Sure thing, what sort of photo? What angle, what parts am I illustrating?
I'll basically say, I can run my PC pretty much silently using Scythe fans. With the silverstones I had to turn them down so far to get them silent that it was difficult to keep my system cool.
Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?


hehe, I know the cables are a bit of a mess. Some of my power cables are a bit on the short side, so I'm not yet able to tie them up.
You'll also notice the bottom fan slot is currently empty. Cold air is naturally drawn in through there currently.

Note the fanless graphics card, and the position of the side fan. This effectively acts as my GPU's exhaust. It being 120mm (and a Nexus Realsilent) means that undervolted to 7V, it manages a sound level of 18dB at 600rpm and 25CFM. The White fan on the CPU is a Scythe Kaze White (White LEDs, but the flash doesn't show them up!) which is the same as the Black S-Flex SFF21F to the rear. Both run at 6V, 800rpm and 35CFM and produce around 20dB of noise. There is another S-Flex hidden in the front of case running at the same speed, my intake fan. There are two 80mm fan slots on my case, one at the top, and one at the bottom. Although there is a Hiper 80mm fan currently configured as exhaust at the top, I've found air naturally flows IN through that port, so I may reverse the fan. it is currently off, but when running is at 4V, 650rpm, 12CFM.
The only other fan in my PC is that in the Toughpower PSU, a 140mm Yate Loon D14S-M12, which is always running at minimum speed, a somewhat high and noisy 1050rpm, producing 25dB and 50CFM. I'd ideally change this for a Corsair (22dB @ 700rpm) but I simply can't justify the cost for that change at present.

Total airflow throughput: 110CFM.
Temperatures:
Idle:
CPU 36C (heatsink temperature c. 30C)
Motherboard 26C (heatsink temperature 42C)
GPU 45C (heatsink temperature c. 45C), GPU VRM 60C
Load:
CPU 42C (heatsink temperature c. 40C)
Motherboard 32C (heatsink temperature 50C)
GPU 75C (heatsink temperature c. 72C) GPU VRM 90C

The Blue box in the top right is a Nexus drive-a-way used to silence my hard drive. There is an additional black one higher up.

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I personally think the NZXT Lexa's a brilliant case. The only thing that ticks me off about it is the PCI backplate 'tool-less' install, which is a bit naff, but then imo so is the method by which you install hard drives in the 900. This comes from personal experience as I own both cases. I'd recommend either, but from a silent gaming PC perspective, the NZXT wins. If you want brute-force extreme cooling, go for the 900.





Camera flash really shows up the dust! :O They need a clean!

I've always been a fan of cases that are more stylistic than 'robotic' in their design. Granted, somebody told me the Lexa fell into that category, but well, I suppose that rather depends on taste.

If I were to build my PC again today, I'd still go with the Lexa. However, I've always loved these:
http://www.ocia.net/aboutus/playasetup.jpg

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GTR35,
I want to try one of these some day. Talk about good airflow! LOL It comes with 2 250mm fans that are very slow turning.




It's so ugly, it's cute! This is what it looks like in the dark!




Russ

GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor

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sammorris,

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Russ: Believe it or not, the Xclio cases aren't actually that great for cooling.

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I know that but like I said, it so ugly it's cute! Cheaply made too! LOL!! note the rear exhaust with the 80mm holes and the 92 and 120mm mounts with no holes. Put a 120 in that and I bet it would be quite loud! ROFLMAO!

GTR35,

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so...hmm...more exhaust is better than intake...

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That is true. Keeps the dust way down too!







I left the front fan stock Cooler Master, removed the CPU vent and replaced it with a Silverstone 80mm blowing out at about 27 cfm and installed a Silverstone 120mm 110 cfm fan blowing out at the rear at 1400 rpm at 73 cfm. The air vent below the fan draws plenty of airflow into the case cooling the video card.

Here's with the door open! I like this case so much because it has excellent airflow in all the right places and it looks real nice. The solid Aluminum door has tiny magnetic catches that match up to the face screws so no scratches. Here's what my drive bays look like. The Asus DVD rom looks darker, but actually it's a trick of the light. I bought the proper color spray paint and did the Floppy myself because I couldn't find a silver one!




I wish it had a window, although it's a bit quieter than the window case it replaced. I use these for all my customer builds now. You can also reverse the door in about 20 seconds without tools. You get "0" dust around the drives! No Beards and Eyebrows (Brook Shields)! LOL!! She's gonna kill me for that, but she'll get over it as she's a good friend. Has been for years!

I think it's rather nice looking and it does a great job of cooling the way I have the fans set up and my cooling is second to none!

Best Regards,
Russ

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