I have a Straight Power E9 and it's really quiet, I can never hear it. The Straight Power 10 is supposed to be a little better than that, for only £10 more get the Straight Power.

The fans that come with the Noctua NH-U12P SE2 have a 3-pin connector. Can you control the fan speed when you plug plug them into your mainboard?

The case looks a lot like the Silverstone "Steam Machine" cases SilverStone Raven Z and Milo ML07. The mounting option for the graphics card radiator seems to be the main difference. The CPU cooler looks interesting. Looks like an Asetek unit with a small radiator and radial fan very suitable for a ...

As I understand is the layout is: HBM                HBM HBM    GPU    HBM I  n  t  e  r  p  o  s  e  r Graphics   card   PCB If I understand it correctly, the HBM stacks, GPU and interposer are basically silicon chips of the same material and the PCB is some sort of laminate. Shouldn't the top laye...

boost wrote: Deer87 wrote: Also, should i consider a better Mobo, like a Z87 or 97? It will affect the price considerably. The CPU you selected is a good fit for the system. The only upgrade that can increase performance in CPU limited games (like Civ 5 and Skyrim) is a 4790K, even if you don't (an...

Loose the hard drive trays, connect the drives with SATA power+data extension cables and suspend the drives with elastic cord.

To sum up: Will the mITX build with a Coolermaster Elite 130 case be silent (relatively) or should i stick with a more designated silent case build? With a less noisy hard drive and with the included fans running at 7V the system should run quiet, not silent, by the standards of this site. And shou...

* With my original HTPC I never had the ability to power on the system with the remote control. I could only power off with the remote control. What are most folks doing these days to support powering on with the remote? HDMI CEC Adapter from PulseEight . TVs can send remote control signals over HD...

I want to build a HTPC with limited cooling height. Space is very limited overall, the only spot to put the radiator and pump are directly above the CPU area.
What is the minimum height to install a NZXT Kraken X41 or Corsair H90 when the radiator and fan sits directly on top of the pump?

Only a few cases with these specs that slim come to mind. For thin-ITX (both are designed to use custom thin-ITX notebook style cpu cooler) : In Win K1 SilverStone Petit PT-12 For ITX with external external PICO-style PSU: Akasa Crypto VESA For ITX with internal 40mmx80mmx150-ish mm PSU (no idea abo...

I mixed up Haswell and Maxwell. Too many code names after a long day.

I don't think Baytrail supports 4k via HDMI or DP. Heck, 4k is funky with Haswell. I think it's limited to 30Hz via HDMI (60Hz with Displayport 1.2)....good luck finding a 4k TV that has DisplayPort. So, anything you build now will need to be updated when you do pop for a 4k TV. Besides, you'll wan...

Measure the fan to find out if it's a standard part.
If It is, replace it with an appropriate PWM fan from Scythe, Noctua or the like.

@boost: search for PCIe riser ribbon/cable. I couldn't find any reviews that recommended a certain cable over another. Some just don't work, but more commonly they function fine when the PCIe spec is dropped from e.g. 3.0 to 2.0. I did, but couldn't find a riser that long and facing left towards th...

That tower is just taking up tooo much space. and I'd like to upgrade the CPU chip, to an i7-4790 (no k needed as I don't overclock) The 4790K is 10% faster than the 4790, runs cooler and is almost the same price. Get the K version, even if you don't overclock. What I'm trying to sort out is, how s...

Where can I buy that PCIe riser?

Lots and lots of plastic. The worst front panel between the Tj08 PS07 and this.
I plan to buy a pre-dampened variant by Caseking. The case has previously been presented at Computex 2014. I Hope I don't have to wait too long for a release.

while gaming it is definitely noticeable. Are you able to slow down the cooler fans under load, but still with acceptable temperatures (I mean <78-79 for the GPU, under any scenario)? I checked it again with the case's side panel off. The maximum temperature I saw was 75° with close to 1400 RPM fan...

one concern is that Anandtech found it had "middle of the road noise performance" (FTW version) Quite often EVGA is not a sensible choice, noise wise: MSI Gaming and ASUS Strix are so, instead. Standard cooler: yes. ACX cooler on 9-series cards are ok. I have the 970 SC ACX. It turns off the fans i...

Interesting to see how fast you changed your mind about 4K.
I bought a 4K TV for Christmas. Once you have one you'll never look back!

Streaming in HD and playback of full HD content (with 3D) should work, 4K is out. More demanding emulators like Dolphin won't run either.
The system should be ok for the workload you describe, but there is no headroom. If you want more you'll have to replace the MB and CPU.

Silverstone just announced the SX500-LG . It's a fully modular unit with two 6/8 pcie connectors and it's 80+ gold certified. SFX-L is longer than SFX 125mm vs. 100mm, it should still fit a lot of small cases. Chieftec released their 500W 80+ gold unit a while back, which looks (surprisingly?) simil...

Relatively quiet i7-4790k or i7-5820k for FEA and Engineering Analysis I need some help trying to put together another system beyond my current machine for primarily performing finite element optimization type tasks and other engineering analysis. I haven’t built a system for long time but I would ...

I wouldn't buy a passive PSU any more. I replaced a 460W Seasonic Fanless Platinum that shut down when gaming with a 580W BeQuiet E9 CM and I can't tell a difference in noise. Same goes for the graphics card. I have a semi passive GTX970 card. Asus also makes a semi passive 750TI Strix. If you must ...

Please refrain yourself from adding extraneous options to my question. Well, then this discussion will be very short: what you're after doesn't exist. ALL headset with mic are more expensive than headphones without it, even from the same manufacturer. Another good resource to find the right headset .

Pappnaas wrote: - which features for virtualization do you exactly mean? Q87 just offers vPro, which afaik hasn't got anything to do with virtualization. Doesn't really make sense to buy latest haswell and go with last gen's chipset. As stated here only the Q87 chipsets supports VT-d, but reading o...

Chieftec Smart SFX-500GD-C a 500W SFX PSU with two PCIe connectors. This PSU is deeper than a regular SFX PSU: 125mm vs. 100mm. The space is used for a 120mm fan that keeps the PSU cool at low speeds . If you don't need PCIe power connectors, the Chieftec SFX-350BS is quiet and inexpensve. Those ar...

Chieftec Smart SFX-500GD-C a 500W SFX PSU with two PCIe connectors. This PSU is deeper than a regular SFX PSU: 125mm vs. 100mm. The space is used for a 120mm fan that keeps the PSU cool at low speeds.
If you don't need PCIe power connectors, the Chieftec SFX-350BS is quiet and inexpensve.

PS Corsair CX430M $40 Need a small power supply. The Seasonic G550 is also recommended for the Node 304. But it costs a lot more. I don't know which is noiser. Seasonic, hands down. The Corsair has a lower effiecency, a worse fan and is more likely to have coil whine. Don't buy a cheap PSU or a che...