I currently have a full tower case and it works great, but I want something a bit smaller. The only problem is, when I first built this setup (2 years ago) I had it in a Lian-Li mid-tower and it was getting quite warm inside, so the auto-throttling on the CPU fan caused it to spin so fast that it literally sounded like a prop plane taking off.
My setup is:
500W Power Supply
Pentium 4 3.0gHz (w/HT)
1024mb DDR RAM
Asus P4P800 Deluxe Motherboard
Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platnium eX
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128mb)
4 case fans
1 power supply fan
1 video card fan
1 CPU fan w/PC Toys "fan" shaped heatsink
With this setup, the system idles anywhere between 36C and 40C (depending on how much dust is in the case).
Do you think it would be possible for me to go down to a mid tower with this setup? I'm tempted to try it since I only had the stock fan and heat sink on when it was originally built and this new HS/fan is supposedly a lot more efficient at dissipating the heat. The only thing I don't want is a liquid cooling system or so many fans that it is ridiculously loud.
My setup is:
500W Power Supply
Pentium 4 3.0gHz (w/HT)
1024mb DDR RAM
Asus P4P800 Deluxe Motherboard
Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platnium eX
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128mb)
4 case fans
1 power supply fan
1 video card fan
1 CPU fan w/PC Toys "fan" shaped heatsink
With this setup, the system idles anywhere between 36C and 40C (depending on how much dust is in the case).
Do you think it would be possible for me to go down to a mid tower with this setup? I'm tempted to try it since I only had the stock fan and heat sink on when it was originally built and this new HS/fan is supposedly a lot more efficient at dissipating the heat. The only thing I don't want is a liquid cooling system or so many fans that it is ridiculously loud.