This heatsink is freaking massive and copper even for all the fins not just the heat pipes. You do lose 1 pci-e slot (the 1x slot on the top) you have to use low profile ram and have a bit of space over the top of the mobo too. It requires 180mm of clearance so it won't work for a lot of cases. The ...

doveman that is definitely not a normal sound for any PSU let alone a quality one. Hell the generic 400 watt PSU that comes with a dell doesn't even make those noises. You should RMA that to Seasonic. That noise is totally unacceptable. Seasonic is supposed to be a premium brand. My x660 will go rig...

my voltage on my "crap" amd 1100t system is much higher than the voltages around here. I'm at 1.46 volts to achieve 4.2ghz 21x200 on the amd phenomII x6 1100t. And this is in a crappy dell case with 1 intake fan and 1 exhaust and a corsair h80 in push pull. Prime 95 pushes temps to 58C in an air con...

Well my brand new Seasonic 80+ platinum x660 is on the way. Pray for me I don't get a whiner!

I have this dark blue electrical tape that works perfect. 1 layer dims it, 2 layers dims it more, 3 layers its just barely visible and 4 layers its totally gone. I use 1 layer for some and 2 layers for others. It's much too involved to buy a dimmer led light and change the lights. That's a little cr...

the FT02 is such a sexy case. Even to RV02 works if you are on a cheaper budget. I'm gonna go for an FT02 or RV02 build for skylake. Right now I have a nanoxia deep silence 1 case. But I kinda wanna build an rv02 case out now. It's ok I can wait for skylake. Built a corsair 550d ivy bridge pc last y...

I will give it a test. Thanks for the suggestion.

I'm gonna get the MSI gtx 770 lightning. It's one of if not the fastest gtx 770 and it saves me 250. Or maybe the regular msi gtx n770 TF Newegg has a 20 dollar off samsung 840 pro deal going on so the 256GB 840 pro is only 37 dollars more than the 250GB 840 Evo. 37 dollars is pretty small differenc...

Well I was thinking more like downclocking the lightning and lowering the fan profiles. Since it has a better cooling system if you downclock it to stock you should be able to have the fans spinning slower than the n780. Is that a possibility? Thats why I said I want SPCR to do a review. Downclock i...

Well I ordered all the parts but the gpu and the ssd for now. I had to goto amazon to get the Noctua NH-U14S. Check out the new msi lightning gtx 780 it's pretty nice. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/MSI-GeForce-GTX-780-3GB-Lightning-Graphics-Card-Review/Overclocking-and-Closi It is kind...

Yea I'm thinking of adding another intake on the side. Going to only use the bottom hdd rack for the ssd + hdd so ill remove the top cages to get better airflow. A good 120mm case fan is going to be quieter than the gpu so if I can get cold air blowing onto the gpu from the side it should lower the ...

"The outside fans are 90mm while yellow, interior fan is smaller at 80mm. Both black fans are controlled by one fan controller while the center one has its own for better flexibility depending on which components need the most cooling at any given time. By separating the controllers MSI can lower no...

It probably doesn't matter much which version i get. The only time the card will even ramp its fans up is when im gaming. So when I get headphones on gaming I could have the crappiest cooler with like 4 60mm fans buzzing at 2500 rpm and I still wouldn't hear it. So MSI card should be fine even thoug...

I am going to experiment adding a fan on the side of the case to blow cold air directly on the GPU. May be quieter adding a low-medium low speed fan right on top of the card on the side panel allowing the gpu fans to spin slower. Wil also experiment with a fan on the bottom as additional intake to r...

Yea I'm gonna go with the Seasonic x660 I've used it before and it's great.

yea, from what I've read the 3 included fans are great. I may experiment adding another intake on the bottom and turning all the fans down to a lower speed. More at lower speed is usually better right?

I have a korean 30" 2560x1600 monitor and I want to eventually get a PLP with 1600x1200 monitors on the side. For now I'll be pushing 2560x1600. I want the thunderbolt port. I like the interface it is extremely versatile I will most likely end up connecting a large amount of storage to it. To the gu...

I've had 2 seagate drives die on me and a wd green drive die on me. I really want a 5 year warranty drive in there I hate losing my data. I also hate losing half my capacity to raid 1, blu ray disc images are not small so I need a reliable drive but I can't give up capacity for raid 1. The WD SE dri...

Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 (already Own) Mobo: Asus Z87 Expert - $247 CPU: Intel i7-4770k - $340 - 55 = $285 CPU cooler: Corsair H90 - $80 CPU TIM: Gelid GC-Extreme (already own) GPU: MSI N780 GTX 780 - $660 RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 1600Mhz 1.35V 8-8-8-24 Low Profile - $140 PSU: Seasonic SS...

Even if it's not c2 it won't be the end of the world. Infact I dont even use sleep or hibernate or any of that. I just let my pc idle on the desktop fully awake when i'm not on it. I restart it when windows forces me to restart for updates that's it.

Simple question. Would you replace the 2x 120mm intake 1x 140mm exhaust fans with quiet nexus or scythe GT or noctua. From what I've read the stock fans don't seem too bad. If you would replace what fans would you replace with?

I'm gonna try my luck with newegg I will be sure to report what I get over here. So I can help the next person in my situation.

I've read good things about the silverstone closed loop water cooler. That the pump is dead silent but the fans are noisy (which ill just replace the fans). Since I'm gonna have an msi gtx n780 TF the fanless heatsink probably wont work.

The price is a big turn off. You can spend 50 dollars less on the nanoxia deep silence 1 and get superior performance.

Do you think I can get away with a fanless heatsink in a nanoxia deep silence 1 case with an undervolted chip?

That is really frustrating. What do you recommend to be sure I get the latest revision? Is there another store that will accommodate this? I'll lose out on the combo deal but I don't really care I'd rather pay the extra 55 and get a guaranteed c2 stepping or even just go with the i5-4670k.

I'm going with a fanless PSU for the first time and am wondering which are considered the best around these parts. I'll be running an asus z87 expert mobo + stock speed max stable undervolted i7-4770k and a stock speed 3GB gtx 780. No overclocking on this system at all. Low voltage samsung ram. I'm ...

Im interested in the Asus Z87 Expert with 1x TB port for my next build. Is it safe to assume if I buy one from newegg I will get the newest revision? Is there anything special I need to do to ensure that?

I just sold my corsair 550d build. Must give a big thanks to this site. Without the exhaustive testing and advice on this site it would of took a lot more money and time to get my system near silent. Amazingly the Nanoxia deep silence 1 was actually in stock on newegg. Been wanting to get 1 for a lo...

full-featured systems built and backed by boutique Even here there are multiple tastes though probably a handful of configurations would satisfy most of them. But for example, I haven't a clue as to what system you would be interested in. And for SPCR to do something they need to formulate several....