Hello all, Has anyone got experience with the setup in the subject? I am wondering about the clearance between the top pci-e slot and the cpu cooler (Thermalright Ultra-120) and also a Thermalright HR-05 NB cooler (may leave this off if clearance is an issue) when the HR-03 is installed "over" the X...

Hi,

Will you guys review the new Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 in the near future?

I have been reading about it and I am quite interested in getting this particular heatsink for my Powercolor X1950Pro Extreme as it is currently the "loudest" part in my computer.

Thanks.
alfhenrik

:evil: well I put my system together only to find that my 3.4EE was *broken* to put it nicely...so now I need some advice on which CPU should I get now as I can't wait 'til end of April...I've been tossing up between the E4300/E6400 but might stretch the budget to the E6600 if the performance gain i...

Hey,

First of all, thanks for all your good advice, I received my fans and heatsink today, so now I can finally finish this build and put your theories to practice and see which one suits me best.

Thanks a lot guys!

YAY!

Finally received my last parts (almost, except for my second gfx card), so now I can finally start building this system for real...

Wohoo!

Hey Guys,

Thanks for all the comments on why/why not to use RAID5.

But the real reason for me to create this thread was to get comments on my system...

Sorry to sound like a nagging housewife.

Cheers

What are your temps like? I'll let you know this week as I have yet to finish my build. I'm currently just trying to collect information on which way fans need to be pointed for best airflow/cooling efficiency. Also on the fan note, is the fan in the lower chamber "really" necessary or would the fa...

Good Afternoon All, In my new system I will be using the Thermalright HR-05 NB Heatsink, I read Chris Thomson's article ( here ) where he used the Ninja and the same NB heatsink and he said that it does need some airflow to cool efficiently. As I will be using the Thermalright Ultra 120 I may not ge...

what kind of Raid will you be using? 0+1? Raid 5? Raid 10? RAID5 what was yoru old system? P4 2.4Ghz, 2Gb RAM unfortunately no RAID support on that...but that might be an idea as I have some other spare parts (a couple of Intel motherboards with RAID support) laying around...just means spending som...

EDIT: You should consult SPCR BEFORE you order the parts I've been reading SPCR for 6 months planning this upgrade :lol: plus I already have 3 WDs in my current computer and they haven't made much of a fuss about themselves so I'm pretty satisfied with them. EDIT: Plus I can't even get those Samsun...

Do you really need that much PSU? I will be running 2 Radeon X1950Pro in Crossfire mode. 1. What's with all the HD's? 2. Video card cooling? 1. 1 HDD for my system and applications, 4 HDDs in RAID5 (I know, RAID=BAD) for storing important stuff. 2. These Radeons come with Arctic Cooling X2 installe...

Hey all, Finally!! My current PC is 4 years old and up for retirement, so I have ordered my new system (just waiting for all the parts to arrive). New specs are: Antec P180B (Rev. 2) Intel 3.4EE ES (until the new E6420 is released in Q2) Thermalright Ultra 120 w/ Nexus Real Silent 120mm fan (or Scyt...

Thank you Devonavar.

Yes this site has been of much help in my research of quite PC gear for my upgrades.

Hello SPCR and users of SPCR, First of all I'd like to thank SPCR for an excellent site with loads of useful articles and news about silent PC parts. I have been reading this site to get inspiration to my new pc. My current PC is 4 years old and up for retirement, so I have ordered my new system (ju...