Ergh - just cleaned my old computer out!

[stuppy]

Christ,

I've just cleaned out my old coolermaster case that has been festering for about 18 months. Took me best part of 3 hours. The ammount of dust and gunk! Minging!. Couldn't find me can of compressed air either so had to remove dust in corners awkwardly. I feel all minging now - need to take a shower

Big today tomorrow - Core2Duo bits arrive yey!

 

[stuppy]

Ooo and i have a question to incorporate into this thread.

Do you think I could get away with having no case fans in my new computer when it arrives? most of the time it will just sit idling - i will only really use it for gaming.

LN13080 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £12.89 £15.15
LN15047 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail £98.95 £116.27
LN16079 512MB Gainward 7900GS Bliss, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1320MHz, GPU 450MHz, 20 Pipes, Dual DVI/HDTV £139.49 £163.90
LN15742 200 Gb Seagate ST3200820AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, NCQ £41.49 £48.75
LN15170 ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £104.95 £123.32
LN12075 620W Enermax Liberty Modular Series SLi - ELT620AWT aPFC ATX2.2 2xPCI-E 12cm Quiet Fan £84.79 £99.63
LN11596 2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-1 £158.64 £186.40

That is what is going inside. I have 2 front intake fans and 1 back blow out fan but i really would like to not plug them in to keep noise down.

Rekon it will get too hot in there without?

Edit : the case is a coolermaster 210sxt

 

[joeyjojo]

Either buy a fan controller or 7 volt them (easy to perform if you've got the cables lying around for moddage). Should make them quieter.

Would be worth it I think.

 

[Captain Fizz]

That'll overheat within 10 mins with no fans.

Your PSU will be exhausting air.
I would have at least one intake - See how the temps are.

7v'ing fans works a treat - Much quieter than at 12v and still push a half decent amount of air.
Or spend the £ on a controller and have variable speeds.