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- Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:54 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet HTPC build video
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5061
Re: Quiet HTPC build video
The video is fine, but personally I think to it could be shorter. I mean 16 mins is fine if you're looking to buy that particular case, but if you're highlighting the cooling choices you made, shorter would be better. Either way, the build seems just fine. As long as the components have low enough p...
- Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:22 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Quiet (not slient) OK Gaming Rig - micro-ATX
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7195
Re: Quiet (not slient) OK Gaming Rig - micro-ATX
I'm not the one to push kW-powersupplies to every build, but that's some serious hardware behind a small budget PSU
Other than that, looking good!
Other than that, looking good!
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:27 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: NZXT H2 Classic Silent Midtower Chassis
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13790
Re: NZXT H2 Classic Silent Midtower Chassis
Ever since reviewing the case myself I've been thinking of ways to enhance the intake.. Maybe I should just switch one of the front fans to the bottom intake and be done with it. I really liked the case, and the Youtube-bash-athon really makes me sad, as do the people who blindly just go by the one ...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:17 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Quiet GTX 560 Ti
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14159
Re: Quiet GTX 560 Ti
Currently testing the Gainward GTX 560Ti Phantom, and I must say I'm really impressed by the cooler. I haven't had a stock cooler GTX 560 (or recent Nvidia card for that matter) around, so I can't compare, but overall it seems like an excellent cooler. Under load the fans ramp up to 1800 RPM, which ...
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: NZXT H2 - A worthy successor for P180?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7886
Re: NZXT H2 - A worthy successor for P180?
Yeah the fans themselves still have 3-pin connectors (only short cables, though, which may make fitting longer cables a bit tricky). And yes, the side panel material is just foam rather than bitumen. Full review up at MetkuMods: http://metku.net/index.html?path=reviews/nzxt-h2-classic/index_eng Rid...
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:45 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: NZXT H2 - A worthy successor for P180?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7886
Re: NZXT H2 - A worthy successor for P180?
Yeah the fans themselves still have 3-pin connectors (only short cables, though, which may make fitting longer cables a bit tricky). And yes, the side panel material is just foam rather than bitumen.
Full review up at MetkuMods: http://metku.net/index.html?path=review ... /index_eng
Full review up at MetkuMods: http://metku.net/index.html?path=review ... /index_eng
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:55 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: micro ATX advantage?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12538
Re: micro ATX advantage?
Your neutered ass can enjoy less comptent power management, less stable power feed and a less capable BIOS. ...None of which really has anything to do with the physical size of the motherboard. Please stick to the facts and drop the personal bs. You can also get stuff like the Asus Gene-series, but...
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:42 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: micro ATX advantage?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12538
Re: micro ATX advantage?
I'm torn between the getting a ATX case and a micro ATX case. Besides being a little less expensive are there airflow or other advantages to a smaller case? Yes. You will be limited to neutered mATX motherboards and sometimes half height CPU coolers. Neutered my ass. Unless it's a 3- or 4-way SLI o...
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:18 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT-03 and Raven 3
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12863
Re: Silverstone Fortress FT-03 and Raven 3
The FT03 is something new and I really appreciate Silverstone for having the balls to try something new like that! Dunno how well it works in real life, and the hot-swap stuff is there mainly to add cost, but either way, it's good to see something new on the markets. The RV03 on the other hand? Yeah...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:06 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec P183 vs Fractal Define R2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15487
Re: Antec P183 vs Fractal Define R2
I would go for the R3 over the Antec. I much prefer the layout of the Define, as IMO the dual chamber malarkey isn't really helping anything. Also it means the case has to be higher without any better access to the components inside. I've had the original P180B, P180 Mini, Define XL and have had a g...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:49 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Looking for Advice on Case Options
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5227
Re: Looking for Advice on Case Options
Personally i just hate the front panel of the P183 with the vents, the R3 to me only makes sense if you have loads of hard drives, so the Lancool would be my second choice from the list. I don't really like the front panel vents on the P183, but I like the increased air flow. To me, the R3 makes se...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:09 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Looking for Advice on Case Options
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5227
Re: Looking for Advice on Case Options
The FT01 is a beautiful case. I've used one for a couple of years (now selling it as I suddenly needed hot-swap drive bays). You can easily remove the upper HDD-cage to make room for any graphic card. I flipped the top fan on mine to be exhaust. Like so: http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3411/fortr...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:31 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Cool and "relatively" quiet Lian Li
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6852
Re: Cool and "relatively" quiet Lian Li
Very pretty, and it's easy to imagine it's reasonably quiet as well.
