<snip> So, with R5 being the most likely choice I have one question to R5 owners - can you fit a control panel (3,5" Scythe) behind the door? Will the door close ok with the panel's knobs protruding? I'm not sure about the controller but I was able to fit X-Fi front bay unit without problems. Detai...

First of all, I want to thank you all for the sound advice you gave me! I went shopping, then did some relocation work and now I've got a much quieter PC then before :) This is the stuff that I bought: Fractal Define R5 Titanium Grey (windowless) case beQuiet! Straight Power E10 600W PSU Intel DC S3...

My thought was that if the OS is on an SSD, the HDDs will spin down at night when they are not being accessed. I tried this some years ago with Windows XP and IBM/Hitachi drives, which have progressive power saving features (first timer unloads the heads, second slows down the platters and the fina...

I've been playing with the overclock trying to get the system stable even with the furmark - and I think I've got it. I lowered the OC a notch to 4.4GHz and proceeded to undervolt everything except the memory. And it's working! Guess I was cooking the CPU until now :D I'm still considering a new cas...

Thanks for the answers! Some more details about the PSU. I bought it around 2006-2007 and it's the old model, not the S12II. Actually SPCR did a review on it: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article247-page1.html . It has 2x PCIe 6pin connectors and the video card requires 1x PCIe 6pin + 1x PCIe 8pin ...

I'm having some thermal issues with my build after upgrading from a reference GTX680 to G1 Gaming GTX970 video card. The setup is like this: Case: old Chieftec 4x 5.25 external (used to be called mid tower, guess it qualifies as a full tower nowadays) Case fans: 1x NF-S12 and 2x NF-B9 CPU: 3570K @ 4...