quest_for_silence wrote: By the way, IMHO a single 120mm radiator on a 5Ghz 2500K should perform rather poorly (for a water cooling setup).

Totally inadequate. The keyword is surface area; he needs the most he can fit in his case, and then find good pressure quiet fans.

The answer is luck. Asetek has poor QC, although it could be improved with their 4th generation (i think nzxt x41/61 are among those). For other OEMs data is even harder to collect. Swiftec H220X has a standard WC pump and so can be undervolted and be silent. Last but not least my H100 pump has alwa...

As far as the 3rd HDD goes, if it's just used once per day as a backup, you might consider an external eSATA enclosure that you can power up/down. This. Or since most of those enclosures are cheap crap, a good hotswap bay will work best. Nobody said an important thing about backup drives: to last l...

I didn't know

Looks like a modified OrigenAE with custom software and some accessories.

Abula wrote: Im wondering what will Corsair do for their top end line, as theses new HX will directly compete with the AX series.... maybe 80 Plus Titanium =)

Next AXi will be Titanium I guess. Scaled-down version of the amazing 1500AXi.

What are you waiting to get one, Luca?
I installed my 850HXi today and I believe it stayed fanless all the time so far. It will spin only during hot summer days
I tested the fan with the checker button and it is really quiet btw.

Did you choose the PSU?
See my reply to the other thread about replacing your VGA with a quieter one.

That's probably the infamous "coil whine" which this platform is not exempt to. Keep it until you can stand it.

IF I'd go with the X-650, would the extra amounts of Watts form a problem in any sort of way? On the contrary, it will stay fanless for a higher wattage (about 50% so to about 330W, depends also on ambient/case temp). The tradeoff is a little less efficiency at low power usually around 2-3% compare...

xan_user wrote:ive never really thought of them as more efficient than traditional. - I prefer pico because it places some of the PSU heat outside the case, its tiny, and it has no fan.

This is the exact reason why I used one in my fanless Music PC.

A bit pricy still (the 6 TB drive) and according to the datasheet 1 to 3 TB are the quietest.
I have a pair of 3TB reds and they are as quiet as the greens but should have a longer life without that dumb head parking.

I would consider replacing the 780 FTW with a gtx970 or 980 (MSI, Asus and Gigabyte are among the quietest and best cooled, I would avoid EVGA at this round) depending on your budget and the price you can sell yours. That would fix the main noise source. And I would spend more for the PSU, going for...

Do you need it to be totally passive also when you are gaming? Did you consider closed headphones? There are good ones, not just looking at gaming devices. If your answer is yes, wait for the GTX960 that will be released next month or later this month. If your answer is no, I would go with the GTX98...

I also think that after so many years Asetek finally did it right and reached the performance of the first CoolIT units (such as the Corsair H100 that I still own and performs great). I would not be surprised if the X61 test better than a H105 Me neither ;) Nor than a 360 AIO such as Swiftech H320 (...

I just saw the review, since I'm looking for a good performance cooler for a friend of mine. The X61 looks good, and its fans look great, but the 28cm mounting area is still hard to find in today cases. With AIO coolers and liquid in general radiator surface is key. Double size (240 and beyond) is r...

Because it runs very cool my 570 TF3 fans never go above 60% and therefore are very quiet.

A decent kit will still best these all-in-ones by a pretty fair margin. I'm thinking specifically of the Swiftech kits, but there are others available as well (EK, XSPC, etc.). The problem is price of entry, but once you're in, the block, rads, fans and pumps will most likely be compatible with sev...

Now there is the M12-PS which is a multiframe version of the PLPS.
What I really like of the NBs is the noise profile, that doesnt bother me a bit.

There's also the issue the cpu will draw more power if it's hotter hence another reason why ambient temperature matters. ... I remember my E6600 Delta to be around 5°C worse with ambient around 35C and beyond that summer. There was a kind of threshold, passed which, the temps drastically raised. I ...

Olle P wrote:

Telstar wrote:Air coolers are less and less efficient with high ambient temps ...

I think heatpipe coolers are less efficient, because the warm air isn't as effective at condensating the water.

I believe you may have nailed the cause
Current best air coolers are all heatpipes for years now.

Whether the lab ambient is 10C or 30C does not matter a whit -- it is the temperature rise from the ambient that matters. If a HSF on a particular CPU w/ particular load ends up with a 20C rise at 10C ambient, that is the same temp rise you will see when the ambient is 30C. It does. Air coolers are...

In this particular case there are some other fans with better pressure/noise ratio that should come in handy, like Gentle Typhoon and Noctua NF-P12. Cheers Olle Exactly. This is why the stock fan of the 920 outperform the Nexus as similar noise levels. Test them with an AP-29 next time. I appreciat...

I do think that I'll go with the GPU upgrade first, and tweak my existing setup in the meantime to take up some processing slack. Regarding the suggestion to stick with the GTX 260, I recognize that it's a nice card for medium resolution gaming, but I just love native resolution gaming on my big fl...

Mounted the 570 (msi TFIII OC), and I'm pleased. 40° in idle and the noise is definitely less then the old gtx280.
With the new SB setup that i'll do in august, it may become the noisier component and i'll try to mod the fans to 30% min but for now is ok.

I totally agree: They are great fans - I I found some for a reasonable price I would pick up a bunch. My point is that people are like oh at 1150 its so quiet. Sure. But so are slipstreams at 800. Still a great fan - and the high static pressure make it fantastic for alot of applications. There are...

Still no review?

Samsung SyncMaster 2693HM, silent (inaudible anyway) at 100% brightness but makes some noise when not. Bright and needs turning down in graphics driver. Find the 1920x1200 on 25.5" screen very nice to use :-) Oh i'm not the only one with this monitor :) Since the rest of my gaming system and room a...

Samsung SM2693HM - 27,5" TN (25.5" viewable), 1920*1200, quiet.
Additional info: not a single problem if not for the default color profiles that need to be replaced and the typical issues of TN matrix with purple and similar color.

The main issue I suspect is that potentially quiet coolers like the MSI TwinFrozr and the Asus DirectCU are more the result of providing greater potential for overclocking that they are about quiet computing. Gainward sell specifically quiet gaming cards, in Europe only, under the Phantom and Golde...