(19/04/2010 04:54 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(19/04/2010 12:02 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  It won't be all that loud, I found the case fans to be louder (which is why I have the front case fan disabled).  Stock fan isn't like THAT bad.

I can hear the stock AMD CPU fan like from the other side of the house...
Dunno about the new HSF though.

Maybe yours is old and full of dust or something, or is spinning WAY too fast (max speed 6000RPM?)

(19/04/2010 05:07 AM)PSPkiller Wrote:  A bit of benchmark hunting shows a pretty small difference. The Athlon has the shared L3 cache disabled. It does make a difference but it's pretty small. Not worth the extra money IMHO.

There'll definitely be more difference than just the L3 cache disabled... I know they have different die sizes at least (Athlon 2 being smaller).

(19/04/2010 05:07 AM)PSPkiller Wrote:  Remember it's a cheap case. I'll do my best to improve the airflow but it still won't be amazing.

Imo good airflow is overrated.  As long as it has a fan, at the back, and mesh (or another fan) at the front so the air can flow though, imo it should be fine.  Cases with 6 fans or something are completely unneccessary besides for making your box loud as hell.