For me the most interesting part was the 10C drop after modding the Define R4. While it is regarded as a very good SPCR-class case, it's obviously still far from optimal. A case that would dampen noise like the stock R4 (or better) while providing less resistance to airflow waits to be born. Someth...

Silent and problem free makes for a pretty boring thread. How about some bonus stuff to keep things interesting 1) I picked up one of these bad boy dusters a few days ago and Holy Cat 5 Hurricane Batman! I will never go back to compressed air again. This thing is seriously awesome and blows dry air...

Here's a video comparison of the Palit vs MSI gtx 970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVLC-ORD6e8

The restoration process took me 40min with 110GB on the drive. Maybe it'll be shorter with empty drives. <shrug> That's probably correct because I have about 20GB and it took me 20 min on my Samsung 840 EVO 120GB. The latter part of the restoration seemed like the software just re-writing over the ...

If you're using an integrated graphics card like my Intel HD Graphics, it uses your RAM.

I asked Scythe US about Canadian availability. Good news is they're currently working on it. The 3 US sources that currently sell it have already been mentioned in this thread.

I've been googling Intel Devil's Canyon all week and I think this is the first review on the G3258: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/intel-pentium-g3258-review-and-overclocking-benchmarks-idnum298/ http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/intel-pentium-g3258-gaming-benchmarks-idnum299/ I...

The Hardocp article cites the fans as starting at 300 RPM, which is really noteworthy considering how ridiculously high the lowest setting on most stock fans on GPU coolers is (1000+ RPM). However the article fails to mention what this maximum RPM rating is that we're seeing 50% of, at least I coul...

Would be nicer to see availability in North America first, starting with the Kotetsu

Thanks for your answer

Thank you very much for those references. The reviews actually rate the g-450 as 'quiet', however this comment you attached is really making me want to avoid this unit :o Don't mind me :oops:. It's just based on my observations of various review sites that their definition of quiet is typically far...

I've also been looking at the Seasonic G-450, more for its price and modularity than for its power, but I couldn't find anywhere comments about how if performs acoustically. Does anyone have some first-hand experience with this PSU? I found two reviews, which judging by their descriptions, the G-45...

All of the seasnoic X series, aside from the 1000W or old 860W, are 160mm, allowing to install the bottom 140mm fan on the R4, i own an R4 + X660 + 140mm bottom fan, yo do need to place them with the fan facing the bottom as the other way around wont fit cause of the location of the modular connect...

I've been searching for a 400-600W PSU that will fit next to a bottom mounted 140mm fan in a Fractal R4 case. My requirements are standard: efficient, quiet, and reliable. If the PSU fan is facing down for intaking air, then its connectors cannot be at the bottom, otherwise they will be blocked by t...

According to SPCR's recent review of the Fractal Silent R2 140mm and 120mm, they're both smooth: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1379-page5.html

This week's Windows updates on 7 SP1 includes one update relating to USB drivers - might be worth checking: KB2862330. Funnily, Googling it reveals a number of reported problems reported last year. Perhaps this latest revision can help.

That would be great then, because that would merit the S series CPUs since they would be more efficient on lighter loads and achieve the same max GHz on load. That would also make the lower price on the S version strange.

AFAIK Intel Turbo Boost isn't as straight-forward as the GHz is labelled. The 3.60 GHz Turbo doesn't mean that all 4 cores will be able to reach that frequency; there's a certain calculation based on the base clock frequency, which the non-S version here obviously is higher (faster). http://en.wikip...

CA_Steve wrote:50% 275 rpm. Dead silent. Unfortunately, fan needs somewhere between 400 and 460 rpm to start. This contradicts what Lawrence saw in his review (192 rpm start up).

The discrepancy could be due to your MSI BIOS/UEFI vs Asus Fan Xpert 2 readings. Is it safe to say BIOS/UEFI is more accurate?

Thank you for the replies.

My future build will include an H87 matx mobo. I have the Asus H87M-E planned, but I recently found out it lacks proper heatsinks. How much of a difference is there temperature-wise and longevity if I won't overclock? Asus H87M-E: http://content.hwigroup.net/images/products_larges/186839/1/asus-h87m...

I plan to get the Seasonsic G450 in my future build mainly due to the G360 not available at the place I want and not modular. I also thought about the V450S, but the TechPowerUp review on the bigger V550S and its discussion forum reveals less than desirable quality is discouraging.

CA_Steve wrote:Cheapest: Seasonic G-360. ~$60. Pretty quiet. Would start to ramp fan rpm while gaming. Next higher is the G 550.

Next higher is actually G 450.

I also recommend the Define R4 love the 140s, the only thing that i dont like about it its they not build strong on the top n bottom where antecs are like tanks all their steel is very heavy, in here where its not the case, the top n bottom have a lot of perforations What do you think is the max we...

Was this the final part, just checking before I got out and buy a Phanteks PH-F140TS :D You might want to investigate that first because the real Phanteks PH-F140TS may not be available in retail yet, at least not the standalone fan. Check out oldabelincoln 's post in the other thread http://www.si...

Because the chart doesn't cross compare the fans that way. The green numbers represent the first place winner at each of the dBA levels. I think that's doing it the wrong way around. You should be looking at quietest fan at a certain temperature level. Remember that this is SPCR and therefore the f...

Here's another thread where member gandrusz notices clicking noise of the MSI GTX 650 Ti Power Edition with the Cyclone 2:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=65331

We didn't observe any heat issues with our sample chip. On our CPU test rig running Prime95, the temperature stabilized at 67C (according to CoreTemp), ambient was 21C, Scythe Kabuto @ 800rpm. Power draw from wall: 149W AC. Thanks for the data point. 67C ain't bad. Indeed, if that was overclocked. ...

...note, it's always good to site the source and/or provide the link. I recognize the chart style from Xbitlabs and the image's URL confirms it too: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-4770k_12.html#sect0 Haswell's 35 vs Ivy's 34 when idle. Not as bad as reported by some users. But...

Heat and temperature is not the same thing. A die shrink often reduces heat but increases temperature; less heat but smaller area. That Intel uses crappy TIM once again, making overclocking more difficult is another story. And really disappointing as you say. If each die shrink raises temperature, ...