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Agreed. Wipe off the broken legs and wick the remaining solder, clean up with some alcohol and apply some solder paste to each pin. Hit it with the heat and whamo! If you actually wanted to use it for more than data recovery you would probably need a new connector. You could also do this...

I agree 460W is a little much. I think the only reason I would install that SST-ST30SF would be to get more space to stuff cables. More fans equals more noise, (though I doubt you could tell the difference over the noise of those HDDs) I do plan on doing some cable management, though I'm not...

You know it!

I didn't measure any temperatures or anything, but I was never worried about overheating, between the many vents in the chassis and the relatively small load. That lian li case was almost as perforated with vent holes as the seasonic psu.

Yes, the ideal orientation is horizontal with the honeycomb mesh facing upwards. This new case allows for that, but sadly the psu is directly beneath the HDDs, probably the only reason I have the two 92mm fans enabled.

I had many complaints with the Lian Li. Taking off a side panel involved removing 6 tiny machine screws. You can rotate the HDDs 180 to hide the wiring. But if you do this you can't access the drives without removing the motherboard side panel (huge pain). The mobo standoffs are sharp and...

System Components: Original Case: Lian-Li PC-Q08 New Case: Fractal Design Node 304 i3-2120T Intel BOXDH77DF LGA 1155 H77 8GB Corsair XMS RAM Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSD 5x WD Green 2TB Seasonic SS-460 The role of this system is 24/7 subsonic music server and NAS, to be as...

Go with the node 304. I really like mine, and for that price on newegg? No contest.

Never know. Could go either way.

Heck Yes! I know Vantec makes them.

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Intel i7 920 Intel i7 2600k Intel i3 2120T

That is quite troublesome, I have had a great experience with my silverstone decathlon. Sounds like you need a new psu.

Spare everything never hurts.

Like others have said, unless the problem is blatantly obvious its not worth messing with. Though you would be hard pressed to kill yourself. Probably just purchase a new unit with fresh electronics. If the psu lasted long enough for the fan to bite the dust you probably got some decent use...

Yeah, just get some passively cooled gpu for $30. HD video will be no problem.

Shady is the one who knows how strict his $200 budget is. A 5% increase is not a big deal for most. Also, a HD7870 would fall under the "7950ish" category if $210 is to steep.

Totally fine man, get the 2500k and put the extra money into GPUs. 30 inch monitor? You mean 2560x1600?

GPU, HD7950ish. Not enough cash for upgraded cpu mobo.

Steelseries Sensei or Kinzu

Thanks Afkap, the small rig on top of the SM8 is essentially NAS and a Subsonic server. And maybe someday will serve as a HTPC of sorts. It is online 24/7, 35W i3 and passive psu, I don't even notice it.

Nothing like a tasty Liquid-crystal display