Put this GPU into upper slot. It's possible, because I checked it before reccomending you this cooler and - according to Noctua - U14S doesn't overhang it on your board. Remove unused HDD cages and mounts (like this empty construction on the top - yes, it's removable). Btw it got a little dusty. Tr...

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It's hard to judge, I can't really get very close to the PC when I'm on my chair, but I suspect it's the back fan the main noise source. So I'm quite hopeful that turning the PC around will improve the situation. In the meantime, a friend of mine suggested to make a few benchmarks to the CPU and the...

Yeah, I know it's easy to go down the rabbit hole. And I'm obsessed with the details, so there's a risk of doing exactly what you are describing. :) Maybe the best approach is indeed to start by turning the PC 180°, and only after that experiment with fan curves. I'm not sure yet when my friend will...

It took a lot longer than I was hoping, but I finally managed to have the voice recognition software working. My old microphone didn't work with the new PC, so I bought a USB microphone. Which is bigger than my previous one, so I had to improvise a way to hold it in place. I thought about buying a m...

PC placement For years I've thinking about moving my PC away from my head. I'll attach some images I made a few years ago, showing the room as it is currenty, and also some of the options I thought about. ATM I can't try them, tho, the monitor cable is short, I'd need a longer cable. OPTION A It's ...

Thanks again guys. I already asked my friend to check the availability of several USB microphones, hopefully next week I'll solve this issue. In the meantime it's hard to write, I'll have to be brief until I'm able to dictate my posts again with the voice recogition software, I type very slowly, sor...

Using AI Suite - after noticing the technician installed it, lol - with the remote help from my friend we managed to make the 'AIO Pump fan' decrease the speed from 1200 to 600, and the noise level is MUCH better now. :D :D :D I can still hear the fans, but I'm wondering if turning the PC 180 degree...

Erm, can't find the AI Suite Steve mentioned.
Or is Armoury Crate perhaps the same thing, with a new name'

Thank you very much for your posts, Steve and Japanese Capacitor. I followed your suggestions earlier roday and it’s significantly better now. I’ll attach images of how each fan is now, and also the before and after. Fan 1, 2, and 3 are now at 590, 550, and 500rpm. The last fan is still at 1200rpm, ...

Yesterday night my friend – the shop’s owner – brought me the new PC, and I’m already using it to type this. Windows 10 is quite diferente from Windows 7, so I’m a bit lost and trying to adjust, and the microfone I’ve been using – Zalman MC1 isn’t working properly, the volume is extremely low, so I ...

Nothing new yet to report, but with some luck I'll get the PC tomorrow or the following day. Just posting to say that 3 days ago I spoke on the phone with the technician that installed everything, and apparently he followed ''my'' suggestions, placing the hard drives on the bottom. Regarding the spl...

Thanks again Japanese Capacitor. I'll ask my friend to follow your advices/suggestions. Yesterday I received the graphics card, and Monday an uncle will take the GPU, PC case, and CPU cooler to my friend's shop. Not sure how many days it'll take, probably at least 3 or 4, maybe more, because I asked...

Earlier today I got confirmation my order was accepted, and a few hours later got a mail saying the graphics card was shipped, if all goes well I'll receive it tomorrow. I have to admit this weekend I felt a bit of buyers remorse, but after seeing yesterday several GPUs increasing (!) their price ev...

Hi guys. The past few days were a bit hectic, but I have some good news to report. Bitcoin mining is a great way to heat up your PC, make it much louder, use MUCH more electricity and add to global warming (electrical plant CO2 emissions) all in one go. I don't like idea of your friend about mining....

I just received the Antec P101 Silent, the Noctua 14S, and the PNY 1660 SUPER. Noctua 14S As I wrote last week, I mailed Noctua asking about the AM4 compatibility, and they replied that the box brings everything required, but can someone please confirm I indeed have the necessary pieces? I just aske...

Thanks, Japanese Capacitor. A quick update... to my surprise the shop already shipped this afternoon all the items to me. The site said that if would only be available next week, but somehow they found at least one and sent it to me today, in the same package as the CPU cooler and PC case. It should...

Thanks again for your post, Japanese Capacitor. And thanks for the link, that was also my first choice, yesterday I spent all day browsing around and that one seemed very reasonable, I contacted the shop directly but unsurprisingly they said it was gone already. Basically, there isn't a single 1660 ...

Just saw a card coming up on the site I'll buy the CPU cooler and PC case... https://www.pcdiga.com/componentes/placas-graficas/placas-graficas-nvidia/placa-grafica-pny-geforce-gtx-1660-super-6gb-xlr8-gaming-overclocked-edition-vcg16606sdfmpb-o It's the first '''powerful'' graphic start they have fo...

You're right, V-ray can work (almost) exclusively with the CPU, but the last few versions of the software already use the GPU for a few things that may be useful (I don't know for sure, because my card is too slow to try them currently). In theory one of the 1050 would perhaps be enough, but I think...

Thanks again, Japanese Capacitor, good points again. TBH after initially wanting to keep my current card, I'm now 90% sure that the better option is to buy a new one, even if not very powerfull. The main reason is that since I'll get a new PC case (I'm still waiting to know if the shop can get it or...

Thanks, Japanese Capacitor. No reply from the shop ye regarding the CPU cooler. The good news is there are already some GPU's arriving to some stores here. Still expensive, but maybe price gets down. I'm looking in particular to you suggestion, the ASUS TUF GAMING cards. I'm seeing several, and also...

Still trying to wrap my head this 3 pins versus 4 pins fans, lol, but so, if I'm understanding correctly, there isn't any issue regarding the motherboard potentially not being able to control the PC case fans the ideal way, right? If I understood your post correctly, this specific motherboard can co...

Cooler: Shadow is cheaper, but worse, so answer yourself a simple question: ,,Better" means for you ,,better" or ,,worse, but cheaper" ? That's a good question. I guess my answer is I prefer the one with the better performance and reliability, even if it's more expensive. About linked U14S, I don't...

Just received a mail from the shop, with several good news. - Windows 7 they can install it. Problem solved. (In the meantime I've been reading about dual boot, with Windows 7 and 10, not sure if it has drawbacks but it seems a perfect solution. I haven't asked if they'd be willing to do that, tho) ...

Thank you very much, Steve. Seeing that information side-by-side is very useful. I was hoping the 710 would be a little bit more powerful, compared to my current graphics card. I'd risk having a compatible GPU, but if for some reason the 3-D modeling and rendering software I use isn't properly optim...

Today I woke up thinking of another potential solution, which is simply not making a Windows 10 install. I'm 100% sure that all my software works with Windows 7, I've been using it for many years, and since the problem is there a good chance of my current graphics cards not being fully compatible wi...

I might sound like a skipping record..but you could always just replace the dying HDD for now and then gather the components you want at your leisure. There are a lot of moving parts with uncertain availability and outrageous pricing at the moment. I can't imagine your PC shop would take long or ch...

And how's the situations with other parts? What are the final choices? Just got a mail from the shop, and the news is no news. Their supplier will probably receive some graphics cards 2 weeks from now, but they (the supplier) doesn't know how many, what models, or prices. The person from the shop t...

I'm still using windows 7. Everything is old, including Windows. I just mailed the shop, asking them to check if their suppliers have graphics cards available, and at what price. I'm not very hopeful, at least of the prices being reasonable, but maybe I'll get lucky. Regarding the case, I checked th...