Re: Time for a new silent PC? What to keep? What to replace? What to rethink?
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 3:51 am
As for motherboard I'm currently running an MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus, which is very similar to the ... Edge WiFi but without the WiFi.
These MSI boards have gotten a lot of criticism for poor VMR efficiency and cooling, but it's good enough unless you overclock. Notice that most X570 boards require two power feeds, either 8+4 pin or 8+8 pin.
The chipset cooling fan stays off since I don't run a pair of M.2 PCIe 4.0 extreme performance SSDs i RAID0 and showes droves of data. (That's about what it takes to make the chipset warm enough to have the fan spin.)
I do have an M.2 Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD, and on this mobo using M.2 SATA (which can only be done on one of the sockets) does not disengage any of the regular SATA connectors, which is good in my book.
These MSI boards have gotten a lot of criticism for poor VMR efficiency and cooling, but it's good enough unless you overclock. Notice that most X570 boards require two power feeds, either 8+4 pin or 8+8 pin.
The chipset cooling fan stays off since I don't run a pair of M.2 PCIe 4.0 extreme performance SSDs i RAID0 and showes droves of data. (That's about what it takes to make the chipset warm enough to have the fan spin.)
I do have an M.2 Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD, and on this mobo using M.2 SATA (which can only be done on one of the sockets) does not disengage any of the regular SATA connectors, which is good in my book.