New Case and setup and low temps
 

Got this case New Chenbro PC610 Mid tower
and I LIKE IT!!!

Posted some info as arstechnica.com. Figured I share here also.


Got it Saturday (along w/ @*$&)*@# strep throat, getting better now)
68$ w/ 300 watt PSU (Enhance) Just what I need another PSU (as he tosses it into the PSU pile in the bsmt)
Here is the setup
ECS K7S5A
XP1800
PAL 8045 w Panaflo 80 "M" speed (forget specs)
Heatsink and CPU Die Lapped (1000 grit) (And YES it was worth the risk to CPU - Was Convex and improved temp by 2-3 C)

1Gig DDR (2100-Normal timings)
Promise Utlra 100tx2
All devices below IDE Each on own channel (HD on Ultra, rest on MB)
rounded cables on every thing
1 WD 100GB
1 IBM 60GXP 60 Gig
Liteon 16x10x40 CD-RW
Toshiba 16x DVD
Floppy.

PC Pwr&Cooling 425watt PSU (about 2 Yrs old and still going strong)
RADEON DRR 32 Meg
Acoustic Edge Sound Card
Epson scanner to Epson scsi card

Temp sensor (Enermax Dual sensor Display fits in top bay) 1 sensor touching side of CPU Die)

Running Folding@home (For Team EGGROLL!!!)
as I type this and the CPU temp is (looks over at sensor --- 36.5 C!!
(I am sitting in shorts and TS so not too cold/ hot in here).

Fanage:

Front:
1 old nidec "medium speed" 120mm (1" wide - limited in the front by HD holder). - Fan blows right over HDs - their temp is about (leans over to look at other sensor) 21.5 C (after reattaching the sensor, oops) Heck opening up the case made the CPU temp rise (shows optimization of airflow)

Back: 1 Papst 120 MM forget number but probably somewhere between Panflow M and H in airflow.

Temps say the biggest part but enough case for what I have and lots of other nifty little feature (Virtually tooless except for MB)

Just ordered the second one So I can duplicate this for my wife.

Update - Temps above were w/ insert in front of front fan removed. Went and removed the plastic in the 'slots (see front view on url) w/ a dremel and replaced and my temp shot up to the shocking temp of (leans over again to check) 37.7 C. (not big deal for under full load). Will be tinkering around some more after I finish up the 'clone' for my wife to improve that back to around 36-37 C.

[ 12-18-2001: Message edited by: mad mikee ]

looks like a nice case, as it looks like it can house a 120 mm fan front and back without any modding

yeah, it is a nice case for cooling, the only similar thing is the FS020 which is a much bigger case overall.

I like your system specs though, awesome hdd's, ram, and finally someone using a good psu!