Mei-chan 3

I realize after going back to read a couple of the posts that I never said anything about Mei-chan's case upgrade/swap (happened before I put the Zalman 9900 Max in.

The case I got was the Cooler Master Elite 335U which is a mid-tower, bottom-mounted-PSU (in either fan-up or fan-down configurations) case (and comes with a rear 120mm fan).

I bought a couple NZXT 140mm fans (one for the front and one for the lower side) and they work too well, to where they create positive pressure in the case (air escapes from wherever it can find), the good thing about that is that I won't have to worry about the USB ports or the card reader getting dirty (XD). After I upgraded to the Zalman CNPS9900 Max, the two fans are the loudest now, but it's not as bad as the Zalman CNPS9700 on full speed.

The front-panel USB isn't fixed into the case, and it's defaulted to the bottom 3.5" external slot, but due to the length of the PCIe power cord and the slight lack of space, I moved it to the top 3.5" external slot. The front panel has a "punch-out" outline for a Firewire port, but I covered it with the Phenom sticker (XP).

Behind the mesh grille front is some foam, which is restrictive enough to trap dust, but not enough to keep air from flowing (finer dust can still get in however).

The real reason for me talking about Mei-chan is that the fan for the Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 sounds like it's kinda doing the same thing as the HIS Radeon HD 6770, but only really does it when I boot her up, as it goes away after having her on for a bit. I will eventually do the same thing I did with Melty just to be safe and have cooler temps (though there isn't really any way for me to see the temps).