobish: if the Scythe mini ninja fits (and it bloody well better as I've ordered it now :) ) will I need another fan in here or would that suffice? If it makes a difference I'll also be running a passive video card in this for a while. It's a bit of shame but as...

Nice one, thanks for the tips. The E7400 looks good: just got decide on the cpu cooler now.

Edit: Any comments on the noise and suitability of the scythe mini ninja would be appreciated, particularly to know if it will fit! Are there quieter coolers out there that will fit?

Hi there, I'm about to embark on my first quiet PC build and could do with some advice on components. The machine will be used as a HTPC media centre / PVR, running mythtv / xbmc. Components that I already have that I'll be using: Zotac min-itx 9300 775 1.5 tb WD green 3.5 inch drive PICO-psu 150 Ha...

Almost all motherboards have two power connectors these days, the smaller one is often called the P4 (from Pentium 4) power connector. This is probably what you need. (link removed due to post count and forum rules). Sorry for resurrecting this old post. I'm getting a picoPSU 120 to help silence my...