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After several hickups and delays it seems like Kickstarter Calyos NSG S0 project stopped breathing. There are no updates for 2 months, no responses to emails and last September deadline is impossible to meet. Even people who worked on NSG left for Monster Labo https://www.monsterlabo.com/ There are no official statements but it is quite obvious at this point. I wonder how Calyos as a company will deal with this situation.

Is there a way of creating a fan curve based on VRM temp? If so, what software can be used if any? Been using ye old speedfan on my current 3570k rig. I'm due an upgrade soon and want to build a "zero moving parts at idle" PC. Basically achieved it with my current rig with the expense of VRM's running hotter than the sun (overclocked CPU etc.), and no way of seeing VRM temps directly as my old mobo doesn't have VRM temp sensors. I don't really care about the longevity of my current rig but if I upgrade and do tinker with overclocking on some AM4 stuff, I would like the motherboard to survive a decent lifecycle. FYI for the CPU cooler I'm planning to re-use my old Shadow Rock 2 with a new AM4 mount, as it has a nice "open on all sides" design, allowing for a nice convection current up and out the top of my case even without the fan spinning. And no, I will achieve my goal, even if it becomes impractical and needs some manual raspberry pi controlled dedicated VRM fan! So no "just deal with a low rpm fan" comments please! This is just a bit of a fun and a personal challenge!

Hello, my loyalty to windows has nudged me to ask the Linus forums… haha. please can someone suggest a few best new gen laptops that would rival the m1 chip in the MacBook Air… I would like a productivity laptop that can handle basic photoshop, indesign, visual studio… the reason I ask is that the gravity pull I’m getting towards the MacBook Air is due to the battery duration and the processing power… surely there’s a windows rival. An undisputed flagship product a popular manufacturer. would it be too much to ask to run Dota 2 haha? thanks to all of you! regards.

I am starting a project of a 100% passive small factor PC, i3-6100, 1050ti palit passive gpu. Case probably custom wall-mounted and open. I have narrowed my list down to the following cpu coolers available to me: -Coolermaster Hyper H412R -Coolermaster Masterair MA410P -Enermax T50 -Coolermaster Hyper 612 v2 I am trying to cool an i3-6100 (office/extremely light gaming) Since I will not install any fans at all, what would the best choice be? I know that the 612 is a huge beast and I am ready to accept the size if it is 100% needed but obviously a smaller size is wanted. All coolers have cooper heat pipes with direct contact with the cpu. Probably what will have the most impact: 4x heat pipes: H412, MA410P 5x heat pipes: T50 6x heat pipes: 612 What would be the minimum cpu cooler to get? Any other honorable mentions you would like to add?

