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<blockquote data-quote="critifer" data-source="post: 28467" data-attributes="member: 11466"><p><strong>Iron ...</strong></p><p></p><p>I have almost all of that iron in 1 2 3 or 4 of my boxes but have so much damn gear. All of that irons will work fine but note Dman's comments on your analog with SW vs HW cards, personally go with a PVR500 as it will give wou double the tuner's (if analog is coax also). The 6600 I have both the passive and non-passive flavors.</p><p></p><p>In my latest box I went almost all Passive except the CPU cooler which I used the Zalman which is about as silent as u can get. I HIGHLY reccomend the Silverstone Passive power supply. To me it's a no-brainer and not sure that is the one u ordered. PCAlchemy carries it. It's not super expensive, works great.</p><p></p><p>I have my Silverstone (the larger not sure on the PN) with 4 SATA drives in it, 500 - 400 - 300 - 300 in a non-well ventilated issue with most all passive components, 2 500MCE's, 1 DVICO-HD Gold, and a load of USB drives hanging external and never have heat issues. </p><p></p><p>I use this box as one of my MP Pressure Testing boxes and gets high marks. I think the case is the .. 17 something from Silverstone. It's larger than most like but I love it due to all the storage I can place in it and it acts as a core for a NetWide HTPC infrastrcuture.</p><p></p><p>Good luck...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="critifer, post: 28467, member: 11466"] [b]Iron ...[/b] I have almost all of that iron in 1 2 3 or 4 of my boxes but have so much damn gear. All of that irons will work fine but note Dman's comments on your analog with SW vs HW cards, personally go with a PVR500 as it will give wou double the tuner's (if analog is coax also). The 6600 I have both the passive and non-passive flavors. In my latest box I went almost all Passive except the CPU cooler which I used the Zalman which is about as silent as u can get. I HIGHLY reccomend the Silverstone Passive power supply. To me it's a no-brainer and not sure that is the one u ordered. PCAlchemy carries it. It's not super expensive, works great. I have my Silverstone (the larger not sure on the PN) with 4 SATA drives in it, 500 - 400 - 300 - 300 in a non-well ventilated issue with most all passive components, 2 500MCE's, 1 DVICO-HD Gold, and a load of USB drives hanging external and never have heat issues. I use this box as one of my MP Pressure Testing boxes and gets high marks. I think the case is the .. 17 something from Silverstone. It's larger than most like but I love it due to all the storage I can place in it and it acts as a core for a NetWide HTPC infrastrcuture. Good luck... [/QUOTE]
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