im thinking about getting this antec case..

[Lt. Max]

http://www.googlegear.com/ggweb/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=140080

its a mini-tower wit a 350 psu and ventilation up front and rear
it will house a 2 gig northwood on an intel mobo for my brother (he only plays, doesnt tweak or nething)

how do you think i should set up the cooling? it comes wit 1 case fan and i could order another for the antec case. do you think i should just put a heatsink on the cpu and let air go over it wit the front in rear out fan, or just a front in and psu pulls air out, would that be good? OR should i get a fan for cpu heatsink as well?

[Trieber]

I would put 1 intake at the front, and an exhaust in the back. Does it have the exhaust already? If so, modding it for the intake would be pretty easy.

I would go with a HSF... Nothing extravagant since he will just be gaming.. I dunno, any ideas? I would say a ThermalTake Volcano would be a safe bet, not too $$, acceptable performance.. Comments?

[Lt. Max]

ya thats a good idea. ok well if i get the thermaltake 478 hsf and then the PSU will b pulling air out and the fan that comes wit the case should i put it to push air in in the the front? if i put it in the rear then i think the air will not change much. what should i do?

[DManeKid]

look at my sig i am going to be getting that and then test it and see where i have to go from there...the case comes with 2 80mm fans for the back and i was going to make the top 1 go in ans the other out...sound alright for you? remember this is on a amd system

[DManeKid]

have you thought about using a sx830? it is just a little bigger sx630 - 17.25" while sx830 - 20.6" but it also comes with the option of 4 fans...2 front and 2 back. i hear it is really easy switch fans and it comes with 2 fans not 1. i heard a complaint about there being to much distance between bays and mobo for some standard ide cables but that is easily fixed. another con is it comes with a 300w psu but if you dont need that extra 50w then go for it. and by the way i recommend using www.newegg.com which sells things for much cheaper...

[Trieber]

Most people (OverClocokers) have the front pull air in and the back\top push air out.

The PSU has 2 fans? Usually the back on on the PSU pulls in and the bottom pushes out. That's how it is on my PSU though... But then again the 2nd fan on my PSU is on the bottom..

[Lt. Max]

hmm :D ill go check it out!
is that case ok for P4?

[Lt. Max]

hmm.. its bigger but i dunno if i need those extra fans, i mean that i wont be overclocking that system and i just want it to run averagely cool. i might buy the case i was thinking about but from newegg :D