Hi All So this will be a build I'm looking at doing at some point within the next year after we've paid off our loans for renovating our apartment and the new AMD CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are out. I'd always been flipping between different build ideas but could never really decide on what I ultimately wanted to do as I felt like I would always be compromising in some way. The 2 builds I wanted were a "shit tonne of radiators with no fans" build following Linus' video, as well as a better version of the Lian Li DK04/05 which i liked but just weren't what I wanted, and were very expensive for what you got. As a side note they've kind of secretly made new versions which I believe went online within the past few days: http://www.lian-li.com/dk-05f So, it was evident from the start that combining the 2 would be nearly impossible as the weight of the radiators would be much too heavy for the desk, however, if I created a mount for the radiators on the bottom with soft tubing, I would mitigate all of that additional weight, which was where the current plan came into being. Here are some thoughts/requirements I had whilst creating: Standing desk: The maximum weight of a reasonably priced standing desk is 125kg. I asked various manufacturers whether I could buy 2x100kg (slightly cheaper than 125kg) capacity ones and have 1 control unit operate both sets of legs but they all said no. Does anyone know whether this might actually be possible with soldering the wires to split them? I had earlier revisions of the desk that were bigger and I preferred but unfortunately they ended up being around 150KG with everything considered such as arms, 1L drink etc being on it and I couldn't really trust it. I also had an earlier version where I used a riser for the GPU to keep the case slimmer. Whilst this would be fine for the moment as consumer GPUs don't saturate the gen 3 connection yet, I want to keep using this for a while, I don't know when gen 4 will be necessary and I don't want to recreate the entire desk because of a lack of suitable risers. As such I took the rough dimensions of the MSI Seahawk 2080ti as I believe this is the largest waterblock GPU available and built the height around this. I'd prefer to see the card in all honesty but it's a sacrifice I'm comfortable with. I'm not sure how I want to arrange the standing desk panel nor the power button currently. I don't want/need front panel IO as I have a Caldigit TS3+ thunderbolt dock (the little grey box under the main monitor) which handles any additional IO the MOBO can't accommodate, this was another reason I wanted the Aqua as it has thunderbolt. The standing desk control panel is just a small PSB with some cheap buttons on it. It would be fairly easy to create a new shroud/case for it and I'm thinking about having this under the main monitor to keep cables managed nicely. I personally think small aluminium box with the power and desk controls sitting there would look nice but again open for feedback! Aluminium extrusions/glass: The back on the desk uses 80mm aluminium extrusions (the rest of it is 40mm) to keep it more rigid but also give the monitor arms more surface to grip to rather than using the glass. I sunk the main desk area down compared to the 80mm extrusions at the back so that with 6mm glass and 5mm of rubber (to protect the glass) it would sit relatively flush. I'm not sure exactly how much the rubber will compress and I understand that the glass won't sit exactly flush but I'm sure it should be relatively ok. I already have the mousemat shown but I'm contemplating asking for a custom piece of glass in a U shape that will not cover the leg area so I can instead have something else that is lighter there and wrap it in neoprene to stop arms sticking to the glass. I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this as I also want to still be able to see the computer when sitting. PC Components I'm looking at getting a (hopefully they do it) next gen equivalent of the x570 Aqua along with watercooled RAM and GPU. I want to keep everything pretty much as solid state as possible. I have a 1200w PSU already which will exhaust a slight amount of heat but wanting a board like that to keep most of the heat in the water and out of the "case". Ideally the only moving parts of the actual computer will be the pumps and the PSU. The monitor configuration will be the same as shown and what I have now but the monitors are different. I have a 4k 27" AOS on the right that I don't like the look of but does the job, a chunky Zowie 27" 240hz in the middle and a Dell (I think 1440p 24"?) on the right in portrait. I have an Area 51m currently so I actually have 4 screen but for work this 3 screen setup works well. For the watercooling, I was going to have 2 reservoir/pump combos to ensure there is enough pressure and at the very least, some redundancy. I'll put 2 passthroughs in the case base with soft tubing going into it from below so that the desk can go up and down with slack in the tubes. For the main case, I'll use rigid tubing of some description, maybe acrylic but I'll need to check the best mix of plastics to ensure no issues/discolouration. For the radiators at the bottom, I don't think I will actually affix these to the desk itself, just create a housing for them. In the housing I may put the reservoirs, to the side of it I will likely have a UPS (our apartment in Beijing as an annoying thing when to say you're low on electricity they will cut the power for a few seconds...) I haven't decided on how I will actually arrange the radiators yet. I imagine that putting them, all in front of my legs may get them hot so I might try and put half on each side and join them up. I'll be putting valve fittings between each of the radiators, I want maintenance to be a case of taking off the peripherals, remove the glass and open the valves. This way I can drain the entire loop exceedingly easily as gravity will do pretty much 100% of my work for me. Cable management I'm not 100% happy about having to run cables over the glass. I have an orbweaver, keyboard, mouse and headset that are all wired and I won't go wireless. I'm thinking about asking the glassmaker to cut a hole in part of it to run the cables underneath, I'm not sure this will be an option however! If not then I'll try to make the runs as clean as possible. I love the look but I am worried about wires. I want to try and avoid seeing any wires if I can which is why there is a cable management bar behinfd the main monitor. The mobo is raised up so I can hide cables here pretty easily. I haven't done custom cables before but think I will for this, I'm not sure if I will add some slack so that there is some leeway for new parts without having to completely redo everything. This is not a finished idea by any means, but certain aspects I really like such as trying to avoid panels (apart from the motherboard area) and keeping it quite industrial. Aside from the pictures I'll link below, I think that is pretty much it! I will post updates when this ends up being created (it's my main goal now!) and welcome any feedback people have, I'm sure there are lots of areas people could come up with better ideas etc

I'm looking for a GPU with a 0db fan mode. Meaning, the fans shut off under a certain threshold temperature (usually 60 degrees). This is a useful resource: https://mutepc.com/2016/08/graphics-card-makers-and-semi-passive-0db-fan-modes/ But I'm also trying to install this in a mini ITX case that only allows for a max of 8.3" GPU length. I can't seem to find any GPUs smaller than 8.3" that have a 0db capability. As far as power, I'm looking for something in the range of GTX 1070, but I will settle for something a bit slower if I have to.

