I was almost going to advice against AVG Free, but checking up on some recent tests it seems to have gotten back on track again, after lagging behind in recent years. That's good to hear since last I used AVG Free, though it was a few years ago, it always behaved well. (In the past 12-24 months I sa...

If the OEM partition is the problem, trying Acronis Trueimage might help. I used the demo version for moving my Windows 7 laptop installation including an OEM partition over to an SSD. It could even resize the partitions in between, and the image file can be reused later if need be.

The fanless would do fine in there at the bottom back of the case. If you have the money the 520W would give some headroom for any sort of future build, so why not. The 400W Platinum would also be more than enough, but it's not a whole lot less expensive either. I don't like splurging in general, bu...

Vapor-X sounds cool (and the tech is cool too) but for some reason they didn't use as nice a fan profile as on their "regular" cards. I picked up a Sapphire HD7950 (which also has a Vapor-X version) around christmas and that one is really quiet at idle. Supposedly from what I could gleam from review...

Those three are the ones I'd generally consider/recommend for such builds. The 550D probably more if the end user fancies the look of its front face, leaning to either of the P280 or Define R4 otherwise. Any of those three will be fine with quiet parts. I'd lean towards the P280 for systems with a l...

Idle temperature by itself is rather meaningless whether it says 20, 30, 40, or even 50 depending on the circumstances. All is well as long as the load temp is okay. It's not too unusual for one of the CPU core probes to show a physically impossibly low idle reading, or a motherboards socket temp pr...

Either in the list is a very valid option for various builds depending on the parts. Except maybe the H2, for being a case with too many design shortcomings compared to the others.

Then skip the case, SSD is more important.

Sure why not, perhaps for instance a Builds 2013 thread?

Feeling a need for a HDD led would mostly come from habit really. It would be flashing pretty constantly in many systems too, and all would be well. Get an SSD or fix the broken system to avoid long waits. Even the power led is pretty redundant, but too many would complain about that one missing.

When used correctly a single can of compressed air is good for a lot of cleaning and has the bonus of being perfectly safe for the electronics. Something like a compressor would be wasteful unless you have some other uses for one.

Having been a staunch opponent of Norton Antivirus in the past I had to cave in after trying their products from the last couple of years. What used to be a resource heavy program suite has been rewritten to become one of the less demanding among those also providing high protection. Its interface t...

New to me and yes it's at least looking very promising. Perhaps in the future they even have a game engine that can be licensed to other developers, and used for mods. I see the combat is already getting more refined. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPZ5yuiWWeE Hope they get some good story writer on...

I think pretty much any system deserves something like the Seasonic G-360 or better as long as it fits, as it does here. Check around for prices and see if it's not too expensive for what you had in mind.

Just having a lot of guns in a country doesn't mean that they are as easily accessible as in the US, or that they are of a type that lends themselves to multi shooting sprees. So the sheer number of guns is a limited factor.

Good to hear, it sounded a bit odd that vibrations would be a problem there. I hate the spinning whine the most too. I'd guess that what you heard was simply the spinning noise getting out through the relatively open front. Seing as the case has dual 140mm fan holes and a long row of vents on both s...

Does the NRA get tax exemption for being a religion?

Nice result. My old Stacker 810 taught me all I needed to learn about vibrations, with its aluminium frame. Since then I call any Al cases "Nemesis".

It's really unfortunate but it's so frequently occurring that it's the new norm so users will have to be vigilant when installing anything, which they should be anyway for other reasons.

Hyper 212 Evo or similar will be fine for the intended light overclocking. A bigger alternative like the Mugen 3 would be a little bit quieter, if that's important. Improving the factory applied paste is only really meaningful for higher overclocking or possibly when the cooling options are limited ...

People put quite a bit of faith into zip ties.

I hear an optional cover for the top vent is coming out, but I think it needs a redesign rather than a patch for obvious reasons. Hopefully there's a Ghost 2 or something already next year.

The core temps are from the internal core temperature diodes and usually the best ones to keep track of, and for what I've read so far seem to be quite accurate in todays i-core CPU's. Speedfan has the red marking level user configurable and the program has no database over what temps are okay for i...

Information utilities like CPU-Z can show that.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Is there any kind of fabric that you would recommend? Well sure, pantyhose. :) Anything reasonably strong while thin and resembling net/mesh will do well. Like insect net, but not the ones with too tiny holes in it. One could find thin metal mesh at some hardware stores I guess, if really sturdy ma...

It's up to the individual motherboard model, but since it's pretty new I wouldn't expect a problem. The Intel C216 chip set is an unknown to me so I don't know what they may have done there compared to for instance the Z77. Throw Supermicro a question on that specific model. Or perhaps you could use...

A good video is efficient for both information and presentation. Well done. Hope to see that control unit later. Some light fabric could be applied to the underside to act as dust filters. I've hobby-restored some furniture in the past and working with cloth gave me a lot of new inspiration on ways ...

Yeah that article had some weaknesses. And of course a side intake will lower temperatures over that area, but is it necessary? It won't be worth it. There's no avoiding the factor that opening up the side will let noise slip out. Don't worry about vibrations anyhow, as these sides are so heavily ma...

They are pretty long and together with a normal length of fan wire it shouldn't be a problem to reach any of the vents or intakes. If ever using the side panel intake together with the controller, getting an extension cable would be useful for practical reasons.

If the fans you get with the case are as good as mine then I'd go with Option 1. Not necessarily even including the bottom intake but keep it as an added option by all means. A good PWM controlled fan like I suppose the Be Quiet Shadow Wings 140 PWM is will be excellent for exhaust. Assuming parts l...