Jack, Thanks for this great advice ! I will look into this now that you have brought it to my attention. Looks like some really good tips have been shared here that a lot of people can benefit from. Thanks to everyone who contributes their experience and knowledge.
I did plan on placing a fan in that bay for the video cards. ( maybe a little bigger than 1 inch ) At this time it is cool in the case. I just came across this link when looking at heat related ssd problems http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/do-ssd-drives-really-fail-lot-t4035508.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html
Some useful info Can You Get More Space Or Speed From Your SSD? 12:00 AM - June 9, 2011 by Doug Crowthers http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-tweak,2911.html
Windows 7 will automatically allocate hard drive space to the page file & hibernation file equivalent to the amount of installed RAM. In your case, page file=8gigs hiberfile=8gigs By disabling or reducing the allocation of these two files you can quickly recover 16 gigs of your SSD. Very nice job on the thread, well done TIKITRADER
Speaking of quiet, does anyone have any experience with these types of self contained water cooling systems. http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_160_45&products_id=17919 They seem pretty cheap given the quietness and performance boost they offer. or are they just a flaky gimmick for 15 year old nerds. Runningbear
I have not used water cooling, but threads I read have good comments on them. You can look around these forums and possibly find something on them. http://www.overclockers.com/ http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/ Also Toms's Hardware A Beginner's Guide For WaterCooling Your PC 7:35 AM - March 28, 2007 by Don Woligroski http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a-beginners-guide-for-watercooling-your-pc,1573.html