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- Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
- Replies: 18
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Re: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
471W power draw? No way! Some PSU calculator are notorious, I like to use this one . Recommeded wattage for this system:307W (minimum 257W). Xbitlabs measured the power draw for the 2600K both with normal clocks at 114W and overclocked to 4.7GHz at 190W. Even those numbers are way too high, unless ...
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:20 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7685
Re: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
Thanks both for the replies! Will go with the Megahalems CPU cooler. Re. the Corsair memory, looking at Megahalems drawings I should be fine. The Accelero S1 rev2 looks brilliant and great reviews for it! Found a thread here with the idea to fix 2x100mm fans to completely cover the heatsink. Not imp...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:08 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7685
Re: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
Forgot to add that I want to set the 180mm front-intake case fan to low setting combined with voltage control down to 9~10V as the SPCR review suggests that this is the optimum setting to start with and so not sure if this will cause problems with the PowerColor heating up too much.
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:07 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7685
Powerful but 'silent' PC build for image editing + video
Hi, I’m putting together a high performance but ‘silent’ PC build for image editing (Photoshop and looking forward to desktop browsing of image files including RAW preview with the latest Windows video codec update) and watching HD video as well on a screen such as the NEC Multisync PA271W 27" monit...