So a short update after I got the video card today. No cable management has been done so far. Ordered Nitze Ize which are far superior to zip ties or velcro imo to fix up cables. Final build: CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85N PHOENIX-WI...

I don't have a GPU yet but still tried to see how everything goes. Noctua NH-C14 actually touches the back fan and so I can't really use the said fan but I will remount cooler since I think I mounted it the wrong way. Will do it once the GPU arrives and see if it helps. Also sadly my gigabyte mother...

quest_for_silence wrote:

banditas wrote:I think we are good

Wish you luck.

Thanks. Will report how it goes.

The NH-P14 are 3 pin fans: does your mobo CPU header work with 3 pin fans? I mean, it may be, but it's not granted. I apologize for not having asked some posts ago (I missed that aspect). You've just to hook up any you 3 pin fan to your CPU FAN header, and see whether it's able to control it, or no...

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler Have you actually double checked that its fans were compatible with your mobo? What exactly? The cooler itself will fit with both fans. Or do you mean amperage and stuff? Where do I check it? I scrolled through mobo manual and there is nothing. And I don't have ...

Pretty much final build: CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85N PHOENIX-WIFI Mini ITX Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB mSATA Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB (still struggling between Strix and ...

Just to be clear: one splitter has to be an Y-cable 3 pin type, 1 splitter have to be a 4 pin PWM type with two 4 pin fan headers and a separate 4 pin molex connector for power. I have been googling and reading about fans but still feel really dumb. Could you link newegg/ncix link with how does the...

How about this? For case fans personally I'd stay upon the proven P14 and R8, maybe in the Redux flavour, whether their prices were favourable: at any rate, check your mobo amperage for the 3 pin headers, and if I were you I wouldn't go over a 0.5A draw with both the fans (I didn't checked the A8 c...

How about this? CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler (either this or Noctua NH-L12 as it's way cheaper) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85N PHOENIX-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: S...

Thanks man, really helpful stuff! I decided after reading to spend some more time putting my system and maybe dropping that v1 case. Also I spent an hour investing biggest noise sources from the current case. Antec's 120mm TrueQueit fans are completely silent. Though at lower RPMS they don't move al...

Can't you order from U.S.A.? Shipping Cryorig cooler from US is CAD$90 (and probably up to two weeks of waiting), while Noctua NH-U9B SE2 is just $60 and new Noctua NH-U9S $70 from my local store. I'd rather go with Noctua. Though not many reviews about U9s and from reading documentation it doesn't...

I made a huge mistake and trusted newegg/amazon reviews on how silent this card is. Well it isn't. It's the loudest part in my build.
Can I do something about it? Is it possible to replace only the fan?

I have Thermaltake V1 Core miniITX case so I doubt any of the after market coolers would fit.

Don't expect the 200mm fan of the V1 to be a lot quieter. You are trying to pack a good amount of heat in a tiny case. Hence you should either reduce the heat or pick a larger (better ventilated) case. You could take a look at the fractal Node 304 review in here. Yep, I got this case for my gf and ...

I love the way hadron air looks but after using it for 6 months I can't stand it anymore and want to do something. Hadron air uses very poor delta fan in their power supply and since it's kinda unique PSU there is no alternatives so entire case has to be changed. Also blower type Nvidia 760 has to g...

I have this board.. Wouldn't recommend it because of the CPU socket placement. I can't get any decent CPU cooler to fit in, especially having node 304 case and looking for a vertical type cpu cooler. Try if something like Coolermaster TX3 would fit. Prolimatech Samuel17 + decent fan is another solu...

I have this board..
Wouldn't recommend it because of the CPU socket placement. I can't get any decent CPU cooler to fit in, especially having node 304 case and looking for a vertical type cpu cooler.

I recently bought a 2TB Red to put in one of my old Antec MX-1 enclosures and have found immeasurably quieter seekwise than either of the two versions of Greens I've bought in the last 18 months. Pot luck? I think it depends on what we consider quite. I sleep 4m away from my 'server' and during the...

I find my 2TB WD Red to be very noisy.
As soon as I unplug it and leave it off running with just ssd it's dead quite pc.

Can my WD RED 2TB be faulty or something? I am using it as secondary drive and usually it's just idling. It's by FAR the loudest component I have in my setup. During the nights, then everything around is quite, it's fairly noisy sitting 1m away from it. I have even made this Here is some measurments...

Parts just arrived, still gonna take a week or so for cpu cooler and case fan to arrive. Haven't installed linux yet, just tried win8 and it seemed blazing fast! Anyway, I can already tell that the loudest component is HDD. It's just really noise, even cpu cooler or standard NZXT case fan isn't that...

Your selected components are EXTREMELY expensive and overkill for your purpose which has minimal requirements (besides storage). If that was your intent, fine. Otherwise you should start over from scratch. True. I also feel that this is way too expensive for my needs. But the old pc I had wasn't re...

There are a few choices for mini-itx cases. There's the Lian Li PC-Q08 and if you want something smaller the Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced . I've been using the PC-Q08 for my file server for a couple years and it works great, I have 6 hard drives in there in addition to a small 2.5" drive mounte...

1) no 2) the difference is usually only in extra peripherials, if you disable them, you will end up with similar power consumption. 3) Bitfenix Prodigy ? Fractal Design Node 304 ? 4) Stock cooler is usually relatively noisy, i would suggest getting some tower cooler, it could handle G540 passively ...

Hello StPCr! Been reading a lot and it was just amazing on how many new things I learned in just a few days reading this forum. I saw a few guys getting none or just one replies to their amazingly made posts. Just wanna tell you guys, even though not many replied you but you helped for tens or even ...