In this case I would think for light gaming it might make more sense to give the AMD A series a look, there are a few to pick. If your not doing any demaning stuff at all (like photo/video work etc) then a dual core will be likely just fine for your needs. I wouldn't recommend going AMD. As i under...

500 Euros are enough to buy you a nearly quiet pc. Following kuzzia's advice i'd like to add that's mostly psu, case and cpu cooler that make the difference. You could even go with integrated gpu at first an use those ~120 Euro for getting a decent 22-23" tft. And of course add the vga card as soon ...

As being one to have posted in the mentioned thread, i'm not sure if it's wise to post here, but i'll take the risk: Everyone has the right to have his own opinion. Everyone has the right to disagree. Everyone has the right to tell me, i'm wrong. But if you start insulting and disrespecting me befor...

http://www.guru3d.com/article/his-radeo ... x-review/8

Twin Frozr and HIS Radeon HD 7850 IceqX

You're focusing on just CPU. What about GPU? They often produce more heat and I'm not sure how they'd benefit from exhaust fans (near the CPU). Silverstone's Raven is a case with just intakes and it seems to work pretty well. It's not cheap though. The Silverstone is a positive pressure case. Diffe...

You can savely boot without any case fan turned on or any combination of them. Booting and testing should not take a long time, so no real danger should apply. Booting w/o the cpu cooler fan isn't to recommend.

Seems to have been pulled from the page.

Would someone care to elaborate why?

Try yourself. Giva a case with a 120 intake and 120 exhaust fan. Switch exhaust fan on, load cpu or whatever and measure temps. Note them down. Switch exhaust fan off, intake on and load cpu again. You'll probably discover that in order to run the same temps, the intakes have to be run at much highe...

Looking at your pictures: -your intake holes have sharp angles But i came up with another thought: Decouple the top! Add some rubber between the top and the rest of the case. Make the gap 5-10 mm high, so you gain enough exhaust area between the case and the top. Judging from the pictures you did no...

Runs cooler, don't have to deal with gnarly tall heatspreaders, more likely to be compatible with Haswell next year. Both of them use the same low-profile heatsink. I get the impression that the silly looking 'gnarly tall heatspreaders' are 90% for show, anyway. Like neon case lighting and glowing ...

I'd like to add that going usb for a sound card doesn't pay off in quality. Stick to the mentioned Asus Sonar, if onboard won't do. Most USB-Cards aren't worth to be named something with "sound". All those i know who work with audio files/dictation use headphones and a foot switch, all claiming that...

Why would you do that? The Idea for me was creating an air flow from the front to the back. I also have a top-down heatsink (Noctua NH-C12P SE14), so to me it looked like a good idea having a fan at the back as an exhaust. AFAIK fans in series move less air than fans in parallel. And air that's tak...

try booting with the ssd only. if the noise is gone, we should look at the drives, the drive cage and the side panels.

If the noise persist, try cutting of fan by fan and so on until you find the some useful clues where the noise is comming from in the first place.

Bill,

you deliberatly chose to fire first and argue second. Being a scientist by training hasn't gotten through to your manners.

Not useful in here.

Afaik the axp is eol. In europe it isn't buyable online. The cooler will not block the pci-e slot on standard itx boards with the cpu socket adjacent to the slot.

For a PC-08 i'd recommend samuel 17, but the Noctua could be worth a try.

Are you familiar with the word tantrum? You're trying to make fun of me? Or just a casual insult? The article didn't contain one specification that mattered to you so you pronounced the entire article to be totally worthless. It certainly sounded like a tantrum to me. I'm no native speaker, your pu...

I think this test is totally worthless. As i pointed out before to anandtech author, he deliberatly omitted the physical measurements of the tested psus. What is a test worth, when the author refuses to do his homework? What use does such a test have, when i have to look up by myself if this psu wo...

I think this test is totally worthless. As i pointed out before to anandtech author, he deliberatly omitted the physical measurements of the tested psus. What is a test worth, when the author refuses to do his homework? What use does such a test have, when i have to look up by myself if this psu wou...

Your case has a noise problem. So it might be related to your exhaust shapes or the like. http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/f/l/flow%20noise/source.html Again, as long as we don't find the reason for the noise in your non standard setup, we won't even bother thinking about different fan tes...

If I'd be looking for a case like that, i'd go R3. Much better style with nearly same functionality and on top: You save some bucks.

If we suspect the noise is coming from turbulence, you should check the airflow and all obstacles inside of the case. Avoiding dead corners, harsh angels and such. Pictures might be a great help. To your testing question: You have a non-standard case. So you would need non-standard tests. We should ...

You figured right. To rule out any vibration you'd need something like the coolermaster HAF with enough 5,25 mount places. If you would scale down your HDDs to 2.5" drives, you could get away with 3.5" slots and suspension. Regarding the ventilation holes: No holes, no fresh air. No fresh air, less ...

You could do that in loads of other cases, why pick this one (or the predecessor) Because the games i play are not top of the notch and i'm willing to drill down on some quality features to get smooth gameplay at 1080p. No multi monitors no nothing, just a Dell P2311 with IPS-Panel and 1920x1080. B...

Mike, i can fully understand the point your making. The predecessor of this case wasn't meant to be a gaming case too. But some people didn't care and packed it with an seasonic x and samuel 17, picked a reasonable quiet 6870, chipped in a ssd for boot an a 5400 hdd for storage. 1080p gaming with (m...

Good job!

Could you please run some tests with a vga card suitable for 1080p gaming?

Or even retest this sweet little case in a potential gamers setup?

There is one board. But, as often in this world, priced very high.

P8Z77-I Deluxe http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_ ... 7I_DELUXE/

only itx board with different placed cpu socket i know of.

As kuzzia said:

You won't get any benefit from just dampening your case. List ALL your PC parts and we might be able to tell you what to change first.

I'd vote for Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 + Nexus/Noctua/Scythe pwm fan. Because the stock fan is not the best.

Cooler: http://skinflint.co.uk/574434

Also read http://www.silentpcreview.com/Fan_Round ... ermalright

Biggest disadvantage of the fractal version is the back fan: only 92mm instead of 120 in other clones
€: Why would you need the sound proofing? Pick your parts carefully, drill down your fans and your done, imho.

You can try and swap the fan, if your a DIY guy.

Any other towerstyle cooler hosting a 120mm fan ist suitable. Aim for something like Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO or larger and be prepared to change the stock fan.