Originally posted by: Liberator21
All of my parts are assembled except for the processor, which will be heavily overclocked. It's down to either the Q6600 or E6850. Only reason for the E6850 is because it's a lot cheaper than the E8400 and it still has a TDP of 65w.
Here's the setup:
Antec NSK4480
MGE Magnum 500 watt quiet power supply
80mm Noctua Intake fan
120mm Noctua 1200rpm
2x 120mm Noctua 800rpm: One over CPU and one over fanless 8800GT
And the cooler : Noctua NH-C12P
I've gone this route before, heavily OC'd and minimal cooling, and it worked fine. I've never done it with a quad-core though.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this!
E7300? There not much slower then the E8400. :T
OC Potential is showing up to be close to the same also, better multi on the E7300 as well.
Sorry i am currently trying your dream config right now (heavy clocked quad on near passive setup), and its requiring a Thermalright IFX-14 on an open bench. Incase your wondering the IFX-14 is that thing that looks like 2 Ultra120's.
There is no way in hell your gonna pull a heavy clocked quad in that small tiny case no matter how much you prayed to the cooling god.
EDIT: I think i got your case confused. I thought it was that small HTPC case. You can pull off a moderate clocked quad, but heavy clocked quads would require uber loud air cooling, or water cooling. :T