looks heavy

 

i have the scythe 120mm fan and it's very quiet. which is pretty much the same for all ball bearing 120mm fans. it's the small tiny fans that need to go up to 5000rpm that are super noisy. during idle i barely hear my PS fan (never hear the cpu heatsinks fan) and when i'm playing 3d intensive games (cod4) then the only thing i hear it the freaking fan on the 8800GT, but since then I've used the tuning tool to only run 75% instead of full 100%.

it's suppose to look heavy and it is fairly heavy but not because of the heatsinks, it's because of the heat pipes

 

I built the machine with the Zalman (because I already purchased it). So far my temps are steady @ 34. This is while running STALKER (came with the mobo).

 

I also wanted to add that the case is not superb. The gfx card is massive (Im used to the 6800's) and its flush against my hard-drive enclosures. My NB/SB temps are around 55ish but I'm thinking thats because my gfx card hovers right over those sensors.

Oh yeah, I had to remove the top fan so the PSU could fit.

 

btw i'm oced at 3.0GHz on my Q6600 and my idle temp is lower than yours

 

Yeah but we need to compare apples to apples. My idle temp is between 30-32 plus I'm running the Q9550.

 

dayum
what about video card :chuckles:

 

Its definitely heating up my north/south. When I play STALKER (which sucks btw) the temps go up a good 10 degrees. 60ish -- too hot?

Plus this card is enclosed very nicely, there's a small grill on the back and an exhaust fan. It feels like fireballs are coming out the backside.

 

45 nm vs 65 nm of course yours is running cooler than mine =P

 

technically yours should be cooler