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Hi all 
So yesterday I had the urge to move my PC from the floor to the desk, so that it can be seen. With the goal being to make it pretty!
But by 'eck is it loud
I currently have a 480 trueblue in a Thermaltake Xaser Skull (dont say it
).
This little lot is running a Barton 2500, 1.5GB of decent quality ram, a 6800GT (with dual screen sometimes), 2 HDDs and 2 DVD/CD type thingies.
I want to tackle two things here:
1) Noise
I want to do all the 'normal' silencing steps, things like rubber grommets etc, in a quieter case.
The Xaser has 4 small fans which aren't overly loud, but with four it adds up. It's also rather annoying that the "tool-less" expansion slots don't compensate for the size of the 6800, meaning it's not secured in!
Short list:
-Quiet (I think the Trueblue accounts for much of the noise, new PSU suggestion?)
-Cooling need only manage non-overclocked internals
-Window is a must
-Silencing accessories (rubber fan mounts etc?)
2) Upgradability
With the next paycheck I could be considering a new motherboard, CPU and the addition of another 2 S-ATA HDD's. The upgrades for step 1) should take this into account. The upgrades would likely be a 3700 with £50 worth of Mobo. I note that some Mobo's use a different power plug shape/length, i.e 24 pins instead of 20? I don't know much about this but please also consider that
Constraints:
£150 limit for step 1. If this is completely unfeasible, please spec as cheap as you can.
Case Size - max height of 46cm. This is adjustable, but would require some DIY which I would rather not need to do.
Silencing is the most important issue, whilst keeping a window.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
So yesterday I had the urge to move my PC from the floor to the desk, so that it can be seen. With the goal being to make it pretty!
But by 'eck is it loud
I currently have a 480 trueblue in a Thermaltake Xaser Skull (dont say it
).This little lot is running a Barton 2500, 1.5GB of decent quality ram, a 6800GT (with dual screen sometimes), 2 HDDs and 2 DVD/CD type thingies.
I want to tackle two things here:
1) Noise
I want to do all the 'normal' silencing steps, things like rubber grommets etc, in a quieter case.
The Xaser has 4 small fans which aren't overly loud, but with four it adds up. It's also rather annoying that the "tool-less" expansion slots don't compensate for the size of the 6800, meaning it's not secured in!
Short list:
-Quiet (I think the Trueblue accounts for much of the noise, new PSU suggestion?)
-Cooling need only manage non-overclocked internals
-Window is a must
-Silencing accessories (rubber fan mounts etc?)
2) Upgradability
With the next paycheck I could be considering a new motherboard, CPU and the addition of another 2 S-ATA HDD's. The upgrades for step 1) should take this into account. The upgrades would likely be a 3700 with £50 worth of Mobo. I note that some Mobo's use a different power plug shape/length, i.e 24 pins instead of 20? I don't know much about this but please also consider that
Constraints:
£150 limit for step 1. If this is completely unfeasible, please spec as cheap as you can.
Case Size - max height of 46cm. This is adjustable, but would require some DIY which I would rather not need to do.
Silencing is the most important issue, whilst keeping a window.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
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Although they're blue... and I'm thinking of a red/purple motif this time around 