I accidentally bought the Founders Edition version of the EVGA GTX 1070 graphics card for a build that was supposed to be ultra quiet. This FE card is hands down the loudest part of my machine, and I need to replace it! I'm interested in a semi-fanless cooler... something with a decent heat sync that can handle most of the heat and keep the fans off unless I'm actually using the card. For the most part this machine will be used in a music recording environment so I want the GPU to be 0db silent unless I'm literally playing a video game, at which point I couldn't care less how loud it is. So... is there a super awesome cooler I can buy and just slap on the GTX 1070 I already have or should I put this FE card on eBay and buy a new one? I'd appreciate recommendations either way!

Is it possible to make a nearly silent gaming PC cheaply? I wanted cool my PC with evaporation, then I saw Bong Cooling but I found it is too loud and unreliable. So could I make it better? I figured out the water can't fall from more than 5cm (2') and water area must be as big as possible. First I wanted to make a waterfall but I would need a high performance, loud and expensive water pump and wide tubings. Then i figured out the water must be standing. And my solution: And it costed 100zł=25$! Pump, tubing, water blocks and metal clips It can cool most powerfull non-sli PC! I've been using it for a week and it works. I can't even hear it. I'm so happy, I think I'm first who did something like this! Sources: some of my calculations are based on Engineeringtoolbox.com and my sister made me that painting Older ver.: Edit: And if somebody wonders how CPU can be cooler than water temperature. I've measured temp. in the highest box (right after end of the loop), and the pump is on the bottom so it sucks water of lower temp. Also CPU is first in the loop so it gets colder water, GPU water already heated by CPU Some mistakes I've made and you really shouldn't:

Learn more about Calyos fanless workstations: http://bit.ly/2esac0v Buy Fanless PCs on Amazon: http://geni.us/xewEl1 Calyos isn't a name that most PC enthusiasts are familiar with... But their workstation PC with zero fans or liquid coolers should raise some eyebrows...

So a few months ago I contacted them to see if they were selling just the cooling system and case, and the reply was no because it would be too complicated for a user to set up themselves. They also told me that they were preparing a line of systems at different price points around $1k-$5k euros. Today I got an email with a lot more information, including THREE OTHER fanless case+cooling designs! Also: Here is all the info you can read for yourself (this information cannot be found on their website yet, so it's a pretty exclusive first look ) Source: my email Website: http://www.calyos-tm.com/calyos-fanless-pc-workstation/ Any guesses on what the other cases are going to be? Maybe more from Lian-Li?

Hey! I was wondering why a passively cooled gpu isn't a thing? I only saw 1 model which rocked a passive cooling set up and that was the Palit GTX 1050Ti. Also, I wonder why Linus didn't review that? I understand insane numbers are a thing but maybe review one or two things that are in the mid range? Cheers

Can I have a PSU circuit board only? Is it necessary to have its enclosure and fan? Intention: try to reduce the form factor of desktop without compromising motherboard size (features).

Hey, I'm looking for a fanless or really silent SFX power supply with at least 350W Thanks for the suggestions

Assuming the power supply is fanless, the CPU/GPU have a giant heatsink that transfer heat well but make no noise and the drive is a SSD, would this build be possible and practical with the cost and form factor concerns met?

There are some people reporting that their higher wattage power supply with fans do not use fans even under heavy loads. Would it be reasonable for a fanless build to get an overkill power supply that is like 1000W and has a fan compared to a 520W fanless power supply, for an approximately 400W build? Could I assume that the power supply cooler will remain passive all the time? Does this "just in case" scenario make sense? thanks

So I was just playing battlefield 1 for the first time and of course I wanted to see the 4k and ultra presets it could handle it! then I wanted to play seriously so I lowered it to 1920x1080 for higher fps and after playing a while online I noticed that my fans from my gpu just stopped spinning while I was gaming and no crashes Is the 1080 such a beast that it can run triple A titles at 1080 fanless?

