Hold your horses! I have this running on my P-180 case. Mine on fire at 56 Degrees C! How hot can a hard drive go before its danger time? I have 2 fans running too! Take hard drive temperature into consideration too mate! These are false readings, many WD drives have temp sensor problems. I have 2 ...

In my system, the SI-120 measures exactly 35mm from the top, plenty of room in the back. Maybe the socket position in other boards is a bit lower.

Be careful with (too) loose screws on the drives. Last week I found two of them in the bottom of my P180, luckily from different drives.

Sure they fit, the only problem I can think of is the CPU HS position on the motherboard.

I think they should have used a less restrictive filter in front, and another filter on the side, to balance things out.

The packaging... Excellent!

I guess when you have a very hot graphics card and some hot PCI cards in a badly ventilated case, and you use front fans.

It depends.

Don't add a front fan. NOISE!

It is quite common.

To cool your hard disk(s) without adding a front fan and benefit from one filtered air inlet, you have to seal it.

B is for Black.

Could this be a case of the drive misreporting temps?

Start the system cold, check HD temp. Is it ambient? If not, the sensor is wrong.

If you use one Tricool for exhaust, another fan in front will do nothing for cooling, except if you need something extra cooled in the area (i.e. VGA or HDD). It could do something regarding dust, as the balanced in-out will force air to only come in through the front filter. If you use two Tricools...

rpsgc wrote: I never, ever, had this problem before. Only in this last couple of months

Same here...

Your selection looks OK, just remember that you'll need a laptop drive to keep things cool & quiet. Read the review carefully, it gives answers to all your questions.

The SI-120 was specifically made for situations like yours (and mine).

VERY good!

I just got another P180 for my HTPC needs, and I think I'll copy your ultra foaming ideas, even though my new Epson projector is waaay louder than any quiet PC.

http://www.jadeintegration.com/jackpc.php

Looks interesting.

tjpark1111 wrote: btw, do the nexuses have open or closed corners?

80mm and 92mm have open corners, 120mm have closed corners.

My 3 HDDs got rather hot without a fan in the lower chamber. With the even lower airflow of a Seasonic, a fan is obligatory. In the upper chamber, remove the top fan, cover top hole, cover rear vent. Lower chamber, use the 25mm Tricool on low without covering the vents. Maybe experiment a little wit...

Good job!

Hey! What else can I chop?

Er, open up the PSU and turn the fan around? :lol: Shut down system, switch PSU switch to OFF, disconnect power cord, press Power ON switch once-twice to discharge capacitors, wait 1/2 hour, remove PSU from case, open up PSU, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE, unscrew fan, reverse fan, screw fan, install ...

Take a small piece of paper and tape its top side outside the PSU, in front of the exhaust grills (like the A/Cs in the old movies ). If the paper moves away, it's pushing air out. If not...

well from what i see it seems that the PSU fan is pushing hot air from inside the PSU to the CPU HSF / case contributing in a hot air built up inside the case exceeding the hot air exhalation capabilities of the case If that is the case, the PSU fan is turned the wrong way. If so, the fan brackets ...

It is both possible and easy, but why heat up your case and void your warranty (provided there is a WVIR sticker)?

There is a penalty for quiet components and slow spinning fans: HEAT!

Nice!

Hey McBanjo, at what temperature did the throttle start?

More on the hybrid Samsung drives. I want one!

£10??? Things are really expensive in the UK.

The ZM-NB47J costs €4.7 here, and the ZM-NB32K €4.2, with VAT...

Looks great though.

My case is fairly neat but my other problem is that the last time I took the OEM hsf of it snatched the cpu out of the locking mech (scared the bejezus outta me)at the same time so I dont really want to press my luck by removing the MB. Next time, after you unscrew, twist first, then lift. Most peo...

JimX wrote:You know what they say. If it's stable...

david25 wrote:Err no, i'm quite new to silentpc???

...after 30 minutes of cpuburn, then it's OK.