<font color='#000000'>Hey Mustang:
I did end up buying the MCP 600, it's lasted longer than the 300 (SO FAR!)
Sounds like you got it all worked out!
If I could be so bold, may I offer a few suggestions?
Well, to start off, 30 dB is very very low... you will be lucky to find an HDD that operates within those tolerances. Further than that, at that noise level, this machine will have to run on little to no fans.
To run two watercooling loops is going to be quite the challenge for a space saving design, sometimes even one loop is.
Are you going to be running anything through your videocard? If not, may I suggest you get something older, very minimal and try to slap on a large passive heatsink and forgo attaching the loop to it?
If you are infact not going to be overclocking the card, running anything 3D, you will get away running an older card at stock levels with a large passive heatsink.
(or you can even acquire an overclocking program and simply underclock the video card, which would cut the heat dispersion requirements muchly!)
Let me know if you need a hand with that program, I can get ahold of just about anything like that.
You will save lots of time, money, space and noise.
Same for the northbridge. If you are not using it hardcore or overclocking your FSB, you can most definately get away with a small passive heatsink.
As for the Black ice micro, it will not suffice if your planning to cool more than the cpu with it, let alone VGA card, northbridge, and potentially HDD's.
Personally, I would scrap the idea of cooling the HDD's as well. Now, I know that if you can cool them, hey great, but they are designed to run at unaltered operating temperatures.
If the drive cannot tolerate its own heat, it has no business in your rackmount, especially with the task you wish to undertake.
All this being said, I don't know your exact purpose or desires for this machine... but if it's going to just be a file server for MP3 or what have you, I would also consider underclocking the cpu. I don't know which type of processor you wanted, but if it's just a file server type deal, surely you wouldn't need more then a P3 / low P4. I'd stay away from the AMD's for this one.
I don't mean to stick my nose where it doesn't belong, but I am just trying to lend a hand, as many people here have helped me greatly in other areas. I would love to see this thing come out successful, quiet and stable.... Just my tweo cents on some neat ideas.
Good luck and please let me know how it goes ( hopefully with pics!)
If you wish to discuss this further, I am all ears.
I love building comps, especially if it's not my money!
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