Could owners of Silverstone SG03 help me in choosing a rear fan exhaust option/workaround since if to plonk a Gigabyte ATI HD6850 and a sound card leaves me no room for a PCI expansion exhaust fan. Any ideas?

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Added on April 30, 2011, 4:16 amOr recommend a bit larger case with a 120mm fan rear slot. (The Thermaltake Armor looks good, but N/A around M'sia right?)

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Added on April 30, 2011, 4:31 amI just noticed something. The specs for Silverstone SG03 says there are 5 PCI expansion slots. But I only count 4 that directly interfaces with the mobo. And looking back at some SG03 pictures and the Silverstone SG03 manual, there might be what appears to be a PCI slot at the very top, quite suitable for the fan exhaust option. Can any SG03 owners confirm that it is a mountable PCI slot, and size/space clearances if they can guesstimate?

This post has been edited by trencher10: Apr 30 2011, 04:31 AM

Thanks! Yeah, I figure with 2 x 120mm fans in front, the top PCI slot occupied with a FOX-2, or even a FOX-1 might be enough for cooling purposes. Though I wonder if I should use 1 high-rpm switch-controlled 120mm fan and another rpm-noise compromise 120mm fan, instead of 2 rpm-noise compromise 120mm fans.

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Added on May 3, 2011, 10:48 pmOn the FX121 crossflow fan, I'm not too fond of it, since crossflows are quite susceptible to dust build up and majorly hard to clean (I own a Vantec HDD crossflow cooler), and it gets loud when it starts to end-life. Not too mention hard to replace.

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Added on May 3, 2011, 11:04 pmCurrently, in terms of looks, volume, space, features, availability, the Silverstone SG03 seems to fit my bill. Does anyone else have any recommendations alng the lines of the SG03?

This post has been edited by trencher10: May 3 2011, 11:04 PM

Yeah, the XQBox does look good for more ease of transport. But the single 120mm fan rear, and the fact that the 80mm fan does not flow over the HDDs concern me. Ambient temperatures back home being what it is, more prudent to get IMHO a better air-flow case. Unless I put a desktop 'kipas' full blast on the XQBox!