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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    Finally built using the following: SG-03F (grille moved to LH side of case by swapping side panels) ST50-EF-SC (fan in) GA-H55M-USB3 i5-750 4GB G.skill ECO CL7-8-7 Big Shuriken (blowing down onto CPU/PCB) Intel X25-M 80G (system, programs, photos) Samsung F3 1GB (music and video) HIS...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    The PCI slot fans are pretty useless from what I've read -- lots of noise and not much airflow, there isn't enough vent area to be good for both like a 120mm fan. A blow hole at the top (assume this means a fan in the top panel behind the optical drive?) is largely blocked off from the CPU area...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    Since with a big Shuriken all the CPU heat is dumped into the air inside the case, more airflow through the case = lower CPU temperatures = lower CPU fan speed = lower noise. The SG03 does have the 2 front-panel fans pushing cool air in, but you need to run these slowly if noise matters. In...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    If you measured the CPU temperature under load with the PSU both ways (and with/without the cyclo running) this would provide some very useful information to people (like me!) who want to build a system like this.
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    The SG03 uses the PSU fan to pull hot air out of the case (as well as the front fans to push cool air in), and PSU temperature isn't usually a problem -- I'm pretty sure your CPU will run hotter if you flip the PSU. With the Big Shuriken there's about an inch clearance between it and the...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    i5 is lower TDP than an i7 though. I think the H50 is overkill for this, probably try a Big Shuriken first since it's easy to do and should keep the CPU cool enough as well as the motherboard components -- also PWM can speed up the fan if the CPU heats up, which won't happen with the NT06-E...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    Looks like you've got a very similar setup to the one I'm proposing. Is your PSU mounted fan in (air from inside case) or fan out (air through side vent) ?
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    Thanks again -- what TDP were the CPU and GPU you were using?
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    Thanks -- which prompts a few more questions, sorry for this ;-) So with your setup you have 1 fan blowing cool air into the case (lower front case fan) and 2 sucking hot air out (PSU and H50)? I assume that having more suck than blow means that the rear panel vents act as cool air intakes...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    I'd have thought that the low total power (single low-power graphics card) would mean airflow is still OK overall? Hot dual cards is a different kettle of fish... How does the H50 go in if you use the top front-panel fan position on the SG03? -- remove existing case fan, replace with H50...
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    Quiet CPU cooling in SG03-F

    About to build a new system, main priorities are CPU/disk performance and low noise -- system is used for audio/video processing not gaming (plus normal program/internet use), will sit on desktop next to monitor so noise is critical. I'm going to use the Silverstone SG03-F + ST50-EF-SC...
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