Therac-25
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- Jul 28, 2004
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If anyone else out there has an Antec Overture, I have a question.
I'm probably going to use this for my HTPC case, as my current plan is to transform my existing box into an HTPC, and acquire an SFF box for use in my office, and so I need an inexpensive full-sized ATX case, and the Overture seems to be getting good reviews (I know there are heat issues, but I gathered that was because some of the fans were mounted wrong?)
Anyway, heat isn't really my issue, it's noise -- so I'm planning on getting a quiet HSF for the CPU, and I wanted to know how much room the Overture has for an HSF -- the pictures I've seen of it seem to show that the upper edge of the motherboard is nearly kissing the 3.5 drive enclousre (example: http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/Images/428_over_installMoboSktClose.jpg ) -- and my motherboard (A7N8X-E Deluxe) has a similar placement of the CPU socket.
So, my question is, for those that own an Overture, how much of a problem is this with existing HSFs? Are there any that will fit there + be vewy, vewy quiet?
I'm probably going to use this for my HTPC case, as my current plan is to transform my existing box into an HTPC, and acquire an SFF box for use in my office, and so I need an inexpensive full-sized ATX case, and the Overture seems to be getting good reviews (I know there are heat issues, but I gathered that was because some of the fans were mounted wrong?)
Anyway, heat isn't really my issue, it's noise -- so I'm planning on getting a quiet HSF for the CPU, and I wanted to know how much room the Overture has for an HSF -- the pictures I've seen of it seem to show that the upper edge of the motherboard is nearly kissing the 3.5 drive enclousre (example: http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/Images/428_over_installMoboSktClose.jpg ) -- and my motherboard (A7N8X-E Deluxe) has a similar placement of the CPU socket.
So, my question is, for those that own an Overture, how much of a problem is this with existing HSFs? Are there any that will fit there + be vewy, vewy quiet?