My first pc build :)

Giovanni · Post by **Giovanni** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:23 am

Hi all.
I just finished my first pc build.

Specs:

Case :NZXT S340 Midi Tower White

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI, Socket-1150

Cpu: Intel Core i5-4690K

Psu: Corsair RM650 80+Gold

Fans: 2x Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition
2x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition

Gpu: Gigabyte GeForce G1 GAMING GTX 970 4GB

SSD: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Intel 120GB

Cpu cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Pics: http://imgur.com/a/oTBMI

quest_for_silence · Post by **quest_for_silence** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:46 pm

Giovanni wrote:Hi all.
I just finished my first pc build.

Congrats! Look like you played a black'n'white dress code!

And what about its quietness? Are you satisfied about both idle and load levels?

Giovanni · Post by **Giovanni** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:28 am

My girlfriend said that I had to buy a white case so it wouldn't look ugly in the room...? so then i just continued with painting stuff white.
At first it was loud, I didn't care about that untill I was sitting up at night browsing and watching movies, and it got more and more annoying.
So i started changing out fans, but still loud.
Then I found out that it was my xfx psu that made most noise, so I switched to one with zero rpm mode (doesn't even start the fan under gaming).
Then i could hear the stock cpu fan, so it had to go.
The gpu fan is alot quieter than I was expecting, I can't really hear it( fans at 36% at idle but still very silent at load)
Case fans are going at 600rpm and I can barely hear them.
I did a (bad) test with a dB app on the phone and before it was 40dB close to the case, now it's 31.
At load it's not much louder.
I havent done any clocking yet and only tested under game load, but I am very satisfied with the sound level.

arham · Post by **arham** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:12 pm

cool, now for the questions:

1) how noisy is it
2) do you think you could put a bigger cpu/gpu in there without raising the noise a lot
3) how much did it cost
4) how long did it take and what tools are needed

useful_idiot · Post by **useful_idiot** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:03 pm

I love it! I'd play around a bit and remove the 3 side fans and see how just the top exhaust fan does or drill a few holes in the side plexi then remove the 3 side fans. Hey, either way you are off to a great start!

Giovanni · Post by **Giovanni** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:32 am

The 3 side fans doesn't really make any noise, they spin at under 600 rpm with low noise adapters and i can't hear them.
Only fans i hear is the gpu fans, that doesn't go under 34% speed rpm.

Zenphic · Post by **Zenphic** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:05 pm

I'm not sure if that's the camera flash doing an illusion, but is that CPU cooler white?

quest_for_silence · Post by **quest_for_silence** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:00 pm

Zenphic wrote:I'm not sure if that's the camera flash doing an illusion, but is that CPU cooler white?

Yes, it's white painted.

Giovanni · Post by **Giovanni** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:55 am

Yes it's painted white, also the ssd covers are painted aluminium (aluminum for you americans)

Zenphic · Post by **Zenphic** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:35 pm

Giovanni wrote:Yes it's painted white, also the ssd covers are painted aluminium (aluminum for you americans)

Very nice job. The paint doesn't affect the cooling performance so far?

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