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by wonderfield
Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:16 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Fanless PSUs: Kingwin Stryker STR-500 & Silverstone ST50NF
Replies: 20
Views: 15253

Re: Fanless PSUs: Kingwin Stryker STR-500 & Silverstone ST50

I've read several other reviews on the annoyingly-named "Stryker" (why not call it say, the "S500"?), and it's really just an incredible bit of hardware. Your review cements that fact. Looks great; performs incredibly well; warranty appears to be very solid; price is for the most part reasonable: wh...
by wonderfield
Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:33 am
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 6637

Re: Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?

I have a CM Bench (another stupid purchase) where I test my new components before putting into enclosures (sometimes even up to two months): if ambient temp is above 26-28°C and I run FurMark/Prime95, even my Scythe Orochi can't stabilize the CPU temp (not to mention less massive GPU heatsinks). Ju...
by wonderfield
Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:57 am
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 6637

Re: Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?

Thanks for the feedback. I should have noted that this project would be more aimed at exploring a particular idea (and having something unique) than getting a particularly good gaming machine for the money — this rig would be cycled in and out with my other PC, which is a moderately high-end machine...
by wonderfield
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:23 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 6637

Fanless workbench-style PC: feasible?

Hi there. After seeing Lian Li's T60 workbench-style case and becoming pretty enamored of it, I've been tossing around the idea of building an ultra-quiet, moderately-powerful PC around it. My question here is this: given an unenclosed system, with little to no airflow, is it remotely possible to ru...