X-650 and X-750 aren't exactly new either. They've been available for nearly a year, although for some reason it doesn't feel like they've been out that long.

Bump for updates. Changed out some fans and finally got my hands on a pre-modded top panel with 140mm fan mount. Helps quite a bit with temps on the video card.

If you're careful about the components, you can run a surprising amount off a PicoPSU. This member, for example, had an Athlon II X4 and 5750 running off a 150w PicoPSU.

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There was a fair amount of buzz IIRC back when the Zotac IONITX boards were released. Das_Saunamies is probably right, there's just not anything really new/exciting to talk about with these boards currently. Search the forums, though, you should find plenty of topics on these boards and systems buil...

I'd assume this is one of the first things tech support suggested, but did you try replacing the CMOS battery?

First thing I would do is hook up a Kill-A-Watt or something similar, try tweaking the voltages, and see if any have a measurable effect on power consumption or temps in Windows. My old Gigabyte 785G board didn't have nearly as many voltage tweaking options as the 785GM-E65, but I think I messed aro...

MSI has been putting out some really nice products lately, I'd definitely consider them to be up there with ASUS and Gigabyte in terms of features and quality. Hmmm... I dunno how late it is lately, but I have two MSI board right now, both IGP (GeForce 9300 and 785G) and not so old: BIOS always car...

First Abit, now DFI :( Not that Asus or GB boards are bad, not at all. It's just that to buy a different-than-others board with better-than-average features, you now have smaller choice... MSI has been putting out some really nice products lately, I'd definitely consider them to be up there with AS...

Tight fit. I was looking at the NSK-3480 and Seasonic X series recently. Ended up going with a different case in part because I wasn't sure a standard optical drive would fit. Had considered just using a mobile optical drive and adapter if a standard 5.25" drive didn't fit, but it would have cost qu...

I think Mike mentioned earlier that they do have a 460FL, but it was a pre-production sample and not necessarily the final product.

Kind of disappointing, but not completely unexpected. I wonder if the reason for the new socket is tri or quad channel DDR3 support. Would be a nice feature, but sucks that it breaks backward compatibility for AM3 users.

Yeah that's the active phase switching indicator. I guess the CPU only uses a single power phase at idle, and then all four at load? Seems to be a feature common to a lot of MSI mobos, and I'd assume this is why the ones SPCR has tested tend to be pretty power efficient, especially at idle. Power co...

Thanks for the tips, removing the bottom of the cage is something I didn't even consider, will have to look into that. I was thinking about just removing the cage, the SSD could be mounted in the external 3.5" bay, and the HDD in the available 5.25" bay using something like a NoVibes. But I could se...

My old NSK-3300 and Seasonic 300w SFX were getting a bit long in the tooth, so I decided to get a new case/PSU (wanted to go ATX this time around) and upgrade a few other parts. http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1994/img2129m.th.jpg http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2848/guts0.th.jpg http://img153...

That SilenX power supply is almost comical. I can't believe they can get away with charging so much for crap like that.

For sale is a new, unused Gigabyte 5750 Silent Cell. Looking for $140 shipped OBO.

Heatware is under frostedflakes.

Out of stock at NewEgg. I guess that's a good sign, they must be selling pretty well.

Any other places to buy them online, or is NewEgg the only one currently?

Great review, and another excellent product from Seasonic. Kind of OT, but Mike, would you happen to know if Seasonic has any plans to release an 80Plus Gold SFX power supply in the near future? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, maybe you could inquire to one of the reps you normally speak with. ...

Handy device to have around, I think I've definitely got my money's worth out of mine.

The BIOS fan control on this board is actually pretty lacking. You can have it automatically control the CPU and/or system fan, but the CPU fan ramps up way more aggressively than is necessary IMO. And unfortunately Gigabyte doesn't provide different profiles to choose from for the CPU fan speed con...

Great review, and another excellent product from Seasonic. Kind of OT, but Mike, would you happen to know if Seasonic has any plans to release an 80Plus Gold SFX power supply in the near future? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, maybe you could inquire to one of the reps you normally speak with. I...

Performance is excellent with the CPU loaded. Would be interesting to see how the loop handles Intel Burn Test + Furmark on the GPU. >:)

Some good looking stuff (better paint job) and some kind of meh stuff (higher speed/louder fans being included with the case). Still looks great if they can keep it at the ~$100 price point, though. Also, they need to find a US distributor already, I'm sure there's a ton of demand here for their cas...

I know it's kind of vain, but I just can't stand that stupid design on the top of the Ninja 3. Are they decals that can be peeled off?

It's probably not broken, I think I've read about compatibility issues with the PicoPSU and PW-200-M/V. Install it on another motherboard and it would probably work fine.

*** SOLD *** Upgrading to a 5750, so I'm looking to get rid of my old card. It's a Sapphire HD4670 1GB. The card came with an Arctic Cooling Accelero L7 installed, but I replaced it with an Accelero S2 passive heatsink. The original heatsink will be included, though, along with the driver CD, packa...

Very nice. They also have an X-650 and Lian Li PC-A05NB bundle that comes out to $180 shipped. Unfortunately you can't stack the combo savings and promo code.

Yeah that definitely sounds like the HDD, elastic suspension should get rid of the noise.

Samuel 17 looks like it might be a decent option for low profile passive cooling, the fin spacing is much larger than the Big Shuriken. But if you're going to attach a fan to it, the Big Shuriken does seem like the better buy.

Only place I know of is NCIX, which is a Canadian shop. They'll ship to the US, but it's expensive.

Fractal Design is still trying to find a US distributor last I knew.