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I've been looking at the Dell P2314H as well with some good deals on it lately. One other strange spec that jumped out about the P2314H compared to it's larger and smaller siblings: power consumption.
Here are the stated operational power consumption values for this line from Dell's own...
I'm sure it can be removed (looks like it's held down by only two screws), but that would reduce the cooler's effectiveness. The plastic plate actually serves to prevent air from escaping out the top V-gap between the fan and the heatsink. Page 4 of the Hardware Canucks review gives a brief...
aberchonbie, I'm not using a graphics card which makes things easy for me, but I can't help you with clearance questions. I think it also depends on the placement of the CPU socket on your particular motherboard. On the Asrock Z68 matx board that I'm using, the socket seems a bit more centered...
I recently completed a build using the Lian Li PC-A04. Some people have commented that build pics with this case are few and far between so I’m adding some of mine to this thread to give others a better idea of fitment and clearances.
My criteria when choosing components was for...