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<blockquote data-quote="littlematt" data-source="post: 144829" data-attributes="member: 25302">I have an antec nsk2400 for my case review here <a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/article591-page1.html" target="_blank">http://www.silentpcreview.com/article591-page1.html</a>Its got 2 120mm fans, designed from the ground up to be an HTPC case - quiet and doesnt look out of place next to other component.. I have an athalon 3800x2 (I think heh) that is cooled by a zalman CNPS9700. I have speedfan controlling eveything. In normal running, the 2 120mm fans are virually inaudible unless I put my head right up to the case. They draw air out of the case so its a negative pressure thing. They draw enough air across the heatsink to keep my CPU at around 38 degrees WTHOUT THE CPU FAN! I have set speedfan up to only turn on the CPU fan if the temp goes over 40 which only happens if Im compressing video or something, or doing lots of channel changes with time shifting on. I CAN hear that but because its only on when Im doing something Ie there is sound in the room from my spreakers, its still not noticable. A perfect solution for me. I had to modify the HS a bit to get it into the case but wasnt hard. I have put green scouring pads over the intake vents on the case to keep the dust out. I really cant recommend the antec case enough. If you want to spend more money the antec fusion case is designed the same. One thing I dont have which might make a difference to you guys is a grunty (hot) GPU but Im not using my HTPC for gaming or anything 3D so why bother?Cheers,&nbsp; Matt</blockquote>

[QUOTE="littlematt, post: 144829, member: 25302"] I have an antec nsk2400 for my case review here [URL="http://www.silentpcreview.com/article591-page1.html"]http://www.silentpcreview.com/article591-page1.html[/URL] Its got 2 120mm fans, designed from the ground up to be an HTPC case - quiet and doesnt look out of place next to other component.. I have an athalon 3800x2 (I think heh) that is cooled by a zalman CNPS9700. I have speedfan controlling eveything. In normal running, the 2 120mm fans are virually inaudible unless I put my head right up to the case. They draw air out of the case so its a negative pressure thing. They draw enough air across the heatsink to keep my CPU at around 38 degrees WTHOUT THE CPU FAN! I have set speedfan up to only turn on the CPU fan if the temp goes over 40 which only happens if Im compressing video or something, or doing lots of channel changes with time shifting on. I CAN hear that but because its only on when Im doing something Ie there is sound in the room from my spreakers, its still not noticable. A perfect solution for me. I had to modify the HS a bit to get it into the case but wasnt hard. I have put green scouring pads over the intake vents on the case to keep the dust out. I really cant recommend the antec case enough. If you want to spend more money the antec fusion case is designed the same. One thing I dont have which might make a difference to you guys is a grunty (hot) GPU but Im not using my HTPC for gaming or anything 3D so why bother? Cheers, Matt [/QUOTE]

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