Abula, just curious, do you believe it would be possible to squeeze a couple of more dBA's and a couple of degrees out of the Noctua NH D15S with a Silent Wings 3 instead of the stock fans? Not sure what you are saying, more dBA's? you want more noise and less temperature? Get some Thermalright TY1...

Tilltech wrote: ↑

Mon May 04, 2020 12:43 pm

Phanteks has indeed some very interesting cases.
After looking into them, I'm waiting to see what P500A will bring, it should come in June.

While this is not the P500A, a review just came up, maybe it interest you, Phanteks P300A Cheap Airflow Case Review: Thermals, Extra Fan Tests, & Noise

Some recommendations, Try to avoid Mini ITX factor if you want a quiet setup, unless you are building on HDPlex/Steacom passive cases. In my experience, most of my builds on ITX are much nosier, given that cant fit big coolers or have so much cramped up that airflow is not ideal, etc. Since you have...

For example, given these 3 cases: Silverstone RL06 Pure Base 500 Pure Base 500DX Which one would you pick? Only Pure Base 500 is specifically designed for silence. However, the higher the temps the more noise from fans will take place. Out of the list you posted, I would take the Pure Base 500DX, h...

Apparently 3600 RAM is in most parts better than a little bit more expensive 3733 one, even though that would allow for a better multiplier. I honestly didnt fully get the reasons for it that are explained in some reviews. Looks like the 1:x clock ratio might lead to instability of certain controll...

The only thing I want is a passive cooled mainboard. If you are willing to drop PCIe 4.0, then go with B450 like MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX , great value mobo with decent VRM heatsinks and because its a B450 it has a passive chipset, I have done 3 builds on it one of them a 3900x and all working flawles...

Most of the time Air is quieter than Water, but if take a 9900k and OC heavy you will create so much heat that water will be likely quieter than air under those conditions. I no longer peruse OCing as i used to, i still do it for benching a new pc, but i leave it at stock for 24/7 use, as i prefer q...

As I stated before: Why upgrade to the 2016 standard, at an overprice? The desired lifetime of the computer is the main reason to stay clear of these Skylake(++++...) CPUs. It really depends on what you aiming, gaming intel will remain faster, even certain editing under conditions like using intel ...

When I look at the ASUS Prime X570-Pro motherboard, it has Displayport and HDMI output, but if I don't buy Ryzen with integrated GPU, those outputs are useless? Yes. What would be the best motherboard for Ryzen 3700X with X570 chipset? The best x570 mobos are GIGABYTE X570 AORUS XTREME or MSI MEG X...

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor Great CPU, specially on a budget. Down the road you can always get a used 3900/3800/3700 if you need it, but for now i think the 3600 is more than enough for gaming. MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard Great Mobo, i already did two builds with it, one...

I would wait for Z490, should be released very soon, and 10 core is coming, maybe could be worth it to you since your upgrade cycle is long. I would stay on intel iGPU should be enough for anything aside from gaming.

I didn't try any other configs than the ones that i posted tables. The fuma2 is a very capable cooler, but the NH-D15S is better, imo the best that i have tested as long as you use two fans and i prefer the S version.... so that means you have to buy the second fan.... so becomes expensive, weather ...

In case someone is interested, Seasonic is releasing 3 New Fanless PSU, PX-450, PX-500, TX-700 (P=Platinum, T= Titanium) for more info visit SEASONIC FANLESS TX . PRIME-fanless-banner.jpg Btw i own the TX600 and its been flawless on my test bench for more than a year with multiple setups and leads, ...

Node 304 is a nice case for your intended use. If you plan on going above 6 mechanical hdds in the future, but you want to remain somewhat in a smaller factor also consider: SilverStone DS380B - Mini ITX case, holds 8x 3.5 drives, only takes SFX-L PSU, but you gotta be careful with the motherboard h...

