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Right I've been thinking about tidying up my cabling some more.
Would inverting the power supply be ok? The fan only seems to be moving a very marginal amount of air so would the 5mm of clearance be enough?
I was also thinking of reversing my hdd's and bringing the cables around the back of the bays.
Along with this I am planning on 3 x additional 120mm fans and ultimately a kuhler 920.
Graphics & SSD will have to wait until I come back from the US
Would inverting the power supply be ok? The fan only seems to be moving a very marginal amount of air so would the 5mm of clearance be enough?
I was also thinking of reversing my hdd's and bringing the cables around the back of the bays.
Along with this I am planning on 3 x additional 120mm fans and ultimately a kuhler 920.
Graphics & SSD will have to wait until I come back from the US
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If that is what they recommend then I will probably stick to it. I mostly run with the lid on 
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I've now got 2 x Sharkoon 1000's in the front (£20) and as a trial I bought a 120mm Coolermaster for £1.99 off here to go in the side.
The Sharkoon's are silent however don't shift masses of air. The Coolermaster is equally silent and shifts as much air as the Sharkoons.
In summary I don't rate the Sharkoons for the money.
I did however get nearly a 5degree drop in CPU temp after installing the fans.
I've also isolated all the fans in the case with rubber fan pins and spacers. Going to do the PSU at some point when I find a suitable spacer.
I would also like to replace the 140mm fan in the top with something of good quality as it seems to vibrate quite a lot. (Any advice?)
When I get back from USA my next purchases are going to be 128gb M4 and an Antec 920. I'm then going to clock the bejesus out of it.
The Sharkoon's are silent however don't shift masses of air. The Coolermaster is equally silent and shifts as much air as the Sharkoons.
In summary I don't rate the Sharkoons for the money.
I did however get nearly a 5degree drop in CPU temp after installing the fans.
I've also isolated all the fans in the case with rubber fan pins and spacers. Going to do the PSU at some point when I find a suitable spacer.
I would also like to replace the 140mm fan in the top with something of good quality as it seems to vibrate quite a lot. (Any advice?)
When I get back from USA my next purchases are going to be 128gb M4 and an Antec 920. I'm then going to clock the bejesus out of it.
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Well change of plans. Went for a Antec 620 on the £40 offer as I couldn't warrant paying nearly double for the 920.
I've also replaced the top case fan with an Apache (just got to sort the speed control now!)
I've also replaced the top case fan with an Apache (just got to sort the speed control now!)
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Woohoo! My 620 has arrived! Pics to follow!
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Right!
I forgot the pics from installing the 620 but will take some soon.
I also managed to source a second fan from a Kuhler 620 so have it in a push/pull setup, seems to make about 3 degrees difference @ 4.5GHz
Have just made a deal on a 40gb Vertex 2 to use as an SSD cache. My ultimate aim is to replace all the disks with just 1 Cruicial M4 (128GB) but that will have to wait until I have a decent graphics card in there.
I forgot the pics from installing the 620 but will take some soon.
I also managed to source a second fan from a Kuhler 620 so have it in a push/pull setup, seems to make about 3 degrees difference @ 4.5GHz
Have just made a deal on a 40gb Vertex 2 to use as an SSD cache. My ultimate aim is to replace all the disks with just 1 Cruicial M4 (128GB) but that will have to wait until I have a decent graphics card in there.