I got my new case and several (5) fans for it. I went with some CoolerMaster LED fans. They were on Amazon, they were on Prime and they were a decent price with a good rating. I can only get 4 of them in right now and I'm not sure that the 5th will fit. The last fan is going to be in the bottom near my PSU and I'm not sure a 120mm fan will fit in that spot, due to the size of the PSU. So.... I got quiet 80mm fan in hopes to decrease my noise level a little.
I have also ordered a fan controller. It controls 5 fans and looks pretty slick. It is made by NZXT and the reviews said that it matched the CoolerMaster mesh style almost exactly. Woot! I only plan to control the speeds of the LED fans. What that means is they probably won't be crazy bright, because I will be decreasing their voltage, but that isn't a bad thing.... 5 LED fans in a case with a PSU that has an LED could be on the bright side.
I won't be controlling my CPU fan on my new heatsink/fan, either. I got a new (strangely, enough) CoolerMaster heatsink. It seemed like one of the better HSFs in it's price/performance range. It comes with a PWM fan, so that should save me from having to control it's speed anyway.
A fan controller, heatsink/fan combo, new case and a bunch of fans... whew! I'm getting pretty close. I've decided to just put in a new PSU and call it quits. I've got a solid enough rig for now that I won't feel hurt if I have to spend 2 years or so waiting on a new PC. This small upgrade should put me in a position to play everything out there at reasonably high settings. If these new gen shooters don't work out, I'll probably fall back to an MMO anyway, which most of the time has slightly lower requirements so that it can bring in more people (unless you're Age of Conan and you don't want anyone to play your shitty, broken game).
There will be plenty of pics and updates in the near future.
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