I don't know what the Thermaltake engineers were thinking when they made that hole in the bottom of the case, since it won't have any effect when the case is in its normal upright position. Actually, it looks even worse, since there is so little room between the PSU and the bottom of the case that there is no path for the air to flow, especially if the case is on a carpeted floor.

Try removing the dust filter from the hole and block it with something like a sheet of paper taped over it. It may help reduce noise, but I doubt it, since TT has done its usual job of paying little attention to well-managed airflow and even less to acoustics. Raising the power supply just a half-inch higher above the bottom would have improved the airflow and noise significantly. As it is, the restrictive airflow creates so much static pressure that it can't help but create too much noise.

Basketball is my favorite sport. I love they way they dribble up and down the court.GrindingAxe

Anyway, basketball is my number one sport, and then I guess baseball falls in a distant second.

2. Should i attempt to overclock it? Can i overclock my CPU/GPU on this motherboard?:

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/d945gcnl/d945gcnl-overview.htmstrider_ATI

Older Intel mobos like yours won't have any OC'ing features for the CPU.

3. Is the upgrade worth it? I currently have the GF 8500 GT, will i see a big performance increase?strider_ATI

The GSO is a pretty hefty increase from what you have, and it should be roughly 3-4 times more powerful than the 8500GT. At your resolution, the 9800GT or HD4830 would be a better fit (especially considering the demanding games you want to play), but the GSO is a good choice for its price.

4. At what settings should i expect to play bia:hh, crysis, CoD5 and fallout 3?strider_ATI

Crysis will probably top out at Medium settings, CoD5 should be mostly High, and I don't know as much about the others.

That's exactly what I'm saying. Here are power consumption graphs from X-Bit Labs showing their similarity (could only find the 8600GTS power figures, but they aren't too different I'm sure):

Well I guessed people would recommend me the 4670 because I was looking at it and it seems good, however here are my specs.

PCI Express motherboard

2 gigs ram

300W power output

AMD Athlon 64 3800+, single core

(I only play RTS games like RA3, CoH, some WoW, and planning on getting DoW2 and/or SC2)

So I don't think that I will be able to handle the HD 4670 since I believe the power output needs to be 350-400W? Correct me if I am wrong because I will get the 4670 in a heartbeat if I knew I would be able to run it, however the I KNOW I wont be able to run the 9600 GT.

KonKing

Many of the announcer's phrases in NBA Jam: "He's on fire!" "Boom-shakalaka!" "Is it the shoes?"

Frog's ribbit in Chrono Trigger.

The squishy sound of a zombie's footsteps in Resident Evil.

It's a song, so it might not count, but the Peter Gunn theme will always be Spy Hunter to me.

EDIT: And, of course, "Hey! Listen!"