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I built a gaming mini ITX pc (3.2 ghz i5, 650Ti 2GB, 8GB ram) with coolermaster elite 120 over a year ago; it was my first PC building experience; lots of regrets of cable managements and other things so I decided to give it a mid life refresh.
Drilled out the HDD cage and squashed 1x 3.5 optical drive and 2x SSDs into this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IA63JQ8?camp=1634&creative=6738&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_3&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=buro9
Improved cable management; got rid of redundant cables that made the case very 'empty' so got rid of dinky 80mm case fan and replaced with the OG 120mm case fan.
Turned the PSU on its head so now it blows air towards the motherboard.
Installed water cooling for CPU; coolermaster seidon 120v.
Upgraded RAM from 8 to 16GB.
Now it overclocks under 70 deg!!
Instead of 1x 120mm and 1x 80mm case fans it has 1x 120mm radiator fan, the OG case fan on the side and the GPU fan. The noise level has gone up .. I tested without the OG fan and its the main noisy culprit .. are silent fans worth it? It wont be mounted to anything given there are no mounts but it sits very snug.