Yes, I have thought about the fanless ones. Maybe I should look at them again... and see how it should be mounted with a fan. Do I need an extra fan, or is the antec solo rear fan enough? The nexus value is a recommended psu by spcr. I read about fan problems with the enermax Pro82+, that's why I t...

Have you thought about using the Seasonic X-series power supplies; such as the fanless ones? (someone mentioned it before) Similar ones are the Enermax 87+ PSUs, and other 80+ Gold efficiency rated power supplies. I like that when doing very little you don't get much noise; I can live with noise if ...

Is the Samsung F3 as quiet as the F2? Still need a motherboard. Any suggestions? You can get one of the 'non-reference' Radeon 5770's - the cooler is placed far enough from the DVI ports-end to fit an Accelero S1 R2. The Accelero S1 is a good solution - the surface area is large and the fins widely...

I am NOT convinced that a portable 341 has any way of safely mounting the HD. I know this isnt my area of specialty, so I will still believe people. I know though that it must be movement free. Sorbothane looks kinda cool. I reckon that if you didn't have a long graphics card (and possibly no front...

That's a pretty good way of doing it, most of the others I've seen are just slipped in with the twisted cord / drive slipped in the middle method, gripped only by friction and cord tension. I'd take it up, but my case is pretty cramped: Case If I got a new case I might try it! I was interested in th...

Sorry to jump on your tete a tete.. It sounds like the most strenuous thing your computer might do is photo editing. I do a little myself, but for an "amateur" that's a serious backup plan, which is good! For data security I'm just using Intel's onboard RAID 1 for defense against a hard drive failur...

I've got a Coolermaster Elite 341 now. I upgraded from a SG-02, which has so many holes and so little volume that any of the smallish fans you can fit ramp a bit and there's no metal to dampen/baffle the noise. I'm using a Coolermaster Hyper 212+ heatsink - it sits about 5mm away from the side grill...