Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="patrickkhong" data-source="post: 412036" data-attributes="member: 91095">hi Nick,- How quiet is it? 60mm fans are a bit of a concern but from reviews they seem to be &quot;quiet&quot;. How quiet - any comparisons?To my surprise, it is very quiet. You dont have to replace it with any yateloon or others. I dont have technical review on it. But to my ears, it is almost as quiet as the 120mm Everest at 700-1000rpm (I had this in my other rig). My C2D stock fan is louder than the 2x60mm fans!- Can you control the case fan speed? Are they PWM'able, eg: by hooking up to CPU fan control.Given the acceptable noise (to my ears),&nbsp; and the limited air flow in the casing, I put both fans direct to molex for better ventilation. the fans comes in 3 pin. Didnt test the pwm. Not sure if they are. If you are really interested, i can test it out this weekend.- What DVD drive did you go with? Fit OK. Did you find a Blu-Ray drive?No drive yet. Thinking if i should go for the Panasonic UJ875 (DVD RW) or the Sony Optiarc BD5600S (Blu Ray) ..&nbsp; but the BluRay slot in is really expensive!!- Have you tried a passive PSU as well (like Silverstone ST30NF). Would love to know if that could live in this case.Using Corsair VX450 (non modular). Surprisingly silent. Didnt go for the ST30NF. Not very confident of passive PSU yet + running out of budget due to the casing pricing! LOL..&nbsp; would like go for the HX450, if i have to redo it over.- Did you find a good price on the case?I am from Hong Kong, and it is approx USD330...&nbsp; How much is it in states?If you dont mind the bigger case, the S16V/T would be a better casing, and the options are endless (normal 5.25&quot; BD drive and accepting 110mm heatsink would be a big advantage!)Back to my case, currently the noisiest is the still C2D stock fan .... unexceptable! Hence, anyone have any idea if the AXP140 or the NT06 would be a good choice?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="patrickkhong, post: 412036, member: 91095"] hi Nick, - How quiet is it? 60mm fans are a bit of a concern but from reviews they seem to be "quiet". How quiet - any comparisons? To my surprise, it is very quiet. You dont have to replace it with any yateloon or others. I dont have technical review on it. But to my ears, it is almost as quiet as the 120mm Everest at 700-1000rpm (I had this in my other rig). My C2D stock fan is louder than the 2x60mm fans! - Can you control the case fan speed? Are they PWM'able, eg: by hooking up to CPU fan control. Given the acceptable noise (to my ears), and the limited air flow in the casing, I put both fans direct to molex for better ventilation. the fans comes in 3 pin. Didnt test the pwm. Not sure if they are. If you are really interested, i can test it out this weekend. - What DVD drive did you go with? Fit OK. Did you find a Blu-Ray drive? No drive yet. Thinking if i should go for the Panasonic UJ875 (DVD RW) or the Sony Optiarc BD5600S (Blu Ray) .. but the BluRay slot in is really expensive!! - Have you tried a passive PSU as well (like Silverstone ST30NF). Would love to know if that could live in this case. Using Corsair VX450 (non modular). Surprisingly silent. Didnt go for the ST30NF. Not very confident of passive PSU yet + running out of budget due to the casing pricing! LOL.. would like go for the HX450, if i have to redo it over. - Did you find a good price on the case? I am from Hong Kong, and it is approx USD330... How much is it in states? If you dont mind the bigger case, the S16V/T would be a better casing, and the options are endless (normal 5.25" BD drive and accepting 110mm heatsink would be a big advantage!) Back to my case, currently the noisiest is the still C2D stock fan .... unexceptable! Hence, anyone have any idea if the AXP140 or the NT06 would be a good choice? [/QUOTE]

Verification