I had the antec overture case with my intel 2500 + technotrend 2100 premium and pvr 250.<br>
heat went to about 60C at maximum load. I had put minimum voltage to processor, but nothing<br>
special done. I had no problems with the case regarding temperature. The power supply tho did not<br>
like to cooperate with myh technotrend dvb-card and that is why I changed my case. <br>
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One overture for sale 8).<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Urban Nightmare</b> <<a href="mailto:urban@inetdesign.org">urban@inetdesign.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Brandon Beattie wrote:<br>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 09:31:40PM +0000, Julian Edwards wrote:<br>><br>>> Urban Nightmare wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>>> Hello everyone.<br>>>><br>>>> I got this case
<br>>>> (<a href="http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15728">http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15728</a>) a while back<br>>>> and I've been dealing with the heat ever since. I should also mention
<br>>>> that mine is old enough that it didn't have the side fan by the HD's and<br>>>> no holes on top above the CPU. I'm running a Gigabyte MB (IDE/IDE<br>>>> raid/SATA raid), dual ddr, dual bios) with a Athlon 2500+ and 512Megs
<br>>>> ram. Also in the case is a 6 gig root ide, 250 Gig /var/video, and 120<br>>>> gig /var/video/media. I've replaced the back fan with one that has<br>>>> twice the air movement. I've drilled a few holes above the CPU fan but
<br>>>> I just can't seem to keep the heat below 80C with the top on when<br>>>> watching and recording at the same time (two capture cards).<br>>>><br>>>> Just wondering if anyone else has this case and how do you keep this
<br>>>> thing cool.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>> I've got the old case too with a Nova-T and a PVR-250 in it. I've<br>>> undervolted and underclocked my CPU and changed the rear fan to a better
<br>>> one.<br>>><br>>> The internal and CPU temps are both about 45C, even under load. I'd<br>>> like to get the HDDs cooler but I don't think it's possible with this case.<br>>><br>><br>
> You should read the Linux HTPC howto. On the enclosure page I have a<br>> very thourough evaltuation of it and what I did to get it working half<br>> way decent before I left it to collect dust. In short it's part of a
<br>> collection of HTPC cases that should have never been sold. Always check<br>> reviews of any case you buy, especially HTPC. You won't find a good<br>> review of the overture anywhere. It will run a Via c3 setup, or
<br>> anything less than 2ghz. Never, ever, put drives in the drive cage<br>> right next to the CPU. Modify the case to pull morre ai throgh,<br>> consider switching the direction of the PSU fan to push hot air out of
<br>> the case, instead of into it. Add an extra fan to the back and next to<br>> the CPU fan. This case looks nice, but that's about it unless you're<br>> running a very low temp setup.<br>><br>Thanks for letting me know. Tons of info there. I'm thinking I may
<br>have to move the main back end to a regular case and move it downstairs<br>where its nice and cool and get some lower end hardware for the<br>Overture. Either that or get a Silverstone. I've looked at these<br>before but only they are all special order any place here and I don't
<br>like having to special order then since I can't return it.<br><br>On that note. They also carry Thermaltake's VB200B(S)NS Tenor cases.<br>They look to be a bit smaller but also have one side almost completely<br>open. They are also half the price of the Silverstone. Any one here
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