After reading the excellect review on the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus, decided to take the plunge and but a GTX 480 and fit the aforesaid VGA cooler. http://www.silentpcreview.com/Arctic_Cooling_Accelero_Xtreme_Plus Initially would never have purchased this card due to the heat/noise issues...

Glad I read this post before purchasing the Accelero Xtreme Plus for my 5870. I'm also using a Silverstone FT02 case.
So is Accelero S1 the only GPU cooler that would work well in a 90 degree case? Hope there are other options...

The case is black and is sitting under my desk, so I don't have much time to fret over it. But a bulge is definitely there. If you tap it, you get a solid thud ie. the heatsink is right up against the panel. The panel does close with a lot of swearing. I have no idea how this impacts the heatsink-c...

You might want to draw the line with Noctua NH-D14. Even getting a Silver Arrow is pushing it because the P183 can barely fit it (as in the side panel is going to be difficult to close). See this thread: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=60968&p=528788#p528788 And forget about...

With the mega heatsink that I have, closing the side panel is a challenge. There are dents in the panel, and it bulges somewhat when in place. Sigh... I wish the Antec P183 would be able to accomodate 140mm fans as case fans. They are much quieter. I just ordered a Silver Arrow for use in my P183.....

Got everything I need. Thanks!

Are these fans still on sale? Intersted

Errr... you guys can read Japanese?

Perhaps over the rest of your system at the moment... Well, I tested this by actually having the little thing an inch away from my ear when I first got it. It was pretty whisper-like. I'll try out that ruler-into-the-PSU test though and post some results. EDIT: Air turbulence noise decreased a good...

I think I'll follow the general suggestion of using one L1A and having the rear psu intake ducted to the blowhole and getting rid of the blowhole fan. I got a little paranoid when I read the stories of people ruining their TP380S by using a single L1A. MonsterMac, I have this many fans because I'm h...

Excellent suggestions, Putz. But I think everyone is ignoring what I said earlier about my noise... All my fans are running on either Fan-Only plugs or Sunbeam Rheobus. Each fan is getting near minimum power, and are thus running a good bit below their advertised dbA rating. All the fans together (e...

Ahh, thanks for the clearification. That method would work, but I'd sacrifice an extra exhaust port for heat... then again, im not sure if that blowhole is really necessary now that the cpu is ducted. I would still like to use L1As though because M1As without any resistence would be the loudest nois...

1. Using the top blowhole as PSU air intake (remove the fan) 2. Using the side fan hole to feed outside air to the CPU HSF 1.) I'm not sure what you mean by using the blowhole as PSU air intake (removing the fan??) 2.) The side fan hole is already feeding outside air to cpu. It's even ducted, as th...

I really think this mod will perform better (noise and cooling-wise) than just using a PanaM. This mod is using cold air from outside the case and pushing it through and out the PSU in a straight and direct path, at least until it gets the the blowhole. The single M1A is just sucking the hot air out...

I just made a blowhole for my Antec Sonata (along with a few other holes as you can see here http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=300833) To me, my case is pretty quiet (believe it or not). All my fans are running really low rpms, but my PSU noise is really the main thing standing out. Please se...