I know it's a little late, but awesome work Abula. I hadn't looked at the Fuma 2 much, but after seeing this and then looking at some other reviews I'm going to get it. One quick question though, and sorry if I missed it. But did you test and/or see any significant difference using a 25mm fan in pl...

Thats a great case. On the LGMRT, have someone help you hold it while installing the screws, i can do it alone but first time was much harder since you are screwing over a hole on a massive heatsink that its asymmetrical. The great thing about the cooler is that you can chose whatever memory you wis...

pentastich wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:39 pm

If I'm playing games, the system can squawk like a chicken for all I care (well, maybe not that bad). I can always wear headphones. It's when the system is at idle or at a light load that I care about the noise.

Fractal Design Define 7+ LGTRT + Asus STRIX GPUs (using quiet vbios) and you are set.

silenceorgtfo wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:57 pm

Btw, what do you have plugged on the pci lanes? looks like some weird small cards.

Thats a dedicated streaming PC, built around TR1950x

I don't own any so ill not comments on either of your list. Today the R7 was released, its a very nice case overall, specially it peforms well with the open door / no filter, it even goes very close to CM H500M, Fractal Define 7 Case Review: Excellent Build Quality, Thermal Challenges , maybe a Mesh...

Fractal Design Define R series have been one of the favorites and most used among SPCR users that like to build on ATX factor, since they just released the latest's iteration (7), in case someone is interested here some reviews, Official Manufacturers webpage SITES REVIEWS Guru3d Fractal Design Defi...

I was looking at some higher flow cases last night, including both the Phantek P600s and the Meshify S2. The P600s looks really interesting, and it would be interesting to be able to see what effect adding and removing panels has. I also looked at the Phanteks P400A, which, according to a couple of...

I hope the R6 case will have enough airflow, and that case gives me the option of opening the front door for improved airflow when doing heavy computing. Many people seem to have good experiences with it, and since I'm not into overclocking, and will be going with the more frugal 3700X processor, I...

have you had any experience with a quiet system designed around the idea of minimal airflow restrictions enabling slow, and therefore quiet, fan speeds? There are two ways to plan a quiet pc, well 3 but one of them is going fully passive and hardware wise aside from Kalycos its very hard to go with...

I went with 2x BL067 on front, because they cover most of the motheborads components, as steve said the bottom 120 is mostly sending air in the shroud which is perforated... but weather it makes a difference is something that i didnt know (still dont know), so i went with 140s, for me its good enoug...

Hello Jim, Welcome to SPCR Based on my reading, the approach I'm taking is to have all of components be as individually quiet as possible. In particular, I'm looking at as many semi-passive components as possible. My hope is that, when idle, there are no fans running at all. It can be done, but i do...

Well we are more screwed than the WD GREEN days, as now we have more platters and Helium drives are not quiet, they are not black levels, but my WD Red 3tb and Green 2TB are much quieter, that said.... not much you can do, most of todays high density and platter drives are not quiet, so the solution...

I would buy the BL067, if you need more than 1000rpms on the case fans, it wont be quiet and you should re think your build toward better cooling even water, so for me the BL067 (1000rpm version) is the ones i go with. On the 120, if money is no object i would go with NF-A12x25 PWM, now if they are ...

I was going to start a new thread, but many of the fans tested here were similar, specially the NF-A12x25. The following video is just a roundup that are not tested as SPCR does, but it tests 3 scenarios, Casefan/Heatsink/Radiator.

The Best 120mm Fans - For Cases, Heatsinks, and Radiators

I get the feeling a totally silent everyday desktop PC isn't practical, you'll need some airflow to cool components on the motherboard and the PSU will need active cooling. All the entirely passive systems I see have a external power brick and underpowered media streamking devices at best. It depen...

Sorry to ressurect such an old post, but i was wondering how was the performance of the FHP-141 with the noctua cooler? I dont have the testing in hand, but i probably post it here at some point, but its on the NH-D15. And how did u get it to fit? is the gap between the heatsink towers larger in th...