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DasMuesli

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  • Location
    New York

System

  • CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 Haswell 3.3GHz
  • Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-H87-D3H
  • RAM
    Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
  • GPU
    MSI TwinFrozr GeForce GTX 770 2GB
  • Case
    NZXT H440 + NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Blue
  • Storage
    1 x SAMSUNG EVO840 120GB (OS) + 1 x SAMSUNG EVO840 250GB (Games) 1 x Western Digital WD Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
  • PSU
    CORSAIR VX550
  • Display(s)
    DELL UltraSharp U2414H
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper T4 + 5 x Chassis fans
  • Keyboard
    CORSAIR K70 Cherry MX Brown Switches
  • Mouse
    CORSAIR M65
  • Sound
    Logitech 2.1

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  1. Yeah this monitor is perfect for multi-monitor setups. Are you using a multi-monitor arm/stand? If yes which one?
  2. I bought it for the same price back in February. Great monitor and absolutely worth every penny!
  3. U2414H, I own it myself and am more than happy with it.
  4. Just bought one, great deal. Have been waiting for a deal on this mouse for a while now. Thanks OP! One thing though: I'll never use Best Buy's store pickup feature ever again! Placed the order for pickup at the nearest store, received confirmation and started walking over there (#NYCrocks) to pick it up immediately. All of the sudden I received an email that pickup location has changed to a store somewhere else in NYC. Called customer service, they changed location back to what I wanted it to be. Received confirmation, continued walking. Received another email that location was changed again to somewhere else. Called them again (same rep, she was actually really nice), rep called the store and it turned out they were out of stock (it clearly said 'available' when I placed the order though). End of story is I cancelled my order and placed it again, but this time to get it shipped to my house. Well I had a good walk I guess ...
  5. I changed the pin-out of the hub power cable to 7V: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cooling-air-pressure-heatsink,3058-4.html Now the fans are much quieter but not super silent. If you are willing to spend some money, you could replace the hub with a Corsair Link Cooling Kit which will give you the ability to change fan speed dynamically via a software. Btw, I contacted NZXT and they also told me to use a molex adapter from 12V to 7V. The missing fan control is pretty much the only thing that I don't like about the H440, it's otherwise a great case.
  6. Hey guys, I wanted to share my new H440 build which I finished today. So far I love it and highly recommend this case: + clean and beautiful design + cable management super easy even with a non-modular PSU like mine + covered PSU + great quality - fan hub not controllable --> hub is connected to a Molex connector on 12V pin-out which causes fans to unnecessarily run at 100%. Changed pin-out to 7V and now fan noise is bearable. My other option would have been to install the Corsair Link Cooling Kit but I didn't want to drop another $60 on that for now. System Specs: ============== CASE: NZXT H440 + NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Blue CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 Haswell 3.3GHz CPU FAN: Cooler Master Hyper T4 MB: GIGABYTE GA-H87-D3H GPU: MSI TwinFrozr GeForce GTX 770 2GB MEM: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 PSU: CORSAIR VX550 SSD: 1 x SAMSUNG EVO840 120GB (OS) + 1 x SAMSUNG EVO840 250GB (Games) HDD: 1 x Western Digital WD Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" PERIPHERALS: ============ MONITOR: DELL UltraSharp U2414H KEYBOARD: CORSAIR K70 Cherry MX Brown Switches MOUSE: Standard Logitech Laser Mouse (to be replaced by CORSAIR M65) MOUSEPAD: SteelSeries QCK Gaming Mousepad
  7. I did some more research on the Swiftech 8-way PWM splitter. That only works with 4-pin PWM fans but the fans in the H440 are all 3-pin and therefore can only be regulated by voltage-adjustment (not PWM which is controlled by the motherboard). So unless I replace all the case fans with PWM-fans, the Swiftech splitter is not gonna work either. Any other ideas? A simple voltage knob would be ok ...
  8. I got my H440 in white yesterday and it looks amazing! I would have loved to see a red/white edition but white is also perfect.
  9. Sounds like something that might work and for $10 what's there to lose?. I will check it out. Thanks a lot!
  10. So if I get this right, all fans connected to the hub (with CH1 being the CPU fan itself) will run at the same speed as the CPU fan??
  11. That might be an option but wouldn't allow to adjust fan speed. It would basically fix the RPM-rate to 5V/7V operation. I'm talking about the fan hub that the case comes with. It's technically not a controller. http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nzxt_h440_20.jpg
  12. Hey guys, I got my new NZXT H440 case yesterday and installed my system in it. The case comes with a fan hub, looking like this: http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/content/5/5/5503_16_nzxt_grid_10_port_fan_hub_review_full.jpg Currently I just connected the hub to a Molex connector which causes the fans to run at a 100% (12V) all the time. In order to adjust fan speeds I was looking for a simple fan controller which I can hook up to the hub power source, something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118217 This controller in particular has a max output power of 10W which is not enough if let's say 5 fans are hooked up to the hub and each draws about 5W (total of 25W for all 5 fans). Do you guys know of any fan controllers that could get the job done? I don't want any 5.25 bay solutions since the case does not come with that option anymore. I wanted to simply velcro the controller inside my case, out of sight, since I won't be adjusting fan speeds all the time. Thanks, Tom
  13. Ok I'll try to have support add the games to my account! Thanks everyone for your help!!!
  14. I only tried Crysis so far and neither on Steam nor on Origin my product code is accepted. I suppose I would only be able to add a game if it is also sold on that platform, correct? I could try and go through EA/Steam support and have them manually added unless there is another way?
  15. Really? That sucks given the fact that I already spent money on those games. Also another option that popped into my mind is converting the DVD's into ISO's and just store them on my HDD ...
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