Traditionally servers are really loud, but this one from Turemetal claims to be completely silent. Check out Turemetal: http://www.turemetal.com/product_en.html Buy an EPYC processor On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/YKmvF On Newegg: https://geni.us/pbthiHH Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

Hi everyone, I recently bought a used Zotac 1060 mini (3gb) for my new build. I wasn't very lucky, I think the card was used for crypto mining. The thing is, even at idle, where the fan is running at minimum speed (40%) it makes quite the annoying sound. I tried unscrewing the heatsink to clean it (thinking that might be the reason for the noise, but someone must have done it before and screwed it in too hard, so there's one screw I cannot turn. I unscrewed the top fan to see if it was loose but it wasn't. Afterburner doesn't let me go below 40% fan speed either. My question is, I've been reading around a bit about bios editing and flashing, is there anyone who can give me links to proper guides for editing the bios of a 1060 and how to lower the minimum speed? I don't really mind the temperatures at idle (they're actually good), and I don't mind the noise when I'm gaming. I would move the gpu fan to the motherboard, but I only have one 4 pin fan controller which is taken up by my cpu cooler. I have ordered a fan controller to hook up to that, but it's not what I would call an "elegant" solution, plus I don't know if I can set that to follow gpu temperatures for fan speed. Any help is appreciated, thank you

Hello, i bought Scythe Ninja 5 for my Fractal Design Define Mini C. Is it okay if i use fanless heatsink to cool my i5 8400 using the heatsink from the Scythe Ninja 5? No ram clearance issues but with the fans on, the fans will covered up my RAM, just for aesthetic. Any recommendation like more powerfull fans etc? Thank You. Current set up: - 2x Phanteks PH-140TS in front as intake -2x Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-12, 1 top and 1 back as outtake -1x Kaze Flex 120mm at the top as outtake. -RAM: 8gb Hyperx Fury DDR4 -MOBO: B360M Bazooka -GPU: Asus Strix Gtx1070ti

Hi I always wanted some cheap tiny PC that would make no sound at all while using it So recently i bought some parts for cheap That's what inside the PC today - i3 3225 (55W TDP) with intel HD4000 - Prolimatech Megahalems cooler - 8Gb DDR3 - Asrock H77M ITX - KingSpec P3 120Gb SSD - Chieftec 120W ITX power supply - Realan i3s case An now for the build Log The case Looking for how much place I have for the psu Screws diddn't match so hot glue it is Inside done Test fitting before cutting the metal panel The final product I'm happy with the result and the temperatures are good too, after 15-20 minutes OCCT + Furmark / Aida 64 CPU+GPU torture test, im getting max 67°C on the cpu

So in this video Linus puts no fans on the be quiet dark rock pro 3 for a more silent PC. I'm wondering what's the best cooler to do this with or if you should even do this at all. I would be using a 6700k not overclocked.

Hey. I'm planning to do a silent build for a client. He wanted a completely silent pc with a i7 and a 390x. This good? Using stock fans for the case with Noctua low noise adapters btw... http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/YqZzQ7

Hi, new to the forums so i hope I'm doing this right I have recently built my new Pc, specs are: GPU:Asus Strix GTX 970 CPU:Intel I7 4790K RAM:32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 PSU:Corsair CX600M (Changing soon) Mobo:Asus Z97K Case:Corsair 230T Now, right now I am using the standard intel cooler that came with my CPU, however I am very particular with aesthetics and while it is doing a good job at keeping the CPU at reasonable temperatures, it looks awful in my case haha and I was looking at a 212 Evo as it is within my price range, however I would like to run it without the fan, I have an exhaust fan both directly behind and above the CPU running at max speed as I do not care for quietness too much (noise cancelling headphones) and I was wondering if this would be either equal to or an improvement over the stock cooler in terms of temperatures, thanks! -Carlstone13

Hey guys, I just put an ACX 2.0 on my Titan X and I am wondering whether or not to load a custom BIOS. Thanks.

so ive been looking around and cant seem to find this anywhere else except for nvidia cards , but could someone point me in the direction of how to make a fanless profile for my r9 290x ? (apologies if this is a double post or it was somewhere else , if so throw me a link ) thx all >>>edit as fanless as in for light use and web browsing and have the fans come on when it hits a temp target <<<