I chose Samsung 830 128GB. Samsung 830 seems to be very reliable and fast multipurpose drive.

Great! Please keep us informed.

If you want silence, then you won't be using 4 fans. You only need 1-2 if you use good and new hardware. I chose R3 so that is what I recommend to you. It has good quality/price.

I'd build a system that is capable of maintaining decent temperatures always with no need to alter fan speed at all. 1. Get a good semi-passive PSU. Kingwin/Super Flower has PSUs which remain passive under 400W. And don't overestimate your power needs. Most likely your high-end gaming machine always...

SSD: Samsung's 830 SSDs are very reliable and faster than Intel 520 with incompressible data (like audio/video). I'd take the cheaper of the two. I think Samsung might have more uniform performance with different kinds of data. But both are good. GPU: Your old GPU (GeForce 240) is very slow. A new A...

I have a simple question (or it might not be simple) about HDDs. On a WD Caviar Black, Sata 6 gb/s or any drive, is there any difference in Performance/Speed, Life and Problems between Partitioned and unpartitioned? Simply which is better? Thanks What do you mean by that? You can't use a SDD/HDD un...

I dont know, lets start with some ideas please? I agree with many here. You already have a fast computer and no need to upgrade it. Except on thing: get SSDs! That is the one single thing you should do and it WILL give you a big performance boost. A new CPU/Mobo won't. Get a Samsung or Intel SSD or...

ces: Unless you have many tabs with constant heavy JS or playing video they are not going to be using much CPU. You would need multiple tabs each pegging a core at 100% before hyper-threading might help. Context switching isn't a difficult task on a modern CPU. It's far more likely you are running ...

unless you have apps that'll make use of hyperthreading I wonder if it might be more complicated than that. Sometimes I see delays when I have a lot of tabs in my browser open. Multithreading won't hurt that.... and I wonder if Multithreading might help. There may be other subtle things that it may...

New units, like Super Flower Golden King 550W or an identical model from Kingwin are superior as they are semi-passive: in normal loads (<400W) they are 100% silent: the fan doesn't rotate at all.

I'd recommend Super Flower Golden King Platinum+ series. 500W or 550W Pro model should be totally silent (fan is not rotating at all). I think it is identical to Kingwin Lazer Platinum 550W which is reviewed here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1203-page1.html Don't mind the actual wattage whi...

It will be a Ivy Bridge setup with most likely 2 x sdd + 2 x storage hdd. PSU will be very silent. Even now my Antec Sonata would be quiet without that damn hdd resonance. I hate it. I'll replace the GPU fan later on. It is also possible that I'll use only the IGP of the CPU. We'll see. Antec Sonata...

I have an old Antec Sonata which I'd like to change to a new one. Fractal Design Define R3 seems like a good and cheapish choice. 1. Is it suitable for semi-silent computer? There would be semi-fanless PSU (Super Flower Golden King Platinum+ Pro 500W), most likely SSD drives. 2. Are the default case...

Proprietary PSU form factor is a bad, bad thing. These kind of things should be done in co-operation with open standards. I'll never buy a PSU which is not compatible to other cases. I'd never be able to sell in when I want to upgrade. I'll never be able to re-use it if I plan to use another case. T...

If you don't overclock, your memory needs to be at least 666MHz (E8200 runs at 8x333MHz and 2x333MHz = 666MHz). So pick the cheapest you can find. 800MHz is more than enough - remember that the speed is still 666MHz.

Latencies have practically no meaning in real life.

The price of Core SSDs is going dooown:

http://www.dailytech.com/OCZ+Once+Again ... e12993.htm

"Newegg is now listing the 64GB Core Series SSD at $99 after a $70 mail-in rebate."

Things are looking very good if this is a trend.

I'm sure the support for Q9450 is/will be better than for X3350 which is the same processor but the server version (different ID).

Other than that Q9450 and Q9300 look very good CPUs for those who really need 4 cores with low power usage.

SH-S183? Is there such? I know there is SH-S183A and SH-S183L. Which one do you mean?

Sorry, my bad, I didn't read what processor you had.

JohnFL, use this program:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/392

Or this:

http://www.thecoolest.zerobrains.com/CoreTemp/

I have no idea why people think Ninja is better. In SPCR test Ultra 120 was better than Ninja in all cases expect when Nexus was run at 5V. Even then they were equal. So unless you run 100% passive system Ultra 120 will be always better: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article646-page3.html Edit: I th...

Use only programs which measure the temperature directly from both cores using DTS. Use TAT (Intel Thermal Analysis Tool) or CoreTemp or possibly SpeedFan 4.32 BETA. This way you get comparable result. For the record: My E6400 is running at 3GHz at 1.235V. Idle temp (SpeedStep in use) is 43 C and Or...

Found these: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122122 http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116595&highlight=p5b-vm I think your last bet is to try straight some 300/310/320/330+ FSB. P5B-VM really seems to be the weak link here - I didn't know that as other P5Bs overcl...

Do you have the latest BIOS installed? If not, do that. Then, could you verify ALL the BIOS settings from the link I posted. Do you have same sttings as in the screenshots? (Some settings might be found in different places as you have another MOBO). Especially set Vcore manually, disable C1E, set RA...

*sigh* if i knew sooner, i would have tried. But now it's too late, i'm in the middle of exams and even after i don't think i can stand swapping out everything and trying to OC the c2d. You should consider a few things: 1. Anything below 60 degrees C is ok. Anything below 50C is perfect. If C2D is ...

I don't really know, i tried to OC my E6300 and it maxed at around 280 x 7. Not That much more than 266 x 7. I haven't done any research on how to overclock, all i did was to raise the clockspeed of my CPU through the motherboard (asus P5B-VM). Is there more to it than just that? Yes, you have to h...

jaganath wrote:

My Intel E6400 is running easily at 2,9GHz

what RAM are you using?

The cheapest possible 800MHz DDR2 I could find. PQI or something.

Also remember overclockability. My Intel E6400 is running easily at 2,9GHz which is equal to X6800 stock speed. I think a 3,5GHz would be possible. And this is running quite cool (39 C at idle) with Thermalright Ultra 120. E6400 or E6300 has a very good price if you overclock to show the full potent...

Yes. The confusing part was CPU-Z which showed that when using AUTO my Vcore would've been 1.05 or 1.325. Apparently this was not the case and CPU-Z was showing false readings. For some reason it now, however, shows my correct Vcore. Bottom line is that I hate undocumented features. AUTO??? Auto wha...

I just found out that Vcore really should not be set to AUTO. This is why: Before: Vcore was AUTO, clockspeed was set to 8x310 = 2480MHz. The temp at idle was 45 and at load 60. Now: Vcore is 1.200V, clockspeed is 8x360 = 2880MHz. The temp at idle is around 39 and at load 50. The temp is measured us...