I am having a similar problem that I want to decide myself. My main aim is for low noise and performance second. But I want to keep it all self contained within the case. The case I am planning to use is a
Chieftec Mesh Full Tower case. I have attached some pics as to what I plan on doing. What I would like to know is, will the performance with the HE 120.3 be any better than the PA160 with the config shown in my pics (excuse my l33t pics
) I am planning on only using a single 12cm fan in a pull config with either placement. I want to keep it quiet.
I plan on cooling an AMD 3800+ X2 with this and a single Nvidia 7800 GTX. Probably the northbridge as well depending on what nForce 4 motherboard I get, as the NB's position on the DFI Lanparty isn't ideal.