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Originally Posted by David M
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Thanks for that. I don't store a lot of content directly except for the music I record, so I don't know that it would be totally necessary. Obviously a work-in-progress song takes up a LOT of room, but once I compress everything down to a more reasonable format, I move the project files off to an outboard USB drive. Right now I am getting by relatively well with an 80 and a 250 in my system.
Still...there was a time when I thought I'd never fill an 80
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Originally Posted by glc
Any reason why you want a small case? If your goal is silence, you may be better off with something full size where components are not packed in as tight, it will need less airflow to keep it cool - and it would have room for a larger radiator. The larger a fan is, the slower it can run to move as much air as a smaller one, hence quieter.
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Yeah, I've thought about that too. The desire for a smaller, more HTPC-like case is mostly an aesthetic one. I currently use an Antec Nine Hundred, and while it cools phenomenally, it looks like a computerized Hulk on my desk, in our living room.
I figured the cooling requirements on the new machine wouldn't be nearly as stringent, especially without a video card. That i5 you listed also consumes just over half the power of my current CPU, and that fanless PSU about half the wattage of my current monster.
Really it seems like the ideal case would be a low profile stereo amp-like box with a big honkin' 22cm fam on top for exhaust. Sadly, most of the cases that took that shape were a combo of 12 and 8cm fans. 12s I can do, 8s not so much. That Cooler Master unit you linked to earlier is certainly a contender.