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Mine has a pair of 80s, top and rear exhaust, both SilenX fans.
A slow 130mm in the power supply.
two 80s on the vid card (that are set to spin slow and different directions to reduce turbulence supposedly)
I think an 80 or 92mm on the processor with a reducer resistor.

Even with all that, it manages to be both high powered and quiet. I am putting in a new processor and I'm not sure if my old one will match up, so that might be worse, I'll have to find out.

The SilenX fans are great though, much quieter for similar airflow, and a lot of times you don't need as much as what it comes with anyway, so you can do a double reduction. They also come with rubber mounts so they can be separated from the case.

Also helps to have an SSD (no noise, almost no heat)
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