I do like the fact that they used some alloy under the IHS instead of the thick paste intel chose, probably eliminating the need for decapping. Except that Intel moved away from solder alloy expressly because of die micro-cracking due to thermal cycling and differing thermal expansion rates...so ho...

It's not "clutching at straws", I'm merely using common sense and the familiarity that I have with the methods that systems are designed. Until someone who truly knows about HDDs (meaning - WD's devs or any other respected company's devs) then you can't say that you know for sure, but for some reas...

I'm thinking about jumping ship.... after AMD, MS and the motherboard manufacturers fixes problems they reported with Windows doing sub-optimal thread placements, memory management abd buggy BIOSes. Or maybe next generation, as the price would be pretty high to replace my current mobo+cpu+memory wit...

Yeah, I too jump to the forum new section and have the RSS in my feed. :) TBH, in my last round of upgrades, I've had problems with cooling, as in cooling as silently as before. It seems pursuing margins and the process shrinks have eroded some of the achievements. My i7-4770K was one of the first C...

I have to agree with quest_for_silence. I have a P180 and an a Fractal Design R4, which is an older version. AFAIK the R5 has better front cover (R4 has one that was just as bad as the original from the P180), removable 5.25" bay, better filters and a "reversible" front door that feels flimsy accord...

What happens if you get a 4k monitor but run it at 1440p instead? As HDR monitors are coming out, they are all 4k, at least those with Gsync. Ugly is what happens. CRTs handled running at lesser resolutions well, LCD-type display less so. Unless you set it exactly quarter the res (1080p instead of ...

Eh, SPCR is a small community, and not advertised. Unless you are explicitly searching for ways to silence your PC, you are not even going to know about the site. Add the fact that most young ppl (I sound old now... damn) would rather use reddit, twitter, tumblr, random video sites and the like, (al...

I wouldn't hope for much in terms of silent operation for that one. There seems to be multiple issues with it: 1. GTX 1080 founders edition blower: loud as heck while gaming, and even idle is not really that silent 2. GPU sucks air in through vent holes in a clear plastic. Clear plastic tends to be ...

AFAIK there are some reviews of fanless mini-PCs (both here and on other sites), but the main problem of your average zero-fan ATX setup is that even one silent fan will provide massively better airflow in a regular ATX case. That's why in the miniPCs either the CPUs are very underpowered, or they a...

72# :) I'm not a native speaker so I'm not sure I wrote that correctly. (lbs maybe?) But yeah, thank god I'm not going on LAN parties anymore. ( :cry: ) Jugging around the P180b once in a sling case during aheat stroke in the summer through the whole city on public trasnport was enough. I'm not sur...

tl;dr: no fans, heatpipes and a massive radiator i7-5820K GTX 1080 / Titan X (page says titan, test mentions 1080) 500W superflower passive PSU SSD http://www.calyos-tm.com/wp-content/themes/CalyosTheme/images/PC-Fanless/PC-Fanless-Calyos.jpg http://www.calyos-tm.com/calyos-fanless-pc-workstation/ l...

Hi, I experienced somewhat similar problems with my 4790K: everything was fine, the CPU was at max frequency and acceptable temperatures (for a mITX build), but 5-10-20 seconds into a prime run, the temperatures would simly go haywire, without any warning. The source of the problem was that the AsRo...

But it doesn't 'turn on' until Windows starts up. Is this a common thing with USB keyboards these days? How can you get into your BIOS if by the time the keyboard is active you're already at the Windows start up screen? That's the first I heard of a wired, supposedly standard USB keyboard doing tha...

And perhaps a bit more importantly for us silent PC ethusiasts, the monster 16TB Samsung SSD is also available... for a cool $10k IIRC. I wish Samsung had a competitor in that space so prices would plummet. At least 0.5 / 1 TB-ish SSDs are not akin to a highway robbery any more, they only cost the s...

