If I ever have to replace the trusty Ninja then PH-TC14PE would be my choice. The blue one. Arguably, best looking tower cooler ever. A little pricey, but hey, if you replace the cooler every 6 years or so, then why not?

Just to make sure - is 840 RPM on both fans the lowest the card selected itself, or would it be the lowest you could force manually? Not to derail the thread, but could some owners of similar Asus cards (670, 660 Ti) share their fan speeds? At least just for idle? These two latter cards have 2-slot ...

There is no HDD on the market that changes its rotational speed whilst continuing to spin, its only ever in 4 states. 1 = Off (or idle but still not spinning), 2 = spinning up, 3 = spinning, 4 = spinning down. While I completely agree that WD's marketing spin (duh) is a fine example of evil marketi...

I tried to isolate the culprit but no luck. Could be the AV software, could be anything. I simply learned to live with it. No big deal anyway, as I almost always have the window in my room open, effectively making the PC dead silent :) I was worried about the shorter lifespan due to hundreds of star...

I once used this feature to muzzle my 3,5" bare drive in main PC, but I soon abandoned this feature as the drive would more/less frequently start spinning just by itself - or rather some software kept calling on it. So instead of a drive that would start a few times during the day, when I really nee...

Your link refers to MSI

Anyway, the GB card uses a proprietary HSF, the mighty Windfart. click

Perhaps browsing this site will give you more clue as to which card is a better choice - click

As for oomph comparison I like to go to TechPowerUp - their FPS comparisons seem very practical. I wouldn't really trust their dB measurements, tho. For noise evaulation I'd check Xbit Labs ( example linky ) - of course, no site comes close to SPCR in terms of noise measurement, but these guys at le...

Neither X25-V nor M4 made a molecule of sound.

All 1155 motherboards have standard sockets according to Intel specifications so yes, you can get any popular, regular ATX / mATX board and the Noctua backplate will fit. But! Please be careful with 1155 ITX boards - due to very small size some of their components may be located on the underside of ...

A little big PC :) Good setup, by any means. What exactly prevented you from removing the 80mm fan from Kozuti? Surely its presence there somehow affects the temps - not a big deal, but there should be some difference. What is the VGA fanspeed in idle & under load? I'm asking as I have a similar car...

We now know that IB (tick) will fit 1155 sockets, but Haswell is Intel's tock architecture and may very well have a new socket. So it may or may not be compatible with older coolers. However, please mind that it's not only the mounting holes spacing that you should consider, but also the socket's ba...

I guess any backplate that has mounting holes for 1156/1155 coolers (75 mm square) and is recessed to accommodate the native 1156/1155 socket backplate will be OK. That would be e.g. Thermalright Bolt Through Kit 1156 rev. B or Scythe Universal Retention Kit 3. http://images37.fotosik.pl/1064/274b35...

As for the original Toxic cooler - blowers suck :) And you, sir, should be done the same that you did to the poor AC S1, trying to fit it on 4770. All you had to do was to trim a dozen fins, cutting them off a little before the heatpipe that's closest to the I/O bracket. There was really no need to ...

Your PSU fan is definitely an 80 mm one. Only thing is it's thinner - 15 mm, instead of the regular 25 mm*. So if you decide to buy a new one, most likely a regular one, you'd probably have to install it outside of the PSU. This is what I have in mind - see pic: http://media.digikey.com/photos/Emers...

OK, so here's the deal. 1155 & SB have been all the rage for a good few months now, everyone happy with the B3 revision, the platform is mature now, the 2500K the new king of the hill blah blah blah. Simply skip to BIG QUESTION if you're in a hurry :D 90% of reviews focus on P67/Z68 boards and the I...

If the OP (hello, you there?) chooses to connect the tiny 2-pin connector to a regular 3-pin header then I guess some bending or modding is in order. I have some tiny 40mm Scythe fans lying around, 2-pin originally, but they also have a 2-pin > 3-pin cable. A handy thing, but could be hard to get se...

See the 2nd pic - the original backplate is still there. I don't think you can actually remove it without seriously compromising the operation of the socket or integrity of the mobo. There's no need at all to remove it anyway - the Noctua backplate, and other backplates for aftermarket 1155/1156 coo...

It just occurred to me - the 80mm fan inside this PSU is a slim version. As in - not 20 mm thick, but only 15 mm. I'm pretty sure no regular 80 mm fan will fit inside. Options: - somehow connect it to a header on the mobo / molex / Fanmate, - replace it with a good fan of choice installed externally...

The cooler sits as tight as before. In fact, the only difference is the missing bar joining the eyes (now separate, see pics). The hooks attached to the heatsink itself are, as you're very well aware yourself, quite loose and can be shifted slightly apart to accommodate for the additional 3 mm. The ...

Beefy setup, all right. Some changes I'd introduce, humbly: CPU cooler - Mugen II should be fine. Also, check the Macho by Thermalright. Cheap, but beastly. Good fan, great for low rpm operation in a roomy case. Scythe fans - I run one 120mm PWM Scythe on my Ninja - I like it, it's quiet, responds w...

Yeah, agree with xan_user - swap the fan or undervolt it, but keep it running; if you choose to run it at lower RPM, make sure the PSU is not overly hot. Sure, your setup draws v v little power, but the PSU's heat should be taken care of, somehow. FSP PSUs are good quality, but this one is not parti...

I'd say even a 60W Pico would be enough - abula provides us with AC power figures, which means we still have to deduct efficiency losses - say, 15%. That is, if he chooses not to load the CPU & GPU at once. At any rate, these are some impressive power figures [/drools_in_awe] My HTPC is nicely under...

Then your claims about "silence" seem justified ;) I mean, "quiet" can be understood differently by various ppl, depending on preferences, experience and environment. Well, anyway, 1200 rpm for 2 80mm fans seems entirely OK with me, I'd be happy with this kind of noise too. Currently my 5850 sports ...

Still, some ppl will gripe about the top mounted PSU. And I will gripe about the case not being sold in white. I still love my P150 and really don't need anything bigger or newer, but I'd like to have the option of upgrading to a newer, better case in white.

1) The H67 board will not let you unleash the full OC capabilities of the 2500K. Only P67 and Z68 let you use the unlocked multiplier feature. On the other hand, you still can run anu I5 an I7 CPU on any board at least 500 MHz faster, courtesy of the Turbo Boost and 4 "bins". As in: my I5 3.1 GHz ru...

Give us some RPM figures

Try Intel boards - judging by what Burrage ( clicky ) lets you do, I'd say Intel's Z68 boards will be equally good. AFAIK GB boards only let you control 2 fan headers - CPU_fan in full range, sys_fan to a limited range. Can't guarantee that as I only connect the Ninja's fan to the 4-pin header and l...

I guess Q9300 & Q9400 make most reasonable upgrades for a system like yours. Q9450 and higher models are still v powerful but tend to be expensive to buy. Q6600 are too power hungry to consider these days, but if you don't mind that and are on a budget then go get one, run it at 9 x 333 and you shou...

I5 2400 OCed to 3.6 GHz on all cores (4 bins for 400 MHz + 100 MHz Turbo Boost) idles at < 0.8 V and works under load at 1.1 V. Naturally, the board increased Vcore when I increased the multiplier, but I used the available offset (- 0.200 V) to bring it down. This is on a GA-P67A-UD3-B3 board. Perha...

You could always void the warranty and simply run the PSU's fan at a constant, say, 600 RPM. You've done some very accurate power calculations for what I see and given such numbers and the Gold efficiency a fan barely moving air should be plenty to cool the PSU. I'm not sure about FSP's current poli...