Ok, this is my pc. Probably I have to buy more RAM... Anyway, it seems I need a.500W power supply at least.

Pcpartpicker suggest me an EVGA SuperNOVA 650. What do you think about? Is it silent?

I don't really know. I bring my pc to a computer center and they said with another power supply the mobo works.

I bought a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 mobo, and I suddenly discovered that my power supply, a Corsair CX430, is not compatible. Can you suggest me a quiet, eco, reliable power supply that is compatible with my new mobo, for no more than 100$? I have a look at EVGA SuperNOVA 650, but I don't know if it's...

Thank you, in the end I bought a Gigabyte GTX1050 (GV-N1050WF2OC-2GD). I hope it's a good version of GTX1050, it should arrive today. Thank you again.

I have another question, but I open a new thread.

Hello Steve, thank you again for your past recommendations. What is this no fan closed case? Does it have capability for heatpipe connection to the GPU...or what other method will you use for cooling? No one. It's a case with some little holes and that's all. Heck, what's your application Honestly I...

Hello all. I would buy a silent graphic card. My case is a closed box, without space for fans. I would spend no more than 150$, Can you suggest me?

Well, reading your post I think there was a misunderstanding. your "lout" will send you a PM. Sorry for the confusion folks and thank you all again.

The fact is that if you say that someone is doing something stupid, you are insulting him. The fact is dedicated PWM case fan connector is better, but I'll not call stupid a PWM chain. The fact is you never disperse my doubts about AsRock. It's not mandatory, but, if someone says to me I'm suggestin...

If it were absolutely true, I wonder how a 140mm fan may fit an 80mm mount... As I said, that's not my problem. Absolutely no: "The God Themselves..." *Ahem*, can I ask you to not insult me and my friend, and to not quote Einstein randomly, please? I suggested him the mobo with h81 chipset instead ...

At the end he decided the configuration I updated in the first post. Probably quest_for_silence will get disappointed for mobo choice
Thank you all for your suggestions and useful informations I got. I would know more about a silent case, but I'll bother you in another thread.

Abula wrote:Asus lies about this stuff

Man, this is bad

Well, I suppose a splitter will work good enough. It's a bit tricky, since if the case fan stops working, cpu fan will stop as well...

I think the way to distinguish cases is reported here: You can get a clue about this weirdness from the pinout diagrams for the fan headers in the user's manual. The 4th pin for the CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT headers is labeled as "CPU fan PWM", but for the CHA_FAN headers is instead labeled as "+5V". The ...

quest_for_silence wrote:As you may find in these forums, there have been several reports about ASUS boards where 4-pin headers (not the CPU one) were fake PWM ones

Yes, I found this thread. Indeed Z87-Deluxe does not have any reference to pwm for chassis fan connectors in its manual. I suppose H81M-E is safe.

quest_for_silence wrote:Well, that one is a PWM fan, and I bet the second header on the ASUS H81M-E board won't be a true PWM one

Well, he agreed to buy the h87 model, but H81M-E seems to support pwm:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA ... Series.pdf
(page 24 or 1-16, figure)

there are still some chances to order in Italy the XFX FX-777A-ZDF4 [...] it's reasonably quiet Well, good! I'm always a bit scared about fanned graphic cards, since I had a very bad experience, but if you say me this one is reasonably quiet I think I can suggest it to my poor guinea pig :D do not ...

Ok, fans round 2: Nexus Real Silent Case Fan PWM 80mm : this is for upgrading without modifying the existing case. Scythe GlideStream PWM 120mm : this is in case the case he wants to modify. I selected a 120mm instead of a 140mm because Cooler Master Silencio 352 mounts 120mm fans. Are they enough o...

Given the poor case ventilation, chances are good that you'll need to tie a low rpm fan to the passive gfx card to prevent high temps. Try gaming with it first and monitor the temps. You can always add the fan later. I think I've told him so three days ago, but I felt that in case they would rather...

Something like this?

quest_for_silence wrote:There are chance you can't install on rear, and maybe also on front.

Why?
(Anyway I have not to install the fans... luckily )

Yes, I chose the Asus model because is passive. Probably it's not so convenient to get an HD 7750 at $120. Probably it also was an 80mm, sorry, we measured it quickly. What about a case adjustment? We are discussing this today, he's quite able with this kind of works. In this case, what kind of fans...

Ok, I have the other infos and an errata: the case has one 80mm fan on the side and space for one more 100mm fan on the rear, under the PSU. It does support uATX, so there's no problem with mobos. My friend agrees to buy a mobo with two fan sockets. I'm reluctant to suggest to buy something differen...

I think it's time to describe the case a little: it's an almost completely closed box... and it has only one fan on one side and no space for more fans. I suppose it is used as an exhaust fan. Today I have some time, so I'll get info about case fan and uATX support. you could try the stock cooler [....

quest_for_silence wrote:I would avoid any 2 DIMMs-only ones, as probably that isn't the only simplification made on them.

I missed that. What do you mean exactly?

- Does the case have standoff positions for mATX and mini-ITX or just ATX? I replaced his mobo the last time and it seems to me it was a uATX. So yes, it should fit, but I have to ask him to be sure. here we have two "big" unknown factors, the case and the PSU PSU is a Corsair CX430. they require e...

quest_for_silence wrote:Has that rig to be silent or at least quiet?

At least quiet. Maybe I have to change the title? ^^

quest_for_silence wrote:Well, I didn't mean a phyical one: should the allotted budget include any shipping charge?

I think we can ignore it

IMO PCI 3.0 is useless for a midrange graphic (and for an hi-end one too: maybe with two or three of them it could be different...) I thought that pci-e 2.0 slots are incompatible with 3.0 cards. Should I suppose that an Asus H81M-E is enough? ^^ Do you have any favourite shop here? No more a physi...

@CA_Steve: ok, I have to check again. I can assure you there's no model on the case - it's a cheap the-hell-knows-who-made-it case. The best I can do is to measure the fan dimensions. That's why I'm tempted to suggest him a passive graphic card, but I'm also sceptic about his case cooling. About cpu...

RAM is one ddr3, 4 Gb, 1333 MHz: RAM is not needed if he chooses to get the G3420. Case is a mid-tower, model unknown. About case fan, my idea was that he have to monitor pc temperature, and if it's too high while he plays at Diablo, he have to re-add its case fan, cleaned and oiled. If it's too lou...

Well, his budget is low: he has ~ $400 (300 €) to spend Now he has: CPU: Sempron 145 mb: Asus M4N68T LE V2 ram: 4 Gb PSU: If I remember well it should be a Corsair CX430 IMHO his options are: 1. upgrade the CPU to an AMD Athlon II X3 455 (TDP 95W) and buy a Radeon HD 7750 (power 43W) as graphic card...

Thank you for the reply! HD 7750 seems a good card, thank you for the hint :) If my friend opt for a pure cpu, what about an upgrade to an AMD Athlon II X3 455, or an Athlon X4 740 and new MB and RAM? About passive graphic card, since his fan case is disabled because too noisy, is it safe to use the...

Hello all! I would ask you for a suggestion. A friend of mine wants to buy a new PC for playing Diablo III. EDIT 1: his budget is about $400 and he has: CPU: Sempron 145 Mobo: Asus M4N68T LE V2 RAM: one Kingston ddr3, 4 Gb, 1333 MHz PSU: Corsair CX430 Case: Unknown. It's an almost completely closed ...