You might want to reconsider the SSD choice - Solid 3 and other drives with the new SF controller are known to cause issues. For all I've read this is not the safest SSD to buy now. Lots of SSD maker have/had issues (including Intel) but of all these the new SF problems are the most common - BSODs, ...

Xbit Labs tested 2 higher power Aurums recently - decent PSUs but awfully loud. Can't say if the loud part applies to smaller units. But I wouldn't bet on it. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cases/display/fsp-aurum-psu.html You could also try looking for these two FSP units: FSP Fortron/Source FSP2...

I've had several cards cooled by S1 - an excellent cooler, best price/performance ratio in the market I'd say. But you know that already ;) For fan setup I'd go for 2 smaller fans, at v low speed, mainly to keep the card's VRM as cool as possible. Cooling the GPU and RAM is no challenge, but it'd be...

I believe I've seen a guy with this FSP in his signature on a local forum. I could also try and ask around, see if anyone actually uses it. Also, the cheap one you found at Domex is marked as (literally) "post-service sale", which could roughly mean "refurbished" for all I know. Or just 2nd hand. Ca...

That's a pointless PSU, especially when compared against SS X or KingWing etc. It's only bronze, it's not modular, it's way more expensive than SS or KW or just about any Gold PSU (not counting 1 kW pointless beasts, too). It's only as strong as SS X 460W - I mean 12V. So far I fail to see a single ...

Wow, thank you so much for reviewing this case. I've had my eye on it for some time, researching a build (my first ever!). Any thoughts on a build like so - Case: Silverstone TJ08-E MB: Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z CPU: i5-2500k CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 PSU: Corsair AX-750 GPU: MSI GTX 560ti Twin F...

Not too keen on gbyte for GPU's. Theyre very flimsy and some dont have voltage regulators. Biggest issue with most nvidia cards is the horribly high fanspeed at iddle. This is fixed at 40%. You will have to flash your bios to get it any lower. Define flimsy :roll: - lots of GB cards actually use th...

Take a look here - linky - while these are 560 cards (not Ti), the review may shed some light. Just focus on RPM numbers and temps and disregard db. For db only SCPR can be trusted ;) Anyway, I'd say go Windforce - I've read a lot of positive feedback from users of Nvidia cards with this cooler. Min...

DFI UT P45 T3RS It's DDR3 and you'd need some more space "under" the mobo to fit the 4850+S1. RAM is dirt cheap now and you can most probably trade DDR2 for DDR3 w/o losses. or DFI LT X38 T2R This one is DDR2. I can't tell if any of them runs the bottom PCI-E at x8 (at least) or just x4 or sth. But...

The hooks & clamps were a part of the original Ninja SCNJ-1000, Ninja Plus SCNJ-1000P and Ninja Cu SCNJCU-1000. With SCNJ-1000 the hooks were impossible to remove from the heatsink. With Copper and Plus models the hooks were detachable. You could browse this page's discontinued section - link - to s...

Knowing your full config would help - you could be running a rig pulling 80W idle / 300W load or a 180W / 500W load beast, for all we know. If it's the former (or similar) I'd simply go with a single fan. For a hi-end machine, spending most of its time at load, perhaps 2 fans would be better. If you...

Seems a good build :) Some points: CPU - i3 is really nice, being at least equal in terms of performance to Q9650, but if you make some savings on other components (RAM, mobo, PSU) perhaps you can afford i5 2300? RAM - sure you need 8 GB? It's cheap now, true, but not needed for gaming at all. Also,...

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Ok, so here's the story. What you need (apart from a 1155/1156 board and the original Ninja SCNJ-1000) is a backplate, such as one found in the Noctua NM-I3 SecuFirm2™ Mounting-Kit and a cutting tool. http://images45.fotosik.pl/997/cb4d962433bbc76am.jpg http://images45.fotosik.pl/997/ea6cc7d27f197ac...

I know that some (all?) XFX units are made by Seasonic. Still, I'm not sure they retain Seasonic noise characteristics - Jonny Guru has reviewed a number of XFX, you could browse his site to find at least a hint on noise. AFAIK one of the models was v loud. Yeah, I know, JG is not exactly a site to ...

