I started the "downgrade" last night @ 11pm, and by 3am the machine was up and running... The space inside the case is really tight, no room to spare. After installed the video card and CPU/heatsink/fan, it barely clears the case by 1/4"(or less)! Since the space is at a premium, you really need to plan the steps of what to install first, even whether to plug in the cable first or install the drive first.
Everything booted correctly at the first try, it was kinda loud without the side and top panels. After the initial boot, the noise die down a bit, the fan must have variable speed control. And good thing, I didn't have to reinstall the OS, just updated all the drivers, and it's up and running. But I do have some issue, when the BIOS set with CD as the 1st boot device, HDD as 2nd boot device, the boot just halts says can't boot from CD, and must insert a bootable CD ROM... I had to manual interrupt the boot sequence and select to boot from HDD, and select the HDD I want to boot from... kinda of a really bother...
This morning spend a couple of minutes connecting the front fan and LCD display, boot... and boom... I can see the temperature of the CPU.
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