200N: Possible replacement heatsink?

[AnotherMortal]

Looks like the site redesign hated my links.  They're fixed now.

My CPU fan blows down onto the motherboard.  I've always thought this is preferable to help keep motherboard components cool.  The case fan works well.  If you have the modding skills necessary it is cleaner to get the fan inside the case, but for me, it was the easiest/most effective method.  I put a very quiet 80mm fan in there, and run it at 65% or so using speedfan, and it keeps temps essentially exactly where they were with the old 70mm fan back there, but it does so much more quietly.  

I started with the 200n at stock with a 9500 Pro video card (which was loud due to a lack of temperature controlled fan).

Where I stand now, after replacing the 9500 Pro with a x1600 Pro, a 90mm cpu cooler, 80mm exhaust fan, and 70mm fan inside the PSU controlled by a Zalman fanmate 2, my Ideq is finally quiet enough to be considered a legitimatly quiet HTPC.  If you need more info I'm happy to help.

I'd love more info. Did you need to mod the CPU cooler at all? I'm leaning on the lazy side of modding because I have my eye on those MacBook Pro's, but I'd like to keep a working PC working. My temps are sitting at 50-52c under load now, 47c at idle since I added a 6800GT, with a failing PSU fan. I'm shooting for 47 under load. At 53c under load, I get occasional lockups. I do occasionally take the 200N to LAN parties, so an external fan isn't ideal, but I have space to add a 4th fan on my windowed side panel on the RAM side of the machine.

[jebo_4jc]

No modding required for the heatsink.  I'd recommend it, even though it is a tad pricey.  
If you want to shop for other alternatives, as this thread mentions, the heatsink + fan needs to be less than 90mm tall.  Also, as long as the heatsink is compatible with both AMD Socket A (462) and Pentium 4 478, there is no modding required.  However, just make sure that the Socket A "notch" on the underside runs along one of the sides with the Socket 478 clips.  I hope this makes sense.  Look at the first pic in my thread ("Bottom of the Heatsink").

[jebo_4jc]

After it was all said and done, my temps stayed about the same as they were at stock config.  However, my goal was not to decrease temps, I wanted to silence the thing.  If I ran my fans at noise levels equal to the stock config, I'm sure temps would go down.  
My blasted 400mhz fsb 3000+ runs hot to begin with (or else the temp probe is screwed up), so it idles at about 50, and loads to about 54 with the fans running quiet.  If I'm gaming, I usually have to bump up the fan speeds a notch.

[AnotherMortal]

No modding required for the heatsink.  I'd recommend it, even though it is a tad pricey.  
If you want to shop for other alternatives, as this thread mentions, the heatsink + fan needs to be less than 90mm tall.  Also, as long as the heatsink is compatible with both AMD Socket A (462) and Pentium 4 478, there is no modding required.  However, just make sure that the Socket A "notch" on the underside runs along one of the sides with the Socket 478 clips.  I hope this makes sense.  Look at the first pic in my thread ("Bottom of the Heatsink").

Newegg.com lists it for $35.

Just gotta fine a nice blue LED fan, and convince the wife I need to replace a few parts in my iDEQ.

Might get this fan to put on top
Thanks jebo.

[jebo_4jc]

I think I bought mine at the egg also.
I would recommend a 90mm fan though.  I know there isn't as much selection as 80mm fans, but they are generally a little bigger & quieter, and every little bit helps.  here's one

[166x40ol]

i've been considering replacing the stock hsf of my 210p for a while now. the noise is really starting to get on my nerves. i believe that the distance i have to work with is 100mm, and was considering this as a possible replacement. not sure if the mounting holes would line up though.