[Felix The Assassin]

WOW! [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] Kiwi, good stuff there. Have not seen that style since I left the over-clockers club a couple years back! We have had some good threads here, but not a dedicated forum, just mainly here in the GD.

20db is not obtrusive to a normal case, which it seems that is what you have. However, a 20db fan mounted in the front with an air restriction will create more noise to the user than the advertised 20db. Additionally, if the case is mounted high on the desk with a bottom mounted fan, again it will be louder to the user. If it's mounted in the back, has no obstructions, and blows out like an exhaust and has at least 10" before it hits a solid surface it will be quite.

Sadly a lot of people never consider placement of the case in relation to the overall noise displacement and more importantly, the airflow considerations. Restricted airflow is the major factor that most users do not consider when troubleshooting hot, loud, or noisy PCs.

Just a local shop with a standard 80mm fan will be just fine.

FYI: The body of a fan has a label side, and an open side. The label side is the push or exhaust side. The open side is the pull or intake side. Usually front, side and low mounted fans are intake. Rear, high or top out (blow hole) fans are exhaust (label visible).