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Oh yeah. I personally really like my Supernova 850, but I really don't see the need for you to change. Because it really is only a sidegrade unless the nonmodularity of your cables are impeding airflow in your case. But even then, like theodro suggested, get a SSD.Biggest quality of life upgrade you can make.

Maybe it costs too much. you know, unlike the freaking suitcase the water force is sold in.

Maybe take a picture of the innards so we can see what it really looks like in there. Makes identifying parts a whole lot easier But as mentioned before, your PC will definitely have a 20 or 24 pin Motherboard connector.

the 240 is definitely smaller. The volume of the Air 240 is around 20% less than the 350D's. The obvious drawback with the 240 is the additional width you have to account for.

I do get the drawbacks. I also don't think, that this is a mainstream solution. But between all these thirdparty solutions and like dozens of different air coolers from manufacturers like EVGA alone, you'd think someone would try something special. The Water Force, exactly. I was more wondering about something less ludicrous. Yeah, exactly that. So I guess it really is EVGA doing something different with the highend card.

With the recent emergence of GPU waterblocks for AiO watercoolers, I wondered why pre AiO-Cooled GPUs are so rare. The only recent example I can think of is the R9 295x2. But why? With technology like GPU Boost, there is a tangible benefit to really keeping your cards as cool as possible, not to mention the noise factor. While my CPU cooler is a Noctua NH-D15, I can totally see myself buying a card with an included AiO cooling solution, again, because of the tangible benefit to performance and noise and because strapping a NH-D15 to my GPU is not reeeally feasible.

Production volume. That is the main reason they can charge such a low price. Look at the graphic linked here You have fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs mean that even if you don't produce anything you still have to pay money(For example real estate tax). Then there are variable costs. This would include the actual costs for the raw material. Now, the more you produce, the more material you have to buy, the higher the variable costs are. But the fixed costs obviously stay the same. So at high production volumes the fixed costs are distributed into smaller chunks. Now, this is obviously not the only reason the drives are so cheap, other reasons include the fact that Samsung actually produces the drives, so their selling price stays way closer to production price than third party sellers with their markup and the fact that Samsung wants to aggressively prosition their products. They probably could, if they wanted, sell SSDs at a small loss severly undercutting their competition, driving them out of the market. (This wouldn't work for various reasons in a market like PC hardware, but is theoretically possible) TLDR: High Production volume reduce the price per drive for Samsung, which they use for aggressive pricing

As long as you use any kind of thermal compound (or tooth paste) you should be fine. Whichever one you use will always outperform not using any compound. Or chocolate. Round-Up of different Thermal Compounds by Hardware secrets

First searches indicate, that this is indeed the point at which the CPU starts throttling itself to preserve the CPU. Unfortunately, this info came from other forums reporting on personal experiences. Have not been able to verify that information with AMD sources.

I will have to upgrade my GPU in the foreseeable future and one of the thinks that I consider with my purchasing option (whatever that may be at that point) is the question of silent cooling. While I am currently running in an Antec 900 case, I will soon upgrade to a Lian Li PC-B16. So space is really not an issue, considering that I will at that point stick with a single GPU. I have a i7-4790K on a Gigabyte Z97x-UD5H, cooled by a Noctua NH-D15. This last part makes something like the Corsair HG10 really not an option(no space on the back vent). Now the first thing. I have yet to find a third party GPU air cooling that allows for the installation of third party fans. Reason for this is the fact that I will change all the case fans to Noctuas and would like to change the fans on the GPU cooler as well. Since my case does not have a side panel window, nor do I want one, the looks inside the case do not matter as long as silent cool operation is guaranteed. If there is no third party option that has replaceable fans, I guess the Arctic cooling options are feasible. I have used their GPU coolers on my single slot 8800GT (that thing as freaking loud), and had a very pleasant experience. Yet, looking at something like this http://www.arctic.ac/de_en/accelero-xtreme-iv.html, I do have to wonder, if it will actually fit on my mother board, with the top headsink maybe interfering with the CPU cooler. But would I even need to put it in the PCEx16 slot. Sure you want to put it there for the best performance. But really.... why? We know that the PCE3 interface is not fully utilized by todays graphics cards. And probably won't be for quite some time. Would it now be possible to cool my graphics card with a third party cooler like the linked Arctic cooling one, put it in the PCIEx8 slot, way further down and still have the same performance. The question about third party GPU coolers with swappable fans still stnads by the way.

Get whichever one you like better from a looks perspective. Both are good cases and I don't think either one will have a feature that will make it a NOGO for you if you haven't found out about it yet, even after doing some research of your own, considering how well documented these two cases are and how many builds feature them.

