Thanks again for your insightful answers. It was a great talk about memory in that video, and I will change my list accordingly. Also thanks you for reminding me about fan control and pins, and how Asus and MSI handles this differently. I never had an MSI motherboard, and find it hard to pick the ri...

I have decided to go with all Abula 's suggestions after some days of thought and research. I appreciate your explanation of the different CPU coolers. I haven't decided on the memory modules yet but either 2 x 16GB or 4 x 16GB. There’s still some days until I start ordering. For storage only M.2 an...

Abula - thank you for the input. The first suggestion (the NoFan CR-95C) would definitely work. I know I didn't mention a budget, but that cooler is a little too expensive for me. I wouldn't like to undervolt the CPU, to be able to use the cheaper NoFan CR-80EH. Following your third suggestion, the...

I'm considering to build this hopefully quiet and relatively powerful workstation for a graphic designer. But I am concerned if the airflow will be sufficient for a passively cooled Intel I5-8600K 3.6 GHz and also a passively cooled video card: Palit Geforce GTX 1050 Ti KalmX (4 GB). I will be insta...

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As i write this I'm in the middle of searching for a decent motherboard. As of now I've put Sabertooth X58 and ASUS P6X58D-E on the list. Pretty similar boards though. I know this post is placed in video cards, so I might need to take my questions elsewhere. But I assume you did some thinking before...

Thanks for your research on this sirius :) I also suspected some marketing aspects in concern to nVidia and Adobe. Your link certainly emphasized this. Glad to read what you wrote: "There are no restrictions or issues with AMD cards." The Saphire HD 6850 did indeed score very well in this test: http...

Hi, I'm going to build a new silent pc for my wife. The PC will be dedicated to graphical design in Adobe CS5. As we already have an Antec P182 case, I will preferably reuse that. I haven't been following up on new hardware for quite a while, so to start somewhere I'm trying to figure out which vide...

Thanks.

I would assume that "HDCP compliant" (from Asus) is the same as "HDCP support", as the two others mention in the specs. I guess it all comes down to which heatsinks of the 3 that cools the best. Sadly none seems to have tested matters like this for the specific 8600gts cards.

I can't tell the difference between these cards in performance, so should I just choose the cheapest or should I prefer the Asus to run on my Asus mobo? All are 8600GTS with passive cooler: Gigabyte GV-NX86S256H: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=VGA&ProductID...

*sighs*



Okay I will buy the boxed one and sorry for my lack of experience in concern to hardware.

You're quite right. The difference is almost $100 and the gain is minimal. So I'll choose to go with the E6600 instead. The funny thing is, that the "Intel Boxed" version is cheaper than the OEM version? How come this is so?

I just realised this, and I cannot wait for DDR3. It seems the P5K Deluxe is exactly the same besides the DDR3. So I edited my list with this mobo instead.

Opps...missed the gfx in the list. Updated with a MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256EZ-HD.

Are you sure that I have to get DDR3? The thing that makes me wonder is, that I may be able to buy this DDR3 compatible mobo, but there's no DDR3 ram available at all here.

Hi all, I hope you want to review my list. This is what I've finally decided, but before I order anything I would really like to hear your oppinion: Case: Antec P182 Mobo: ASUS P5K Deluxe PSU: Seasonic S12-380 CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz CPU cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Scythe S-FLEX SF...

But that's not a problem for you, because you're backing up all your important files anyway, right?

Some but not all. Approx. 4-500GB would not be critical data (dvd backups etc.).

So instead of having 1 drive that can break, you would rather have 3 drives that could break? The more drives you have, the more likely you are to experience a hard drive failure. Yes I would. Rather lose 400GB from on of the 3 drives than 1TB if I had only one drive. Even better, I would put 2 of ...

So you would anytime prefer (any) 1 big harddisk instead of 2-3 smaller but well-knowned for silence? If I had to go for a 1TB drive I probadly would end up with a raid1 setup. I'm simply too worried about beeing dependent on one big disk. I would probadly also put 2 of the 3 SpinPoint drives in rai...

Hi all, In my next new build in an Antec case (P182) I need to have 1TB storage available avg. 6 hrs/day. My intuitive first choise would be 3 x Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD401LJ in a suspended setup (no grommets) - very basic and 1.2TB is even better. Will this be somewhat quite or can I improve it? C...

Speaking of passive cooled 8600. MSI has another good looking one I found recently:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func ... cat_no=130

Yes, I'll start with the default, but it's nice to be prepared. Thanks for taking your time to help

Which 4?
CPU, VGA, north, south?

$120, I bet it would be even more expensive in denmark. Can you get towers for all those? It must weight a ton.

derekchinese, the article I mentioned was mentioned in this article "Superquiet Superclocked DIY Core 2 Duo System" on page 2: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article672-page2.html where he referenced this article about working with styrene: http://members.shaw.ca/sask.rail/construction/lsbuild/workst...

Hi all, I've read and seen alot use internal ducts. There's also a great article about how to build them, but it's hard to find information about how to use them in different setups. If these ducts really do benefit temperature and noisereduction, I would expect it to be a subject to find alot of po...

Do you already have a Thermalright HR01 (the tower) installed on this board? Would you just use the indirect airflow over the motherboard or attach a fan directly?

Does anyone know if Asus P5WDH Deluxe has heat issues due to it's passive coolingsystem? I've read it's reccomended to remove the shiny metal covers from both the north and south bridge but would it help to exchange the heatsinks with new passive sinks (i.e. zalman).

The tasklist for this system is incomplete. This system is going to be a multipurpose task for a various graphical applications (even join a renderfarm overnight) and a htpc too. Sorry for this somewhat messy thread. I should perhaps do some more considerations before posting a half-decided system. ...

NeilBlanchard , your reply is a bit unclear to me. Do you suggest me to buy any videocard as long as it's not the 8800? kater , Seasonic S12-380 sounds like a better choise. I don't think I want to put a fanless psu in the lower chamber in a P182. All in all I think the 182 is a bit big for a midit...

Thanks for your input. It was a faulty copy/paste the scythe cooler. I meant to write scythe quiet drive.

I'm not from the US but thanks for the heads up Corsair offer.

Hi all, I've been picking out hardware and reviews here for my next system. The system has to be as quite as possible, still offering good video decoding, batch picture decoding in photoshop and rarely gaming. I've not yet decided whether I want water- or air-cooling (see below), so I hope this post...