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To: Paul K who wrote (5267)	1/18/1999 6:47:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Read Replies (2) of 14778

Paul Thanks for the info. >>Initally, I think I can stagger drives with out forcing air directly on them. But if I do end up using most drive bays I can add a fan on each side to blow though the side vents.<< The I-Storm might be an option for HD bay cooling. globalwin.com.tw They've told me that the I-Storm is rated at 26db. The p/s you chose is rated at 34db. I'm trying to imagine what the noise would be like if I had the same p/s and the I-Storm. That's 60db for the two. Do you happen to know if that's getting up into the vacuum cleaner range? >>The case came with one fan, and I ordered an extra ball bearing fan for $7.<< I'm not sure what the right buzz words are but is this the type of fan that the RPM's can be monitored (by the m/b software)? >>There is a 3.5" fan mount location on the back panel just above the i/o jacks... I will probably mount one there to help the cpu/video card area.<< I'm looking at the Engineer's drawing from the Addtronics web site. Is the fan mount locatiion you refer to above the p/s? >>The case push-botton power switch connects to a 2-pin header on the MOBO (low voltage DC triggering), the board then activates the PS though it's harness... no heavy duty AC wiring required.<< I was wondering about that. At the PC Power & Cooling site they had some text saying that you had to know how the on/off switch on the case worked in order to make sure they sold you the right p/s. I'm thinking that the Addtronics 3890A mid-tower will probably be big enough for my needs. The only drives I've identified that are going to be internal are the HDD, a CD/DVD and an LS-120. I'd been considering an ASUS P2B-S but after reading many posts on this thread, I'm starting to wavier as to whether I need to go with SCSI Ultra 2. I might go with the ASUS P2B instead. Either way, I need to find out if the ASUS P2B BIOS will allow the LS-120 to be a bootable A drive. After reading the graphic cards comparison I'm leaning towards the ASUS V3400TNT/TV card. Emory

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