1st of all - Welcome to SPCR! Hell yeah :) 2nd, but that's actually more important - have you browsed the site's PSU review section? 3rd - what's your location & what PSUs can you get? Link us to your preferred vendor if you can. Anyway, your PC will be perfectly OK with a 400W PSU. Even if you OC t...

Got my mobo, got the rest of the stuff, got the Noctua kit. No time now to put it together, but preliminary visual inspection (aka "it won't hurt to just take a look how it fits, 5 minutes won't ruin my deadlines") is very promising - the backplate fits nicely (duh!), the original Scythe screws go t...

Try these Chieftec Hi Fi cases maybe
http://www.chieftec.com/hi-fi-series.html
Should fit your budget

Some Origenae cases should also fit
http://www.origenae.co.kr/en/index.htm
Yeah, I know, brutally expensive, but otherwise great boxes

I'm more interested in how the mobo manages CPU voltage when OCed. A good way of checking it would be to use CPU-Z. As for MSIs sheer ability to OC - I have no doubt it can OC to hell & back. I'm just not sure it can downclock properly if you select CPU vcore manually (as in raise it or lower it).

Just checked you PC vendor site - you got some nice selection down under, we'll pick sth, worry not. S12II-430 / 520 Bronze non-modular are 150 x 140 x 86. I've the 430 and it sure is small. A capable and v quiet unit. My main system (moderately OCed CPU & GPU) draws about 280W at the wall during St...

A decent 430W will pull you rig w/o problems. Be it 285 or 560 or some such. Even when/if you start OCing you CPU. I guess you may just hit 300W load at the wall if you crank the CPU. Perhaps 350W if you go wild. That means that you'll be pulling some 15% less energy from the PSU, which in turn puts...

Can you please elaborate on how the MSI board behaves when OCed? I mean, have raised Vcore to get 4.3 GHz? (probably not, but still have to ask). I was considering an MSI P67 board for an upgrade, but finally chose a GB, as MSIs have been reported to be unable to properly lower Vcore once changes in...

(I wouldn't mount a 1kg heatsink on a motherboard if I knew the computer then was to be dropped a meter onto a hard surface before use.) This some kind of LAN party ritual? Perhaps how rookies are treated before they're allowed to partake in a CoD session? There are ways to secure heavy tower HSF f...

These are some very nicely execute holes. Talk about steady hand
Still, what kind of innards do you run to actually need so much wind? The inside of your 1380 certainly looks empty. Actually, emptier than mine, and I run a puny system.

2005 Ninja SCNJ-1000 FTW :twisted: Only instance it'd be worth buying these Antecs, is as 2nd hand units listed on ebay at maybe 30% original price, being sold by someone who planned to replace their boring TRUE or Mugen, only to find out that both temps and noise are actually higher. Typo patrol - ...

seems like you'll be getting your answer - I'm off to read the review

I recently read a few articles on these hydro systems by Corasir and Antec. None talked about the pump, none really provided trustworthy fan noise assessment, but all these reviews agreed on one thing - these systems are overpriced and cool just "well", at best. But they're really just overpriced ga...

Talk 'about ghetto! No, really, fun to read, but once you actually see what's cooking here (duh) you may get slightly worried. As said above, pray don't leave the PC on while you're away. The PSU be damned, but, ya know, the house and all... Also, I just remembered that as a small kid I would someti...

I'd appreciate your practical, no-nonsesne advice, the kind one usually finds around here [/sweetcandyoff] I'm running a X25-V in my main PC as a system drive. A cheap little drive with good reads and sloooow writes. But hey, it's an OS drive, duh. So I'm thinking about putting it in my HTPC and get...

@ dan Asrock seems to be the only mobo maker punching 775 holes along with 1156/1155 holes. 3 mm may be not much, but it does make a difference. I too prefer GB boards. I know, I know, today's Asrock offer great bang/buck deals, but I still prefer GB boards due to their powerful bioses. MSI - read a...