You should also update your burn-test application, LinX ( http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=201670 ), based on Intel LINPACK, is far better than Prime95. But... LINPACK has long since been superseded by LAPACK , which has largely been superseded by FLAME in the HPC community. And...

PlanetOfTheApes wrote: b) What I'd like to see tested:

Scythe Orochi Rev. B
Scythe Ninja 2
Thermalright IFX-14
Thermalright HR-01 Plus
Noctua NH-D14

I'd say Noctua NH-D14 and the new Thermalright Venomous X

You should also update your burn-test application, LinX ( http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... p?t=201670 ), based on Intel LINPACK, is far better than Prime95.

SinnerG wrote:You can patent just about anything these days. :p

Yeah, someday they will patent "add milk to coffee at 9.00 AM"

Just a followup to my post above, I decided to ask Seasonic if there were any issues with a UPS operating with simulated sine wave, which was a question I asked Enermax and was assured there wouldn't be any problem. The fellow from Seasonic said he didn't think there would be an issue with any UPS,...

At least it's a 140mm and not the ever stupid 135mm ... but then I see the spec says 13.9cm so are we looking at another hack job to get a proper 140mm in place? AnandTech says In the case of the Modu87+ and Pro87+ for example Enermax wanted a larger fan; 140mm is the largest possible in an ATX pow...

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Not really, that's where the "engineering" part arises. My point is: maybe the difference isn't dramatic, but there is a difference (both in decibels and frequency) and you can't conclude anything about this as perception is subjective. Most definitely I can conclude lots: The thing we're talking a...

Obviously I mean logarithmically additive as we are talking about decibels, I studied signals theory at the computer engineering faculty, I don't need lessons on this :) It sounded like you needed a practical lesson -- you countered Jipa's comment about how a stock HD5970 will drown out any differe...

If you have a stock HD5970 in the case, you're hardly going to hear the difference between grill on and off anyway :roll: You should know decibels are additive Not exactly. If you have 2 fans that each measures 20 dBA/1m by itself, together they will measure 23 dbA at 1m -- not 40. They will sound ...

Also there's an issue with this layout, you have the power supply fan on the top, so more dust inside the power supply.

Jipa wrote:If you have a stock HD5970 in the case, you're hardly going to hear the difference between grill on and off anyway

You should know decibels are additive, also noise type/tone could be different

MikeC wrote: Also, ideally for both quiet and cooling, you'd use an aftermarket oversize heatsink, which would likely not extend quite as far back. Looks like all that's needed is a couple more mm.

Is there an aftermarket heatsink for that dual-gpu card?

3. I think it will fit the longest cards around. It is not so good for HD 5970, this user removed the grill on a 180mm fan in order to fit it. but it fits, isn't that what matters? In the Raven2 review they said the 180mm fans produced more noise without the grill, also I don't like to mutilate cas...

MikeC wrote: 3. I think it will fit the longest cards around.

It is not so good for HD 5970, this user removed the grill on a 180mm fan in order to fit it.

This (notice he removed the grill)

Also... it doesn't fit very long video cards like ATI HD 5970. Actually, per the Silverstone site, it does fit long cards. There is even a picture of the case with an ATI 5970 installed. I've seen a picture where the user removed the grill on one of the three 180mm fans in order to fit a 5970 card.

RBBOT wrote:You can replace the 180mm fans with 120mm - they have mounting holes for them. You can also use 140mm fans that use 120mm mounts.

Nice!

Got a link for your board? It's an Intel S5520SC , dual socket board. Physically it really is 12x13" and would need the full 13 inch vertically in the FT02. Unless Silverstone is currently busy redesigning the chassis to be a couple of inches taller, it won't go. Shame really as the concept is perf...

Also... it doesn't fit very long video cards like ATI HD 5970.

I like this case, but it's a shame that you can't replace the 180mm fans with quieter fans like Scythe S-FLEX because most "quiet-oriented" fans (Scythe S-FLEX, Noctua etc.) are 120mm fans.

It would be nice if it was predisposed to use 180mm fans or 120mm fans.

There's also a passive 5750 from Club 3D (it is a 5750 with Accelero S1): http://www.club3d.nl/products/products_ ... uct_id=222

Actually I use downvolting wires, they don't make a big difference, I'll try other solutions too

There are reports that fan holes are different from standard 50x50 fan holes, so fan replacement could be a problem.

I've found a Papst 50x50x15 3000rpm and it could be very good, model is "512 FL-547" but I can't find it in any shop: http://www.ebmpapst.com/en/products/com ... pID=120052&

There's also an Adda 4500rpm http://www.overclockmaniak.it/images/prodotti/ID51124.jpg a Titan 4500rpm http://www.infomaniak.it/images/prodotti/ID39868.jpg (the small one) and a Papst 5000rpm (50x50x 15 ) http://www.pcsilent.de/ppic-MAXI-Papst-Fan-512-F_2-50mm-Fan-Pabst-Fan-papst612.jpg Others???

Has anyone done a case-mod/fan replacement to reduce the noise? Maybe you could try to replace the fan with a Fractal Design 50mm 3500rpm (it looks like a rebranded Evercool) http://www.fractal-design.com/img_thumb/FD-FAN-50_1_medium.jpg or a Rasurbo 50mm 4000rpm (9 blades... it looks like a small ...

There's a review that says the two fans are 50mm/30mm while another review says they are 60mm/20mm, could somebody report the exact sizes?

I have two SFF12D and one SFF12E. None of them whine. A whoosh is audible at or above 800 rpm. I use mine at 600 rpm. If you value airflow above all, you might consider getting a Scythe Slipstream. Pushes more air than a S-Flex and is quieter at high rpm. The downside is that Slipstreams have an al...

What about undervolted S-FLEX 1200rpm? And it's still usable (not silent but usable) over 900-1000 rpm if needed, while Slipstream become VERY noisy over that speed.

I don't know if bearing content is really "pure", but I don't also know if it's a good idea to add other dust and impurities.