Also, feel free to contact Arctic about any of their proucts. They'll help, and do it fast. I asked them about RX 480 compatibility days before the launch, and they helped me out even with a diagram of how to best place the heatsinks.

As the fan is plugged into the GPU itself, it should be regulated just as any other stock fan. I use custom fan profiles, (with MSI afterburner) so it cannot be directly compared to a stock card. However, here are my findings: At first, I forgot to reset the curve, and used the 1080 with the one I u...

Photos I took during (de)construction:
https://goo.gl/photos/YTQUFTVE7SGb4vy67
(+1 shot from my old-old CPU cooler that got demoted... and had the shadow of the fan shroud embedded into it with dust )

Hi guys! As I usually buy my cards with the intention to mod them, I just did it with a 1080 founders edition. The card in itself is loud, but the makers of my aftermarket cooling of choice (Arctic) said their buggest one (Accelero Xtreme IV) is compatible with it. I already used the very same coole...

Thanks, very interesting and throughout read!

The silent mode drops it to below the 980 Strix. Have to wait and see how the non-OC edition Strix performs. Hopefully the silent mode doesn't throttle the 4k performance much if you have adequate cooling. Otherwise this may put a hamper on my 4k silent build with the 1080 gtx. I got everything els...

Hi, I just got a 144Hz Asus mg279q, and while I only tested it in 120Hz, not 144Hz, due to some issues, (my 290X only has 1 dp output) but it is absolutely silent in operation. It is as silent as my previous silent displays. edit: got tid of popping in standby, was caused by "render standby" setting...

Asus MG279Q TFTCentral review Totally silent in operation so far. edit #2: turns out the popping noise was caused by "Render standby" being enabled in the BIOS. Disabling it got rid of it completely. IT is as if the iGPU would occasionally wake and ping the display, to which the electronics in the ...

How do you guys feel now a few years later? All of my picoPSUs (main system, htpc and server) are still going strong. No UPS. I have good bricks though, and the Swedish power grid is solid. +1 for this. I have a 120WI with a 60W brich from a high-end 2004 laptop, no UPS and a solid grid. And it sti...

Hi edh, Really interesting build! I'm planning on making a i7-6700 workstation without a GPU. Do you reckon that could be adequately cooled in this setup? Does the case have a dust filter on the PSU intake? edit: from what I gather there is one version with a window, and one version with vents inst...

What about Gigabyte? Gigabyte has possibly the worst rep concerning fan control. Think Asus but even worse: fake 4 pin connectors, and 3 pins that are always 100%. And software solutions are out, because they use a special fan controller that mostly won't work with e.g. speedfan. At least that's my...

LG 34UC98-W : very limited whine: when you set it to standby, and the power led is blinking, you can hear a change in pitch. In normal operation, there is none, or at least I could not discern it. And I first thought the changing pitch came from somewhere outside, it is so faint. (so about the same...

I hope they will have better QC.... my last X400 had coil whine, and the 460 fanless I just bought blew after 3 seconds. I never had a PSU blow under me. :( (The first X400 I bought years ago, when they were only Gold because there wasn't platinum rating, still works flawlessly, without any sort of ...

Thanks for the build, especially for that note on the mugen problems with skylake. Thank heavens I did not go with that combo. ...although I do agree with the notion that you still need to wait for any decent single-card 4K gaming solution, at least if you play current games. Realistically, 4K gamin...

A cheaper mod would be to remove the stock fans and use a set of quieter 120mm fans in place. Gelid do a graphics card 4-pin PWM adaptor so that you can run any PWM fan in place. I have one of these on a different card. Yeah, I agree, removing the stock fans, the plastic cover, and then attaching a...

The IGP of intel CPUs is enough for office-stuff, videos, and the like. If you don't plan to play games on it, the performance is OK for that. I don't know how well it does with multi-monitor and 4K though. (IIRC there are motherboards out there that don't support 4K@60Hz out even on the displayport...