I've just checked youtube for z270 MSI BIOS reviews, and one thing I noticed is that there appear to be some differences between the BIOS for the "gaming" mobos and the "pro" mobos. "gaming z270" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcjH5dsteU8 "pro z270" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkt_jKaxz8s Other...

Very interesting picture of the msi bios fan control, specially since its a SYS_FAN header that has PWM/DC switching options, i have some questions, 1) What % does it allow, in the past it allowed 12.5% to 100% in 12.5% increments on PWM and on DC was 40% to 100% in 10% increments, so has this chan...

Alrighty, system assembled and I will soon try to find some time to do various tests and experiments. In the meantime, I've taken the time to learn the basics of the Phoronix Test Suite. Quite an interesting tool, to say the least, although it's hard to find any decent "quick start guides", so I had...

Abula wrote:Would be interesting if you could test it at very low rpms, and see if you have diminishing returns past 2 fans.

Ok, thanks everyone for the input so far.

I think I'll just do some testing and report my findings (probably in a few weeks).

Since this is going to be a Linux build, you have two options as i see it, you either try to get a good motherboard with good bios fan control or you resort into an external fan controller. The case comes with a fan controller (2 sliders, each controlling up to 3 fans), so this might come in handy....

Also, I realized that because the three intake case fans are somewhat obstructed (dust filters, the indirect air tunnel at the front, and the bottom fan being not that far away from the floor), while the three exhaust fans have very few obstructions, this might in fact lead to negative pressure desp...

First of all, hi everyone. I'm new here. I'm trying to build my first quiet PC, and after days of research into the topic, I've come up with a rough idea of what I'd want. However, before I spend a big chunk of my budget on hardware, I though it might be a good idea to have some experts look at my s...