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Are you really trying to imply that both remaining sources have gotten together, put together similar fake results and then posted them? I agree that the third source was questionable, and @jerubedo admitted that after taking a closer look as well (I guess they posted hastily). The other 2 look good though. In looking at all the data thats here I have to agree with them. The 9600k performs better in many games than the 8700k.

Thank you! I had originally removed the top panel completely thinking I'd top mount the H150i, but then I had some issues and it was also recommended that I front mount it, so I did that, and then put the top panel back on incorrectly and forgot it was solid to begin with! Anyway thank you! Now I can't hear it at all! It's perfect.

No, it's the exhaust vents at the tops. Did it come with a solid top? I forget. This tower had a LOT of parts that were removable and changeable.If it did come with the solid top, I'll have to look ion the box. If so, would putting that on be OK for airflow?

The PC is on my desk. I say it seems to come from the top because that's where it's loudest if I move my ear around the computer. I could look into moving it to the floor, though. How do you recommend going about sund reflection, and will it effectively dissapate the sound or just make it less noisy?

Hello LTT, I recently built a new computer with the help of this community. It's posted below. It's a pretty quiet PC, which is my priary goal. I am very sensitive to sound. I wear earplugs in any public places and the only places I don't wear them are in my personal office, where this computer is, and in my bedroom. The issue is that at 100% load, the GPU is audible. Most of the sound seems to come from the top of the computer (I front mounted the H150i as an intake). Everything else is quiet. The H150i is left on quiet profile at all times, even under load, and it is never audible. The PSU fan never kicks on even at 100% load. So it's really just the GPU. I was thinking of using sound dampening foam and just covering the inside-top of the tower. I think thre's enough airflow from front to back. Any thoughts on this? Or any other ideas? Here's the build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $529.89 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $109.99 @ Newegg Motherboard Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $179.99 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $170.98 @ Newegg Storage Western Digital - Black NVMe 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $229.99 @ Newegg Storage Western Digital - Black NVMe 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $229.99 @ Newegg Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $303.98 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design - Define R6 Gunmetal TG ATX Mid Tower Case $119.99 @ Newegg Business Power Supply Corsair - HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $159.99 @ Amazon Case Fan Corsair - ML140 97 CFM 140mm Fans $35.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $2090.68 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $2070.68 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-21 16:58 EDT-0400

I got my parts in today! I put everything together and I've tested it for about 2 hours now. Here's my results: This thing is inaudible at idle. I wound up getting the H150i after doing further research because those larger air coolers all cover the RAM slots. I prefer to have east access to those slots, so that made the choice easy. I keep the H150i on quiet at all times, even under full load, and I have it set to disable fans completely at idle. At idle there's no noise, obviously, and at load, it's inaudible. I got the 1200w PSU since no one made any comments against the data I found. Both at idle and load, the fan has NEVER turned on. I tested for a straight hour and a half as well. In order to max out the load I used Prime95 small FFT in addition to Folding@Home for the GPU. That should be an absolute full load. The fan never kicked on. You can't hear any noise from the PSU unless you put your ear right against it, then you hear some coil whine, but moving your ear just a few inches away makes it inaudible. U'm very happy with it. I have no way to test the temp and the efficiency, but since the review I found was correct about the noise, I assume it was also right about the temps and efficiency. I overclocked the CPU using the "quick and dirty" method of setting the voltage to 1.35 and bumping up the multiplier to 50. I will be adjusting this over time and trying to get the lowest possible voltage while still being stable. Right now it seems stable, but I will be doing a LinX test overnight to test fully. Temps on the CPU with the small FFTs get to 88 on one core and 83-84 on all the other (again wtih quiet profile) and I'm not seeing any throttling happening. I can only guess that the throttling occurs at a package temp of 85, and not the core temps. That's good enough for me. Those temps were after the full hour and a half of load. The GPU is loud at load. Not terribly loud, but I can hear it from a few feet away. This isn't ideal for me. I think I might add some further sound proofing to the tower by way of sound dampening foam. Does anyone know if the foam is any good? I was thinking of covering the top ventallation with it since it seems there's enough airflow from front to back to get any hot air out. Are there any thoughts on doing that? That seems to be where most of the sounds seeping from, the top. Anyway, overall I'm happy. I'd like to give a speaical thanks to @jerubedo, @LukeSavenije, @Princess Cadence, and @GoldenLag for your help as you all paid specific attention to my specific use case and needs.

Thanks! I was starting to cave, and was thinking about getting https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/fsp-hydro-x-650-power-supply-review/5/ that @Stefan Payne mentioned. It's the only one he mentioned that keeps the same level of quiet. The temps are a few degrees higher though and the efficiency is slightly worse, so let me ask, does that few degree difference actually matter and does the 1% drop in efficiency matter?

To clarify these are the charts I'm looking at, both for OCed. I'd be planning on running the H150i in quiet mode at all times. So can any of those air coolers you mentioned pull these same temeratures at equal to or less tahn 24db?:

I'm looking to run a 9900K, most likely overclocked to 5.0GHz. I want the quietest solution and from what I've read, the H150i if kept on quiet mode can still keep that CPU under 80C while keeping to 24db. Would one of the air coolers also maintain below 80C at that same (or lower) db level? EDIT: oops, sorry. The 33.1db is for performance mode, quiet mode is 24db. So my question stands with 24db.

ahhh ok. Sorry, I usually have pretty good Google skills but I can't seeem to find data this deep. So at that 7.5V, what are the temps at load? I can see that with the h150i, even at quiet mode it still keeps the CPU below 80, is that still the case with the lowest PWM setting on the air ones?

How do I set them to 7.5V? Is there software for that? And is 12V the default? I'm guessing so because of of the reviews I saw put it at around 35db at its stock settings.

I just did some calculations. The endurance rating for the QLC drive is 200TBW, which means if I do 2x 300GB files a day, it'll last 333 days. The 970 Evo had endurance of 600TBW, which would be closer to 3 years of 2x 300GB files a day.

Was that with the quiet profile or the performance for the h150i? jerubedo had originally suggested to leave it on quiet because it keeps the fans at aminimum regardless of load and still keeps it cool.

More than likely it'll be one to two of those big files per day.

I will be dealing with very large video files though. Most files range from 100GB - 300GB. Does that make a difference?