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- Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:12 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Fractal Core 500 with Radeon 580?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4714
Fractal Core 500 with Radeon 580?
A friends son is getting a gaming computer and my friend is asking me for advice on this build. Fractal Design Core 500 looks like a great case and the Acer XF270HUA 27 inch Freesync screen is something I'd like to recommend (fairly cheap while it comes with 1440p/IPS/144Hz etc). Would a "Sapphire R...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:53 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: NZXT Kraken X61 28cm Liquid Cooler
- Replies: 58
- Views: 53322
Re: NZXT Kraken X61 28cm Liquid Cooler
NZXT does offer an adapter to use their WC units on gfx cards: http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html We just received one & will be testing the X41 and X61 on various cards. Sorry didn't read that last bit of your post... but the Ncase needs something good - the Corsair...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: NZXT Kraken X61 28cm Liquid Cooler
- Replies: 58
- Views: 53322
Re: NZXT Kraken X61 28cm Liquid Cooler
However I'd like to propose an alternative / derived product: an AIO gfx cooler for 2 (or even 3!!!) GPUs, using this 2 x 140 mm radiator. For those who don't want to build their own water-loop, I think it would make sense. The X61 should be able to cool 2 (or even 3) GTX 970 GPUs. The Kraken G10 w...
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:44 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
Re: New quiet ITX build advice
Looks like the pushpin on the Haswell board is slightly further from the CPU socket, but most likely still close enough to foul the very edge of the Shuriken 2 Rev.B's backplate. Just something to keep in mind. At least the mod is an easy one, just drilling a hole in the backplate to let the pushpi...
- Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:17 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
Re: New quiet ITX build advice
Cooler for Asus p8z77-I deluxe - Page 2 - Post 70 by DaddyBoy (lots of pictures here) Note the issue with the chipset heatsink's pushpin, and the Shuriken's backplate. You'll need to drill a hole in the backplate to allow that pushpin to poke through. The rev. B version for Big Shuriken 2 is very n...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:32 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
Re: New quiet ITX build advice
It seems to fit fine, it up to you to crosscheck that both boards have the same layout (specially the CPU placement), my "guess" is that they are. Ill leave you a pic of both side by side, On the first of your pics the USB ports on the right seem to lean towards the side so the daughter board shoul...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:09 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
Re: New quiet ITX build advice
I can't find any info online whether the Scythe Big Shuriken will fit the Asus mobo so I'll probably go with the Asrock one instead to be on the safe side. It has "FAN-Tastic Tuning" for fan control which "will test each of the" [...] " controllable fan headers in terms of RPM against power applied....
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:57 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
Re: New quiet ITX build advice
To end the post, im just going to suggest an alternative, Case: Fractal Design Node 304 It will allow you to use tower cooler while still allowing to have 6 hdds a standard ATX PSU and dedicated GPU (if you use a gpu it will lower the hdds to 4). Test the included fans first, they are decent. If yo...
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:50 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New quiet ITX build advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9358
New quiet ITX build advice
I'm looking at getting a new computer soon and would like to get some input for what I would like to get. Here's the hardware I find most interesting: Case: Lian Li PC-Q18B ( http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1272-page1.html , http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q18/ ). CPU: Intel Core i3-4...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:29 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Most silent Radeon 6850? (excluding PowerColor passive)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4066
Re: Most silent Radeon 6850? (excluding PowerColor passive)
If you check out the following site (http://ht4u.net/reviews/2010/gesamtvergleich_lautstaerke_grafikkarten/index4.php) you can get an idea of the noise on some cards, the "MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition [Silent Mode]" is pretty silent (it shows the noise when in idle so check the next two pages as ...
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 120hz monitors and gaming
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14873
Re: 120hz monitors and gaming
All the 120Hz monitors so far use low quality TN panels. So motion is better, but then you have the ugly TN vertical color shift. There is actually a new 23 inch IPS panel from LG in the works that uses 120 hz refresh rate and also scanning backlights so that it can reach 240 Hz. Se this link: http...
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:37 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Scythe PSUs - any opinions?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3116
According to the Scythe website the fans have the following speed and noise levels (for both Stronger & Stronger Plug-in): Cooling: Scythe Slip Stream 140 mm Fan - max. 1,200 rpm (500 W) - max. 1,250 rpm (600 W) - max. 1,350 rpm (700 W) Noise Level: 9.6 – 23.2 dBA (500 W) 10.1 – 24.2 dBA (600 W)...
- Wed May 26, 2010 7:30 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New low power mini-ITX system
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6274
- Wed May 26, 2010 7:11 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New low power mini-ITX system
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6274
- Thu May 13, 2010 2:35 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: PSU Fundamentals & Recommendations
- Replies: 200
- Views: 231191
- Mon May 10, 2010 9:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Internet security, can you go too far?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5387
I use Nod32 and Zone Alarm with a hardware firewall. Then to top it off i also use Faronics Deep Freeze which always restores the C drive with every restart ("My Documents", "Favorites" etc is on the D partition). This keeps the computer safe and secure. Most of the time I only need to unfreeze it w...
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:05 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: low-power PCI (not PCI-e) video card with HDMI out?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4247
Here is a list from a Swedish price guide with PCI only graphics cards: http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?k=351 Hopefully you can find a name and search for it elsewhere. To find a low power card you might get some help from this page: http://www.behardware.com/articles/781-1/report-the-true-power...
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:00 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Any news from Antec?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6252
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:59 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Beware of "Internet Security 2010" -- worst Trojan
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7834
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:29 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell G2410 -> any owners out there?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21446
There is an H-ISP panel från Apple that came out last year - the Apple LED Cinema Display - but it draws about 212 watts. There's also TN LED displays from LG and Benq out now. The LG W2486L, Benq V2400 Eco and Benq V2410 Eco. The Benq monitors have 5 000 000:1 in dynamic contrast and draws 28 watts.