It turns out that there was most likely no issue with the enermax 425. BSOD turned up with the new seasonic at 1.228 during stress test, now after upping the vcore a notch to 1.232, it passed over 7 hours of stress testing with aida 64. so it seems that it just needed that little extra voltage so at...

That was my understanding too, but the fact is the rpm was a static 530 with the new MB. That might be normal: power draw was different, heat dumped into the case too. should i be worried that the seasonic is defective due to the rise in temps across the system? Currently I don't think it's likely ...

i think what may have been the problem with the enermax, was the compatibility of the fan system with z97 mobo. ... so i plugged the enermax into the chassis 4 connector. so maybe it was excessive heat in the PSU that caused something? Fans on PSUs are not run from external power. The Enermax has a...

Now it has already failed at the reduced vcore.. but at 1.229 it does seem entirely stable, which wasn't the case before i think what may have been the problem with the enermax, was the compatibility of the fan system with z97 mobo. with the p45 MB, when running intel burn test, the fan would ramp u...

I changed it to 1.212, so far it's held up. you are sure about the PSU fan not serving as an exhaust? i think that in my case it did. with the old PSU when i placed the hand near the case fan, i felt a strong stream of hot air flowing. now i feel almost no flow at all, i opened the case to see if th...

I do strongly suspect that it was the PSU. my old rig started to break down and was crashing daily. i assumed it was the e8400 that ran it's course, but i now recall that some of the crashes then, were not even BSOD, sometimes it just reset in an instant at random. The G 550 is in the same price ran...

Ram passed 12 hours of memtest with flying colors, meanwhile the PC is still crashing.
so i'll go ahead and buy a new PSU.
I am contemplating either the seasonic 400 fanless v2, or the SS G 550W
which is the better choice?
is 400W enough, or could it bottleneck the PC in the future?

WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
what should i look for in the logs?
RAM is also new. but i will run memtest.

BTW the noise coming from the Enermax fan sounds exactly like that chirping sound at night in the trees, in suburban areas...

It's a G3258 chip, OC is 4.3ghz, now @ 1.229 vcore. a few days ago it ran stable at 1.119. nothing else is drawing loads of power, external video card is disabled. what made me think that it may be the PSU is, that it one BSOD occurred when i inserted a dvd, and the DVD-rom began spinning. Temps wer...

Were does it stand in in terms of noise and efficiency by today's standards? I have one since 2009, the fan has gotten louder - although the rpm is constantly at 530- and took on an annoying sound signature, and I suspect that it's performance is starting to dwindle. I recently upgraded the componen...

on second thought, AMD does not prioritize power consumption and silence,
so will the 300 series bring down the pricing of the 960 which is in a different niche?

The AMD 300x series is coming out very shortly, I would wait for them to be released and reassess all available options. No doubt the current nVidia lineup will undergo a price reduction, as nVidia always inflate their price as high as the market allows. You might even find the AMD offerings more t...

A few interesting observations. I disabled the HD 6850 and enabled Intel graphics, and changed the old 1200 rpm slipstream to the PWM slipstream. so now the only holdovers from the old rig are the enermax modu82+ PSU, and the antec solo case. the 82+ fan emits an annoying noise not that loud but tur...

I agree with you. i was just saying, that even though i don't really need as of now, the extra performance of the 960, but it's big advantage on power consumption - given that i have a 425W PSU- and the quieter operation, makes it worth getting over the 760. also it's more future proof in terms of p...

I meant the MSI 760 twin-frozr, not TI. http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/57545-msi-geforce-gtx-760-twin-frozr-gaming-series/?page=10 but that asus 960 does have an advantage on power consumption, which is important, because i have the G3258 Processor with a scythe kotetsu cooler that i plan to...

I kept the video card from the previous system.
my monitor is 22" 1680*1050, and i am not a heavy gamer
what new card would you recommend then? i was thinking the MSI GTX 760 TI

so i already have the new system intact, the old slipstream is still good. i found that the video card fan is the loudest by far, (i first ran the PC without it installed, and it was silent) though it emits a less annoying sound now that it was cleaned from all the dust, speedfan shows the fan at 17...

Truth is i already have a slip stream installed on this case, it's 6 years running, from back when i assembled my previous PC. I am now upgrading everything, except the case and the PSU - a enermax 425W - that is still holding up great. i hear a very annoying and loud noise from one of the fans, am ...

I need a new 120mm fan for my new build, I kept the old case -Antec solo-.
the choice is between slipstream or glidestream, which is better, and what RPM version should i get?

The seasonic's don't have pci-e connectors, is it possible to connect the card with a molex to to 6 pin cable?

The motherboard and cpu combo will be b75 and g2030, will that equal or beat the 9600 gt?

A friend of mine is assembling a itx based computer, silence is not a top priority of his. he is contemplating between the silverstone sg05 and sg06 (both of them are the lite version w/o the PSU), The difference cost wise between them is about 8$ more for the 06 chassis which one is the way to go t...

which one of them is preferable based on its performance, to cool a e8400 oc'ed to 3.6ghz paired with a 120mm fan?

I am considering the thermalright ultima 90 and hr-01 plus. since this is my first rime building a pc i'l go with the one that is easier to mount, has anyone had experience with both of them?

Which one is faster, from what i've read the 640 uses 334gb platters is that confirmed?

I'm getting a slipstream 1200 to replace the tri cool fan in the solo, do i need a fan controller or can a program like speedfan control it?

In the solo what would be the quieter setup, adding 1 intake fan in the front and running both fans at low speeds, or just the 1 stock fan set at medium or high speed if necessary?

How is the 120mm case fan in the solo usually used, as an exhaust, or intake fan?

how many fans (if any) would i need to add to a solo with 1 hard drive?