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The fun part about modding is that you have artistic control to choose whichever route works for you. A better question would be how much power do you need? If you're going to only have low power components, go with a smaller PSU and keep everything nice and compact!
Nice and clean; reminds me of my case a bit :)
A couple of questions for ya -
Did you notice a difference any audible noise after installing that sound dampening material? (assuming that black lining is indeed sound dampening)
Why did you elect to put your only optical drive in the...
I feel like before you go the route of ghetto mods and money spending you should take some time to organize your cables. With that big heatsync on your video card, and with it located where it is, it would be able to get plenty of air pushing through it. I don't think a BS-03 would do you much...
both cores have never gotten above 61 degrees, and that was only for a few seconds, about 7 hours into Prime95 testing. The video card, on the other hand, is a little crazy. 90% of my gaming time is spent playing Counter-Strike:Source; very CPU intensive, but not very GPU intensive, and while...
I would run the RAM at 1:1 with my e3110 (e8400) @ 400x9, and try to tighten up the timings; I think you'd have a more tangible improvement lowering the latencies anyway.
Also there is no standard for producing PC8500 DDR2 memory. It is, in essence, overclocked PC6400, which is the fastest...
I second Yate Loons. I replaced the 2 stock 120mm fans in my Lian Li PC-A05B in addition to the stock fan in my Tuniq Tower with a couple of low speed Yate Loons, and have noticed no change in temperature, but my computer is now indistinguishable from ambient noise.
I bought my fans from...