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I'm building an HTPC to drive a 50" plasma, and I've basically settled on:
- Celeron 1.7 Ghz
- Zalman 6500 cooler, with 92mm fan
- Aopen motherboard with passive chipset cooling
- Sapphire Radeon 9000, also passive cooling
- Zalman 300W PSU.
Considering the Celeron is supposed to run very cool, and the PSU already provides some air flow, would you say that I still need case fans? Obviously, I want as little noise as possible, but I still want a stable PC. And I wanted your opinion, since I have no way of knowing the temperature of the chipset and the video card.
- Celeron 1.7 Ghz
- Zalman 6500 cooler, with 92mm fan
- Aopen motherboard with passive chipset cooling
- Sapphire Radeon 9000, also passive cooling
- Zalman 300W PSU.
Considering the Celeron is supposed to run very cool, and the PSU already provides some air flow, would you say that I still need case fans? Obviously, I want as little noise as possible, but I still want a stable PC. And I wanted your opinion, since I have no way of knowing the temperature of the chipset and the video card.