Joined on 02/14/05
The 60mm tornado lives

Pros: 38 cfm in a 60 mm package. When gaming with dual vidio cards it keeps my 780i north bridge temp below 40c at just over medium fan speed. Also helps draw more air over the surface of the board which in turn cools the ram and heat pipes on the cpu cooler. Duct work mod shoots all the heat out of the back of the case.
Cons: Like the post before me indicated, the dbs increase right along with the rpms so I wouldn't even consider using this without a reostat and temp sensor. you only want to use what you need on this one. The spec sheet says 46 db max but I'm probubly around 35db to git-er-dun.
Overall Review: I mounted this to a Noctua NC-U6 via some duct work as that I like enginering little mods but it still puts a smile on my face every time I look over and see my NB temp sensor reading 38c while an hour into COD4 at 85 to 130 frames on three monitors. Priceless. For a water cooled I7 965 rig, there's Master Card. Reguardless of the application you need this fan for, believe me and the guy before me, you won't last long in the same room with it at max speed. Dial it down some and if you wear a head set you'll forget it's even running.
Bought it again

Pros: More than enough functions and profiles for all your planes and choppers. Joystick is adjustable to fit your hand size. Throttle resistance is adjustable. Stays put on my desk without the included suction cups. Responce from inputs is progressive and accurate. Add the Saitek rudder peddles and flying helicopters does'nt get any better than this.
Cons: I don't really call this a con, considering how hard iv'e flogged these controls for five years, but the rudder function on the joystick developed a twitch that made flying near impossible. So here I am buying the same system again. The other will get repaired.
Overall Review: I'm not a real pilot but with matrox, track ir, and these controls I feel like one in FSX 10. Dual throttles would be nice, and available but, but I,m good with this.
Scythe Mine cpu cooler fan upgrade

Pros: 10 cfm increase, w/o much db increase, over the stock 42.6 cfm 100 mm fan. (also sold here) 2 yrs running and in it's second pc. No bearing noise yet after 10,000 hrs.
Cons: The guy before got a bumb one. Not worth shipping cost to return. Booooo.
Overall Review: Very few places still sell the Scythe Mine CPU cooler. It received high markes when it first came out and is still availlable at Scythe w/adaptors included for 46 beans. With this fan installed my [email protected] idles at 36c and stays under 50c in Cod4 and FSX.
Pre EO chip

Pros: Have been running this chip since 02/?/07 at 3.83 with a Scythe Mine cooler. 45c under load. Hundreds of hrs on FSX at high to ultra high settings. Being a pre EO stepping chip has not prevented a healthy oc. Added 3000 points to 3d mark-06 score over stock settings. Noticed the increase immediately.
Cons: None. Games and photo shops don't slow it down much.
Overall Review: XP-Pro 32, evga 780i ck, [email protected], 4x1gig gskill ddr2 1066@1066 (XP only sees 2.5gigs), 2 x 8800 gts g92@720/2000/1000 w/s1-v2s and turbo fans(46c and silent under load), 750 silencer psu, TH2Go-D, trackir pro, antec 1200 and 3 x 17" 5x4 monitors. 18,450 on 3d mark-06. Not the top dog on the block but feels well ballanced. This rig has run like a swiss watch from day one. Keep temps in the mid 40s and your hardware will reward you in over clocks.
still chugging away

Pros: Ten months of fsx for 2 to 3 hrs at a time while clocked at 700/2000/1000 with no signs of giving out. Runs a matrox THTGo-D at 3840x1026 on 3-17" monitors with no problem. Thats 40"s of realestate. Using a Trackir Pro head set and I had to slow down the sensitivity because it panned the view to fast. Will add 4000 points to 3D-Mark 06 score in sli. 18,335 isn't to shabby for cards 2 generations old. Together they put a gig of ram on the table to work with.
Cons: Snug fit for 2 in mid tower cases. 1200 antec worked out much better. Had to run fan at 60% to stay under 65c. Replaced stock cooling with S1-V2s/turbo kits to get 45c under load and silent. Beware. FSX code won't render sli or crossfire. Most new games will.
Overall Review: XP-Pro, evga780i, 4x1 gig G Skill ddr-2 1066@1066, [email protected]/ Scythe Mine, 2x GTS, WD sata-2 250 caviers (no raid)750 silencer psu, 1200 antec, TH2Go-D and Trackir pro. This is almost like virtual reality in Cod 4.
My kind of case

Pros: Has the added space my dual cards needed to breath. Wire routing management behind the main board mounting plate really empties out the case of all the clutter that restricts air flow. All hardware temps dropped 5c with all fans on low. Hard drive cages pull out the front away from vidio cards. And if your the type that likes to take your main board out from time to time to mod something, just lift it out big cpu cooler and all. there's no obstacle course here
Cons: Had hoped the db level would be a little less but a fan contoller would dial this box down to almost silent. I have a nice four fan contoller but have'nt felt all that prompted to tie the case fans into it yet. just the north bridge. My gpu's are on acceleros and silent under full load. Tower is on my desk two feet from my head. Go figure.
Overall Review: The blue LEDs are not to bright. Just enough to see if the seviceable filters are dirty. The cfm of the exhaust fans is greater than the cfm of the intake fans so the optional 120mm side fan really is'nt needed. Air is drawn in the filtered side hole and right over the vidio cards. Non-modular psu's work great in the bottom of this case. Just zip tie leads you don't use and put them in the bottom hard drive cage. This thing should get the Good House Keeping seal of approval. I wanted this rig to be quiet and cool on air while pushing it to it's limits running FSX, you know, that prgram that nobody uses to test new cpu's and gpu's but is as demanding as Crysis. This case met my needs to a T. Nice job Antec.