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by xavierk
Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:36 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Quiet / Noisy Monitor Survey
Replies: 272
Views: 507307

Re: Quiet / Noisy Monitor Survey

BENQ FP24WZ: low pitched whine from 0 brightness to 25 brightness, high pitched whine starts at 25 brightness and ends at 75 brightness. It's a shame I have to turn the brightness up so high just to make my screen silent. Why does it even make noise? Isn't there some cap I can glue, some hole I can ...
by xavierk
Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:29 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Xigmatek Aegir SD128264 reviews
Replies: 1
Views: 1642

Re: Xigmatek Aegir SD128264 reviews

Is an SPCR review of this HSF coming? EDIT: would still like to see a review. Frostytech places it pretty high on the temperature rankings.
by xavierk
Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:51 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

We have cooling grills on the left side for the GPU, and on the right side for the CPU. I don't see it on the CPU side. And still, why would you not put full ventilation on both sides? What is the reason for not doing that? It can only help. What makes you think it will harm anything? You are right...
by xavierk
Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:52 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Note the PSU placement. How about rotate it by 90°C, with the usual exhaust grille on top? It may be less practical, but maybe more effective with reference to cooling. About the CPU heatsink: as the Prolimatech Armageddon or the Thermalright Archon (not to mention the forthcoming Scythe Susanoo) s...
by xavierk
Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:24 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

frenchie wrote:How do you make sure the GPUs don't heat up the HDs ? do you have a physical separation planned between the two ?
The HDD's will be above the GPUs, seperated of course. Also there will be a 120mm/92mm fan making sure there is no stationary air in that area.
by xavierk
Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

New sketch uploaded. We're sorry the previous ones didn't provide much of a clue to the placement of the internals. This one aims to resolve that. Beneath the two HDD's will be room for two GPUs of the biggest sort. The biggest and widest CPU coolers will be able to be placed inside this chassis. Ef...
by xavierk
Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:01 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Sure we can :) Only a picture says more than a thousand words. But your pic does not show this. LOL! You're right, of course, but I meant that renders are on their way. The PSU will be in the front, intake facing the front. Tilted on its side. This hasn't been done before as far as we know so it ma...
by xavierk
Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:48 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Sure we can :) Only a picture says more than a thousand words. The PSU will be in the front, intake facing the front. Tilted on its side. This hasn't been done before as far as we know so it may be tough to visualize. The HDD's will be above the GPUs, seperated of course. The PSU used to be above th...
by xavierk
Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:19 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

We've made some radical changes... 1. Reoriented the PSU. Case is now way thinner. This meant sacrificing the 180mm but we've added an intake duct near the CPU. 2. Possible to add any known CPU cooler. 3. Possible to add DUAL CHIP GPUs like the AMD 6970 4. Possible to add HIGH GPUs like the GTX480 5...
by xavierk
Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:07 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

As you can see we have updated our renders. We have made a lot of changes. 1. The PSU's orientation has been changed by 180 degrees. This way it profits from the intake fan and allows for even the highest tower coolers. 2. We have followed the advice on indirect noise escape paths with regard to the...
by xavierk
Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:27 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

3-slot coolers, btw, are not unusual these days... and may be necessary to run the hottest GPUs quietly. Three slot coolers CAN be placed, of course, as long as they do not exceed the boundaries of the motherboard. On all three mobos on this page: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/article...
by xavierk
Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:50 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

We can see we really need to work on the clarity of our renders... ;) A few ideas :) Keep those side intakes for CPU and GPU (make sure you can fit an large GPU aftermarket cooler between the side of the case and the GPU, something like 3 PCI slots worth of free space) If you have an mATX SLI / CFX ...
by xavierk
Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:11 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Reminds me a little of the QMicra case: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/6009/cst-544/PC_Design_Lab_Qmicra_v2_Micro-ATX_Liquid_Cool-able_Case_Q201.html#blank Well, to the extent that it has a 120mm fan in back. This case also has the external 5.25" bays, they're probably unnecessary these days, bu...
by xavierk
Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:05 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Yes, PCV 3 54. (Fugly thing, imo.) IMO, the ASUS VENTO TA891 front vents look way too restrictive. (Just looking at that pic) Also the HDD position is irrelevant with such a short case, esp. when it is meant to be placed on top of the desk. The close proximity of the noise sources to the user will ...
by xavierk
Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:14 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

Lots of examples -- the recent Lian Li cases we reviewed, all the Fractal cases, Antec P180 series, Antec Solo, etc... A much simpler method is to use angled "shutters" like this: http://www.ejsproducts.com/shutters_2.jpg Thanks for the detailed response, Mike :) Another example we know from experi...
by xavierk
Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:02 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

Re: KK Concept Case

What about positive pressure, are we doing it right?
We will be updating this thread soon, with a new revision, that will showcase the internal layout a bit more thoroughly.
by xavierk
Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: KK Concept Case
Replies: 31
Views: 8617

KK Concept Case

After inquiring about the current mATX high performance cases in another forum we came to the conclusion that no PC enclosure exists yet which combines our mutual hunger for ridiculous (read: normal, for us) cooling with mounting options for modern combinations (RAID0+SSD, long GPUs) and an aestheti...
by xavierk
Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Silverstone SUSCOOL 121
Replies: 5
Views: 7016

usable as a cpu fan

Could I use one of those with an Asus Triton 75 to cool my AMD X2 5600+? or should I use the Schyte S-Flex 120? (medium / 1200rpm) I have this fan currently as a casefan and it's very silent. (I use the built in thermal monitoring as my motherboard supports only one Cool n' Quiet enabled fan, and t...