I'm really liking the "floating" temperature meter, I'm so gonna steal that idea when I have next project with a side window
I'm really liking the "floating" temperature meter, I'm so gonna steal that idea when I have next project with a side window
- Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:58 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Gaming in Tight Spaces - MAX11L (featuring Gigbayte and Cors
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7350
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:10 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Lian Li PC-Q08 Mini-ITX Mini Tower Case
- Replies: 53
- Views: 73950
What a lovely case! Really liking the design and how you can also fit long graphic cards by (easily) removing the lower part of the HDD cage. Also gave me an idea of how some brave builder could swap the PSU fan for something suitable and have it push/suck air through a suitable CPU-cooler (plugged ...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:43 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Idea for next update to P18X line - red LEDs
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21396
For the leds I haven't felt like swapping/disabling, there's always the black electric tape. Just carefully cut it into shape and it doesn't look too bad. And IMO there's just absolutely no purpose for a led on a monitor! I KNOW when the screen is on, there's 24 inches of clue right in front of me :...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:15 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Idea for next update to P18X line - red LEDs
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21396
I guess we just lost connection or something, anyway one more try: 1. I'm all in for mATX motherboards, most people indeed have just a single graphic card to slap on the expansion slots 2. I like cleverly designed small cases 3. The Mini is a mATX case that's just as large as ATX-cases, and with the...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:43 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: PSU on bottom or top?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16549
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3155/matxkasassao.jpg My passive PSU sits at the bottom and is ATM happily feeding Q9450 + HD5850. I don't know what level of "quiet" you aim at, but in this system having the PSU sit at the bottom works like a charm. For other builds I've prefered the PSU not to ...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:30 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Idea for next update to P18X line - red LEDs
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21396
I hope not also. But I fail to understand how the Mini P180 is niche since almost no one needs more than one adapter slot these days (for video), and many even use on-board video and don't need any slots. That means that a mATX board should be sufficient for the vast majority. The Mini P180 is actu...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:54 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Idea for next update to P18X line - red LEDs
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21396
I had no idea of the color temperature - melatonin - thing, interesting read. Anyway as everyone pretty much said, it's just not gonna happen. I truly HATE bright blue leds that are just slapped all over the place, and have disconnected/taped over most of the leds on my stuff. The worst two leds I'v...
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:22 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: josephclemente's Lian Li PC-A05NB + Blow hole-cooled HD5850
- Replies: 41
- Views: 74963
- Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:13 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Case fan guards
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7509
- Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:10 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 (P182 killer?)
- Replies: 173
- Views: 144410
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Revised Rig - Antec Mini P180, Xeon L3110 Dual Core
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4539
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Project: Hush!
- Replies: 67
- Views: 59726
- Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:57 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Asus EAH5750 Formula Graphics Card
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15917
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:11 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: What's a good place for the radiator on the Raven RV02 case?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11121
I was actually thinking of water cooling the Fortress 2 using the exact same Swiftech kit. For all I know the stock mounting is not going to happen with any long graphic cards, with the rad in place there might be around 25 cm of space for the cards. What I figured was I'd have to remove the rather ...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone has Cooler Master 690 II yet?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2053
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:41 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 ATX Case
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68064
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:22 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Silverstone Fortress FT02 ATX Case
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68064