Congradulations to SPCR ....10th!

Thanks Mike, and all other contributors for changing the world, one db at a time.

Keep up the good work

Acordign to Lian Li http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=263&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=64&g=spec CPU cooler height: 135mm . So most if not all 120mm fan towers are out as they tend to be 155+ mm tall. That leaves you with either 92mm fan towers or low profile coolers Som...

I'm also doing some video production, where the GPU comes into play. You don't think the Silverstone allows for better cooling wrt. overclocking the CPU either? Yes, it will likely run a bit cooler than a P183 or R3. Still having 3 180 fans (with no valid option for swapping them) + a 120 means it ...

The P280 is IMHO the worst choice listed. It was designed for ease-of-build, not silence. The P183 fixes many of the issues of the original P180 (especially lack of inlet cross-section) without reducing any of its sound reduction techniques. Thanks for confirming this :) I decided on the Silverston...

60c at load is not bad at all and perfectly safe. It doesn`t seem too unusual considering the relatively small size of the cooler, the slow speed of the fan and lack of a case exhaust. The hyper 212 could lower your temps a little but I don`t think it`s worth the trouble as they are fine to begin w...

Out of the list you have, i would probably go with the Define R3, not sure how quiet is the Antec Neo Eco 520 + Coolermaster 212, so having it on the top with it open might be much more noticable on the Solo II than on the R3, with quieter PSU n heatsink, i would go with solo II. I used the Neo 520...

With regards to the PSU and case heat buildup, I believe that the Solo II is ideal for a fanlees setup as it has a top vent to allow heat from the PSU to escape not affecting other components. Having 2 front fans even at low speed may help push heat out by creating positive pressure inside the case....

Why a P150 and not something like a P280 or R3? If this is for music production you want as little noise as possible and you're using 92mm fans for intake when you could be using 120's and there's no sound dampening material in there. I don't count the P150's vinyl sheets as doing anything but look...

I REALLY like the design of the X2000F. If there is a case on your list that would make it as a 10 year buy I would say the Lia Li is the one. It has the latest features such as USB 3.0, and the only issue may be whether the 140mm fans will be quiet enough when turned down to 800 rpm with the in-bu...

There is no good or bad bearing, though fluid fans typically last longer, and it's a known fact that sleeve are NOT suited for horizontal mounting. I have a few fluid bearing fans in use, including Galacialtech and Arctic cooling all of which are as quiet as they were on day 1. Most PSU fans are bal...

SNB is fast but how a people perceive the speed increase is all depending on what they do. For office and HTPC tasks, speed increase that you may see in benchmarks (if you read some of the test details) is time accumulated by automatically performing many task - not your typical human work flow. eg....

Thanks for the review. SPCR and other review sites have all struggled to find some task that AMD FX is good at. It is a noble effort to save a dying breed, and while it seems the FX might have some potential in multi threaded apps this is often very tilted. In SPCR's review HandBreak is as mentioned...

My first PC was Apple ][ , and then an Apple //e, so I guess I owe some of my PC love to the creators of that machine. I can say this - a lot of what I loved about my original Apples only exists in todays PCs. Jobs himself was knows for thinking out of the box. On a creative level that is a very goo...

The front is filtered, but there is a side vent that is open to dust (needs to be blocked IMO).

I've kept the HDD cage in place. Otherwise you cannot load more than 3 hard drives. For reading temperature of the CPU core, I was always using Everest, which showed me an idle CPU temp of 100 degrees C, going up to 120 degrees when doing some activity. After replacing the fans, and still a temp of...

Nice to see Antec paid attention to some of what has been said on this forum. Secont intake (this alone got me sold), removable bar (its about time) and the motherboard tray has so many routing holes it can now be called a motherboard frame :wink: It obvious that Anand's noise testing is still lacki...

Your temps seem fine.
Idle temps might be a few degree higher than avarage but still within the sample variance of i7 9xx. Temps should get lower over time (~2 weeks) of applying th MX. I'm using MX-1 on an i7 2600K and idle temps dropped about 5 degree withing a few weeks.

bacwooz wrote:... first silent htpc setup used intel oem 274g aluminium heatsink for 2.4GHz P4. 80mm Noctua (with U.L.N.A) kept the system way more cooler that with Scythe (same fan, same rpm)....

I find that hard to believe.

Having the hot air from the radiator blow into the case is just plain wrong IMO.

So, I installed the Corsair H60 with the following airflow: * 140mm intake at bottom * 120mm intake at front * 120mm from the H60 at rear * GTX570 with Accelero cooling inside Idle temps from my Core i5 750 are now about 40°C, same for my GPU. When gaming, the GPU goes up to around 60°C (very good!...

I just installed a 140mm fan in the top of my R3 case (blowing air IN) but the fan noise is very annoying. This is not due to it being a loud fan (it is no, completely silent) but seems to be caused by the grill pattern at the top. When I place my hand over it (or a very thin paper handkerchief), i...

Looks good to me. Swap the Solo's exhaust fan to keep noise levels down to minimum. Slipstream 800 or similar slow fan will work

The 400 FL is better choice and more efficient than the S12.

Now that it's out, it seems not as bad as it could have been. Top vent and removable bar make it better. Still many people use more drives and only one 120 front fan is gonna make positive pressure even more of a challenge to cool properly. A second drive cage with them both being removable (like in...

One thing i can say about the socket 1366 setup i was looking at earlier is that this corner of the market is well supplied with features that i find useful. By comparison, the 1155s seem stripped down... The features they do typically offer don't seem very beneficial to me. RAID? Quad SLI/Crossfir...

Why is there so much noise comming from that bottom vent? Maybe the fan is too loud / too fast , maybe a noisy HDD? If some thin foam can't absorb it, I don't see a way to block the vent for sound without blocking it for air that is needed to cool the HDDs and PSU.

One of these should do it

AMD HD6450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814131398

Nvidia GT210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130606

NH-P12 is a really good fan for CPU coolers. Use the resistor cable that comes with the fan to lower ts speed. If you already own this fan it would be a shame not to use it, more so if you need to spend money on a new fan. If you must have a Scythe fan you can get a Slipstream 1200 or 800RPM. The 12...

Hi, and welcome to SPCR You didn't mention of 2 key elements: Case and PSU. Its is loud case fans and crappy PSU that make a system noisy and inefficient (hotter or more power hungry or both). If you have no experience with building a quiet system, going for a common combo like Antec Solo Case + Sea...

Hi bonestonne, I see what your trying to do but if I was you I'd go about it abit different. Keep your current working 9450 rig as a dedicated DAW with the 2x 1010s, possibly drop any vid card you can find to power the displays (keep everything else). Then build a new Sandy bridge or other rig for g...

rpsgc wrote:I don't need opinions any more since I bought a WD10EALX (tip: stay away from it)......

Thats too bad

ame wrote:I think WD black/blue 7200RPM drives are somewhat louder.