Next Rig - Your Thoughts?

[staffsMike]

nothing wrong with retail fans unless there is overclocking. Practically silent with bios fan controller on unless they get seriously stressed. If your overclocking then spend the money!

I don't like the hum it makes in my case.. gets right on my nerves.

[Zhaoman]

The stock fan on my AMD X2 4400 is almost inaudible... almost.

[staffsMike]

I don't have a recent AMD stock cooler, I read good things about them though. My black edition is happy under it's scythe ninja

[Zhaoman]

haha, secretly we are all AMD fanboys with little AMD powered PCs sitting in the corner

The Phenoms were so depressing to behold though

[Biscuit]

I don't like the hum it makes in my case.. gets right on my nerves.

iv never ever heard this hum when idling

[staffsMike]

iv never ever heard this hum when idling

DAMN MOTHERBOARD

I only used it for about 5 mintues though probably didn't give it fair chance. Still I only tried it out of curiosity.. I had already order the freezer.. annoying in a different way

[Biscuit]

Yeah iv neveer been impressed with freezers, they only perform 1-2 degrees better than the copper based intel stock.

If it was one of the stupidly thin intel stocks then that might have been a bit poo

[Vimeous]

Ok then a test:

650W TX + CM690

or

520W HX + Antec 300

or

650W TX + Antec 900

[staffsMike]

Ok then a test:

650W TX + CM690

Makes the most sense to me, given the excess cables can be hidden behind the mobo tray. Modular is nice of course but it won't make much of a difference with that case

[Zhaoman]

I think its best to choose whichever case you think looks best. All PSUs are good.

I'd go for modular personally coz with 1 hard drive, 1 optical drive and 1 gpu I really don't need cables.

[Biscuit]

Makes the most sense to me, given the excess cables had be hidden behind the mobo tray. Modular is nice of course but it won't make much of a difference with that case

Agreed

[SiM]

Makes the most sense to me, given the excess cables can be hidden behind the mobo tray. Modular is nice of course but it won't make much of a difference with that case

You still have to hide the cables of a modular PSU... There will only be 1 excess cable in most setups you know...

[staffsMike]

You still have to hide the cables of a modular PSU... There will only be 1 excess cable in most setups you know...

Why do I have so many then?

[Vimeous]

I've had a damn good nose through various case reviews and the key bits for me:

Antec 300 - Good Cooling; little space to hide cables out of airflow; potentially noisy (no damping)
Antec 900 - Noise with fans on anything but low setting and then cooling in low config.
CM 690 - Easy to build; Good space; Enough cooling; Heavy; Cooling of HD's not optimum;

I think I'll plan for the CM 590.
Similar size but a little less weight than CM 690. I much prefer the cooling setup of the HD's and it matches our Stacker 830. HD caddy has some vibration damping. Loads of scope for more cooling. Only keeping the cables tidy will be a wonder ....

Oh and I prefer the black monolith with blue glowing lights to the extra chrome bits on the CM 690

[staffsMike]

Another thread is going on in case mods which has resulted in the OP going for the 590. I had no idea what it is

Does look to a be a great case for cooling though, not sure about noise but as I said, I don't really know anything about it.

[Vimeous]

Another thread is going on in case mods which has resulted in the OP going for the 590. I had no idea what it is

Does look to a be a great case for cooling though, not sure about noise but as I said, I don't really know anything about it.

LOL