If you're in need of 11 Drive Bays, may I suggest the Lian Li PC-V2310. http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-v2130/ It has enough drive sleds to house your current array of storage drives and enough space for even more in the future. Your other hardware can easily be housed in this 2001'esque obelisk of a case. Plus, the build quality of Lian-Li cases is impeccable!

I'd look towards, CaseLabs, Silver Stonem or, personally, Lian-Li. These companies manufacture some pretty high end cases. I for example fell in love with the drive sleds of current Lian-Li cases that mount directly to the motherboard tray. I will get the PC-B16 but the PC-V1000L or PC-V2130 seem like amazing choices. As always, personal preferences when it comes to looks are so important when it comes to cases and the usage scenario (where will it be places) are paramount to figuring out which case you want. Because there will be options that have the features you need, but do you like looking at the case... So I guess I'd like you to rephrase the question to which case would be best for you and also give a few parameters.

One threshold is the refresh rate of your monitor. Above that, any additional frames being rendered are not displayed due to the monitor "bottlenecking" it. I, on the other hand, think that the average FPS should sit a bit above at least 60fps or your monitor refresh rate. Reason for that is the fact that sometimes you have frame drops and being above that "magic number" serves as a safety net for your computer to still output a smooth experience, even with increased strain.

Definitely as silent as possible. I have not overclocked my rig yet, but even once I have, quiet operation will be a factor in my settings and future upgrades.

There is a decent amount of PC builds using a modified Mac Pro Case if you mean the G5 case. But beware, the modifications seem to involve a lot of drilling and cutting. An alternative tha comes close to the material, color and look is the Lian-Li PC-V1000 which will cost you around 200$. A similar amount to what you pay for a well maintained G5.

I have found from personal experience, that testmy.net provides more reliable results compared to speedtest.

Don't Totally not needed.

Which resolution are you playing at? I'm just going to assume, you play at 1080p. Get a single R9 290X. that should be plenty of horses for today and tomorrow and you can save the rest of the money for in like 2 years. Upgrading twice for around 300$ makes more sense than once for 500 for most users.

Thank you antec for doing give aways like this one. For me The fans are the most interesting part.

That's why I find the new release times so annoying. I can't even watch them during my lunch break here in Central Europe. Knowing, that the video is already online and seeing the topic here, makes it so much more aggrevating. I get why they are doing it. The spike in viewers shortly after release is probably needed to make the video relevant to YT metrics, to reach a wider audience. Still sucks for me though.

See... I want to see the finished case now! The issue with cases is, that the look is so subjective, especially if you want to mod it even further. Go with the one you can envision you mod best with.

So, I will probably buy a Lian-Li PC B-16 soon. I wish they'd build it as a full tower, but according to their facebook page, they won't (I asked). I love the modular drive try design, the front case door and aesthetic, the build quality of Lian-Lis and so on. I've danced around the issue of a new case for months now, because I pretty much loath the Antec 900 which I have right now. cumbersome drive bays, lighted front fans, no ilters, no cablemanagement holes, side panel windows. Pretty much everything I don't want. The only really bad thing I found about the B16 is, that the included case fans are not really up to snuff. So since I'll be using the NH-D15 soon, I want to kit out the rest of the case with Noctua fans as well. The rest of my internals include an i-7 2600 (which I will overclock in the new case to probably ~4GHz) on a Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H with 8 Gigs of RAM and a MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr and a total of 8 Sata devices (BR-Writer, 2 256 SSDs in Raid0 and storage drives) Now, I looked at the case, how I'd setup drive trays and fans. One big issue with cooling is obviously the balance between intake and exhaust fans. But looking at some other setups, going with a positive pressure setup, seems to be the best way going forward. I've drawn up the following schematic Now the usage of NF-S12As is pretty obvious. There is not much to restrict airflow. I want the top intakes to push a good amount of cool air onto the CPU cooler. The front intakes are the one's I thought longer about. I went with the static preassure ones, because I figured, the grills on the door being the only inlets, make it a pretty restricted space. But why the NF-F12? Because it's pretty much made to channel air straight ahead. So directly onto the graphics card. Now, I know, this is pretty much overkill. I will PWM controll them to just get the temps I want and have them spin as slow as possible. But does this setup even make sense from a cooling prespective? Which fans I chose and so on

I would go with the Cosmos 2. I think the very simple design of the 900D will not be as good a base for your mod with the kind of style I guess you have in mind.(?) The Cosmos2 with all its nooks and crannies will make for an excellent case to mod in my opinion. Plus the case without mods already stands out! Plus I don't like windows on my cases so the Cosmos 2 takes the cake for me.

This is what it amounts to. I've upgraded to a SSD on my Laptop which only has SATA2 and the difference in boot time and how fast programs load is probably bigger than with a new system. Moral of the story: going from 5400RPM HDD to SSD on a SATA 2 port made me liek my laptop again.