An essential application for any silent enthusiast! It's working well with my AMD 5770.

Now that you mention it, a top PSU position would be a good idea for a fanless PSU. I wonder if it would work well in a bottom mounted position though? If the power supply is mounted with the intake grills at the bottom, would cool air still enter it or would the hot air just get trapped? Anyway, a...

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Zenphic wrote:Is the Asus GTX 970 Strix semi-passive? I think the 750TI is but not the GTX 970.

Yes it is semi passive, around 65C it starts the fans, i just bought 2 =)

That good. A marvellous build with semi-passive components! And only the case/CPU fans running on idle.

Superb build, pretty much the same that I would go for if I had the money. ASUS is definitely my pick if you want to change fan profiles in the bios. Their UEFI bios makes the whole experience much easier. Their AI Suite 3 is pretty superb though, but I believe it is Windows only. Is the Asus GTX 97...

Actually, I like the top PSU position - perfect for fanless PSU. To be a viable Silent Gaming PC contender, it really needs only 2 changes: low impedance 120mm fan intake & bottom panel vented for GPU cooling intake. We might even do a build with a modded case if we can get another sample from Ante...

though the Earthwatts definitely is the loudest component. Swap the fan and drive it externally: it will be one of the quietest PSUs around (it's actually quieter than my Seasonic 460W fanless). I was actually thinking about switching the fan. Any tips on how to connect a 3-pin fan to the internal ...

WOW, that's impressive -- updating a 5 year old PC AND this 5-yr old thread! 8) The system is a bit slow sometimes, but it still manages to get the work done as well as the occasional gaming (League of Legends). I'm planning on fully upgrading perhaps in a year or two. Well, I won't actually be ful...

Would the Fractal Design Define Mini be a good case for a mATX system?

I've posted an update. It's not much, but I thought some of you might want to know. Happy holidays!

Fractal Design has another winner here.

How well do the stock rubber grommets on the drive caddies handle HDD vibration noise?

Happy birthday SPCR!

A professionally-built and well-thought out build. Good job!

Impressive system in such a small form factor, but if only the cooling could be improved!

Can the APU be undervolted with K10Stat?

I usually prefer using the 5V molex mod. Much cheaper than getting those cables + resistors (mostly because 3-pin to molex adapters are usually bundled with the fans already). Plus with the 3-pin cable + resistor, you are basically limited in number of fans depending on how many motherboard fan head...

Lenovo keyboards are quite good amongst other laptop keyboards, but there's still one thing I hate about them: the placement of the Fn key. I always mix up the Fn key for the Ctrl key! Why oh why does Lenovo always put the Fn on the left of the Ctrl key? I would fine it much more natural (when comin...

Good job dude. I've still got a long way to go.

The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus would have been a nice addition to this article; a very popular cooler nowadays.

Some interesting questions and answers in that interview. A few noise-related questions might have been a good addition however.

didi wrote:Don't use it.
Actually I switched the side panels. Less inside noise escaping. Plus left side faces me, so no ugly grate.

Same here.

If anyone is interested, here's my build with the NSK3480 and switched panels: viewtopic.php?p=438076#438076

StarCraft
Diablo 2
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War: Soulstorm
The Witcher
Neverwinter Nights

in no particular order

I bought a Western Digital WD10EADS Green 1TB for a friend a while ago and turned AAM on with HDDScan 3.2. It should work you too.

URL: http://hddscan.com/

Great value cooler I believe. It comes with a pretty good mounting hardware (though quirky) and a quality fan, and has top notch performance. I'mma get this for my next build.

lol it hurts me too much to void the warranty on my 400CX though!

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A nice price on the Mini P180. The Corsair 400CX isn't quiet enough though; it's quiet but not nearly silent at all.

lol send Antec a message; maybe they'll give you a free Antec Sonata Elite!

Looks like the card is back in stock at Newegg

Cool. I ordered one from NCIX and will see if it works well. Thanks for the reply.

aristide1 wrote:Yes, I won't have them installed until this Saturday.

Let us know how it goes. I've been reading that many 9600GSO's don't have fan control, and it's the only thing holding me back from ordering one as well.

install the hard drive in the 5 1/4" drive bays I considered that, too. Unfortunately there would lie the unused PSU cables. Unless I'd do some cuts in the side and hide the cables beneath the MB tray. But that's a bit too much for my skills Yeah, things do get tight in the 5 1/4 bays because of th...