I have to concur. I purchased this drive in December, Archive HDD SATA 6Gb/s 5TB ST5000AS0011 and it seemed fine on the bench during assembly, but now that it is being used, it has developed a very pronounced vibration buzz that is even louder than seek noises--it literally vibrates in my hand now. ...

Well, the MSI card is out of stock everywhere, so how about this instead?

MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB GAMING X

How does it compare power-, heat- and noise-wise to the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X?

Be seeing you...

---> TBC

Steve,

Thanks for the comments. I thought of the -AR as I did not need the DVI/VGA ports of the -A recommended in the 4K Gaming article; I will look at the Pro Gaming. For memory, I've always stuck with Crucial and Kingston but I'll look at that Corsair kit as well.

Be seeing you...

---> TBC

Greetings all, It's been several years since my last build so I feel it's time for a refresh. For casual gaming (strategy, MMO, etc.) as well as general computing, how does this look? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WGYQKZ No need to comment on anything below the power supply ^_^ Be seeing you... --->...

Well, the 6800 in the Gigabyte is not the same as the 6800GS in the eVGA card Mike used -- it's slower. The Zalman is probably not compatible with this card either, and may require an add-on fan, eliminating any advantage over the Arctic Cooling product. Be seeing you... ---> TBC (Torrid -- Bane of ...

You'll want to look into de-coupling the ROOM as much as possible from the rest of the structure. This is often done by building a "room-within-a-room" using parallel walls with air-space between, or staggered stud construction. For the floor, you'll be building a raised floor. You would then insula...