Thank you CA_Steve for your suggestions. Try the stock case fans first and see if they meet your needs. You can always replace them later. I'll give it a try and see how much they can be undervolted using Fan Xpert 3. I can't hear the Mugen 4's fan idling inside my R4 (with all other fanned stopped)...

Hi everyone, a year has almost passed since I last sought your invaluable assistance here for my first silent desktop build, so I thought it would be easier and probably better to start a new thread about it…needless to say, I still have to build it… :cry: I’m looking for a good performance and clos...

Thank you so much for sharing Troveo! :D Actually I had been following your thread...how do you like your 1st pc build so far? I haven't bought anything yet...still undecided about what kind of system I am going to build. Atm I am still doing a lot of research, reading about other users' experiences...

Thank you Luca!

quest_for_silence wrote:So, providing they can go very low at idle/low load, then you might get better temps or lower noise at load without noise penalty at idle.

You mean the 140mm fans, right?

axee wrote:Yeah, those numbers are about right. Biggest noise source remains GPU, followed by hard drive.

That seems pretty good!!

Regarding the hdd, you decided not to use the Scythe QuietDrive in the end?

Thank you for replying axee!


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So now with your final setup your case fans performance is something like the following?

idle 300 RPM
full load 550 RPM
real world load 450 RPM

Thank you " Luca "! 1) In terms of front e rear case fans, would be reasonable to consider the 140mm fans preferable over the 120mm due to the fact that they could perform same air flow at lower RPMs and therefore run more quietly? In making this assumption, I’m obviously considering the best perfor...

As I said, I was using Macho passively just because adding 12cm fan didn't change it's performance. If I had good 15cm fan, I would probably use it with HR-02. Hi "axee", very nice build! Maybe I've missed/misread something but I thought you did test the HR-02 with a NF-A15 PWM fan (same one used b...

markanini wrote:Get the reds, some of the greens are still stocked with 667GB platters: http://rml527.blogspot.se/2010/10/hdd-p ... _1109.html

Thank you so much for pointing that out...so many things to be aware of!!

Thank you “ Vicotnik ” and “ Luca ” for your latest suggestions and explanations! :D I am trying to put together all the valuable recommendations I received so far (along with extensive research) into the best possible set up for my actual needs… I still have a couple of questions I would like to as...

Thank you all for the good suggestions! It looks like I should make some substantial reconsiderations here and I would probably need a little more help than expected.... At the moment I'm using three 3TB external HDDs and two of them are already full (probably within a couple of years I will end up ...

If you are just plinking around with CAD and Photoshop, then you don't need a graphics card, the iGP is fine. If you spend a lot of time with Photoshop and work with very large images, then there is some benefit at getting a low end gfx card to accelerate some of the functions. My guess it that it'...

Hi everyone, I joined this great forum a little while ago, and it has been an invaluable source of help already (thank you CA_Steve and Abula once again for patiently sharing your knowledge)! :D I would like to build my first desktop pc (so far I have only been using laptops…) but I need some help a...

It appears to be the case that Intel is the only one to have all true PWM fan headers on its mobos. In particular Intel DH87MC has 3 PWM fan headers (1 for the CPU and 2 for the chassis- front and rear), and Intel DZ87KLT-75K has 6 PWM fan headers (1 for the CPU, 4 for the chassis, and 1 auxiliary)....

4) Regarding the Antec True Quiet, I thought the minimum speed is 500 rpm. How is it possible to drop them to 200 rpms on idle? (maybe its a stupid question but I didn't understand how it is possible for some mobos to drop the rpms below the minimum speed declared by manufactures). Fans have a min ...

Abula wrote:Good luck with your build, if you have any other questions let me know, just i think you are into a point where i cant help you much, its just more to build and test.

Thank you so much Abula, your help has been invaluable!
I am pretty sure I'll be bugging you again with my questions...

I really do appreciate you are taking the time to help me out here! :D The CPU temperature that AI Suite III reads, which is a algorithm that Asus design to use multiple temperature sensors, they say its more accurate that way.... the fact is that it doesnt match any other temp probe i tested. You r...

If you want to go PWM in all, then you need to accept that all fans will be controlled by one header, and that you need a PWM splitter, this is how Asus mobos as only the CPU_FAN is the only true PWM fan header, the rest are 4pin fake pwm header, voltage controlled. MSI and AsRock have two real PWM...

Mugen4, case fans: The build thread in my signature goes through all of the component selection tradeoffs I made along with member feedback. RAM: it's the same RAM as in your initial post - just doesn't have the freakishly tall heatspreader. You'll be fine. Mugen4, case fans: I read it thank you! R...

Thank you! :D RAM: originally I was thinking about the DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Low Profile CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1600MHz 8GB (2x4GB) CL9, then when I checked the user's manual of the Z87-Pro I couldn't find the Low Profile under the DDR 1600 MHz capability list. Do you think I could use the Vengeance Low ...

Hi everyone, First and foremost my compliments for the awesome job you are all doing here when assisting others with your experience/expertise! I would like to build my first desktop pc (so far I have only been using laptops) but I need some help as I have little expertise on hardware configurations...