Hello, I'm curious if there have been any serious db comparisons between the 980 or 980 TI of various vendors and even between the EVGA hybrid water cooler and ACX cooler solutions. It seems strange that some people say how quiet water cooling is and others say water pumps are intolerably loud. I've...

why not just use 1 or 2 silent 140mm fans ? I believe those are supported on the front of the cosmos II in stead of the 200mm fan I know you can put one at the bottom where there is none and one above but I've already got plenty of airflow the bottom - I'm not sure a 140 unless running at a higher ...

Thanks - I think I'll learn to live with the CM for another year. Hopefully by then the noctua will be available. If scythe comes out with one I'll consider it if the noctua isn't out by then.

Hello,

I thought I was going to fit a 140mm fan in the front of my case but it turns out it is 200mm! Can anyone tell me who makes the quietest 200m fan? My Cosmos II has a coolermaster currently - not sure of the model fan.

My bad it does indeed come right off- I was trying to pull it down like and idiot. Now I need to track down a 200mm silent fan!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I could use your help on replacing the front fan. In this picture it shows the front grill coming off easily - the sleds still on which leads me to believe I don't have to tear the whole thing apart again. I don't want ...

Thanks for the input. Believe it or not I use the LED to see if my PC is on or not from the other room and to make sure I turn it off at night. I guess I could put in an LED light easily enough. I managed to put 15 8TB spindle drives in it and it is still very quiet and cool although there is always...

Thanks! that is a pretty old article - are they still the best?

Hello, I have a Coolermaster Cosmos II. I've got about 8 fans in it - replaced nearly all of them but the front fan. I've noticed it is the loudest one in the system. I was considering putting a Noctua 140 in the front but I think I might miss the LED. Not sure if anyone makes something that is LED ...

I just checked - I guess I won't need to put in a fancy fan control. Adaptec says my temperature is fine.

xan_user wrote:no installed server level raid card is going to stay much under 60c ish while in use.

if your server room doesn't get over 90f your card should be happy as a pig in slop.

Thanks - that is my daily goal.

I'm unclear as to those are the temperatures of the environment it can work in or those are the temperatures it can survive and function. That's the environmental temperature range Adaptec legally guarantees the card is able to work in. I'll contact adaptec today and get clarification for what temp...

150F is what it hits at mid level use The product specifications are - Operating Temperature 0°C to 50°C* (with 200 LFM airflow) Note: This Adaptec card contains a powerful RAID processor which requires adequate airflow to operate reliably. Please install this card only into server or PC chassis wit...

My RAID controller is an Adaptec ASR81605ZQ which runs even hotter than an LSI card. Everything else in my case is running under expected temperatures as the case has good airflow, however the adaptec runs HOT! It has two noctua 120mm fans running at medium pointed right at it and it still runs hot ...

Hello, Because of my case design, I need a 10mm thick 3 pin fan between slots for my raid controller. I put in a 1000 RPM fan and it just is enough for medium load and very quiet (about 14db). However I could really use a 2000 RPM fan for heavy load which will make it too loud for normal use (about ...

With that much I/O you may be better off with the X99 platform. It's my understanding that the Z170X G1 uses a PLX bridge to convert 16 PCI-E 3.0 lanes from the CPU to 32 PCI-E 3.0 lanes spread across the four PCI-E slots. I think that means your PCI-E cards will still only have a combined 16 lanes...

Thanks - I was wondering if I was just imagining things.

Hello,

I only found a couple of places that even carry them. Amazon and Newegg usually have even the newest stuff. Hasn't this cooler been around for a while? SCNJ-4000

On standard motherboards (normal CPU socket placement) Do you mind me asking why going for that motherboard is extremely expensive, given that has some nice addons like the Creative Sound card, you will still have less spent going with the seperate sound card. If you are spending that high on the m...

On standard motherboards (normal CPU socket placement) usually it will clear the first PCIe slot as long as the coolers width is 140mm or below, this has been my experience on my TJ08-E (micro ATX case) with multiple micro atx motherboards, that usually have the 16x PCIe slot on the first pcie slot...

I do need all the slots - I'm putting in a 8x raid and an 8x nic. I'm hoping they start to sell it at amazon or some place with free shipping.

For now the video card I'll be using will just be my old 780 gtx w/ ac cooling - waiting until next year to replace with the next model not yet released.

I'd like to make sure it clears the video card as well as the memory.

Hello,

I was curious if there was any actual reviews that compare the db difference of the same case, same hardware using the two different methods for reducing noise? I'd love to see a review like that on SPCR.

Thanks. I can't decide whether to forgo the LED or not - probably will if Noctua has the quietest and no one has better.

Hello, I've built a number of computers but never thought about the speed control on the fans before. Since I'm going to be building a case with 5 case fans in addition to the CPU fans and video card fans, I thought I'd ask for some help on getting up to speed (so to speak). I'll be putting in a gig...

Hello, I'm thinking about building a new system using every drive bay in a Cosmos II case. I figured I'd replace all the 120mm fans in it with the Noctua NF-S12A PWM fans but I'm not sure if I need to replace the front 200mm fan. Since it will have over 12 hard drives in it, it will probably run pre...

Hello,

I'm thinking about building a new system using every drive bay in a Cosmos II case. I figured I'd replace all the 120mm fans in it with the Noctua NF-S12A PWM fans but I'm not sure if I need to replace the front fan which is 200mm.

if I built a PC instead of buying some sort of dedicated array, I think I'd go with the COSMO II although who knows when the Cosmos III will be out. That whole article is not just a recommendations list, it may worth some tought and some second thought also. THanks - I don't know much about options...

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Thanks - if I built a PC instead of buying some sort of dedicated array, I think I'd go with the COSMO II although who knows when the Cosmos III will be out.

Hello, I'm looking at a lot of solutions - thunderbolt 2, LSI, NAS or a PC with 12 4TB drives. What it comes down to is my need for a large amount of storage (4TB drives in each bay), excellent redundancy as I won't be backing it up, very good speed, and a nearly silent raid solution. I'm used to ju...