Barbarian_PT
Limp Gawd
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i've just bought a sf450w and i'm planning to build a i5 6600 and a gtx \070-1080
That's a noise little PSU... I have one...
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i've just bought a sf450w and i'm planning to build a i5 6600 and a gtx \070-1080
Yours must be faulty then. The Corsair SF450 is one of, if not the quietest SFX PSU on the market thus far.That's a noise little PSU... I have one...
Yours must be faulty then. The Corsair SF450 is one of, if not the quietest SFX PSU on the market thus far.
ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING
Intel Core i7 6700 3,4 GHz 8MB + Cryorig C7
Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Vengeance LPX Black
Corsair SF450 450W
Samsung 950-series PRO 512GB M.2 NVMe
Asus Nvidia 1080 Strix (Non OC)
By "noise little" he means quiet, I think. Otherwise he would have written "noisy".
Very odd, even on full load mine wasn't loud at all.Sorry, I meant noisy. When I have the computer in idle, the PSU is the louder component of the PC.
As I said been thinking about 6700 since I want the system reasonable quiet but do we have any idea how much more noise a 6700K (non OC) would make? Cryorig C7 seem to speced for managing that at least or will the Strix 1080 most likely be the loudest component anyway? (I been using it a little bit in my old Prodigy case and it seem to be quite quiet).
As I said been thinking about 6700 since I want the system reasonable quiet but do we have any idea how much more noise a 6700K (non OC) would make? Cryorig C7 seem to speced for managing that at least or will the Strix 1080 most likely be the loudest component anyway? (I been using it a little bit in my old Prodigy case and it seem to be quite quiet).
It is on vessel. Someone also shared it on Vimeo a few posts back. It should be on YouTube soon.Where can i see this Luke's review? I think i missed it. Thanks.
Here:It is on vessel. Someone also shared it on Vimeo a few posts back. It should be on YouTube soon.
Checked that guy's account that uploaded the last one, looks like they grabbed this one too!
Audio is kind of shitty though.
Im thinking of picking up some dust filters for the side panels..as I understand, aluminium is not magnetic so i will just tape them on the inside...but does anyone know what the dimensions of the ventilation holes are on each of the side panels? Would a 240mm dual fan type filter be able to completely cover the side panel vents? Or would I need a custom filter size?
Sorry, I meant noisy. When I have the computer in idle, the PSU is the louder component of the PC.
Zero RPM Fan Mode
Building a silent PC? SF Series power supplies are so efficient that the fan doesn’t need to spin at low to medium loads.
I would probably be smarter to change GPUs, I imagine dan didn't put a hole there himself for structural reasons.Looking at the pictures it seems that the front has 2 separate aluminum panels 1cm apart. I wondered if it would somehow be possible to cut an opening to the inner panel so that a longer GPU could fit. I have the zotac 970 extreme core, which is 303mm so just a few millimeters too long and I think it would be stupid to sell it just to get a bit shorter card because the 970 prices have dropped so much since the new generation GPUs were released.
I thinking about buying the following components for my A4-SFX (If Intel doesn't relase Kabby Lake and there is a reason for that), I have a new Asus 1080 Strix (non OC) already.
ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING
Intel Core i7 6700 3,4 GHz 8MB + Cryorig C7
Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Vengeance LPX Black
Corsair SF450 450W
Samsung 950-series PRO 512GB M.2 NVMe
My main concern are the Samsung M.2 SSD. There has been reports that it is running HOT and I am concerned that sloted under the mainboard might be an issue? What do you think?
The 950 is probably a bad idea in this case. I've some people report it gets hot and throttles. And that is in cases with active case cooling and m2 slots on the top side of the board, which would help alleviate more of the heat. Here is one example. Shows it getting upwards of 72c without the custom installed heatsinks. That prob isn't a good idea when it's under the motherboard and sandwiched between a motherboard and gpu.
I agree. No assembly explanations, no CPU cooler options, no benchmarks, nothing... A very weak review.
You are right and the m.2 SSD will probably get hot and may throttle, but that doesn't make it a bad idea. A throttling m.2 950pro will probably be faster than any SATA connected SSD.
This is what Allyn Malventano writes over at PC Perspective:
"As you can see, you would have to write nearly 150GB at over 1.5GB/sec to get a 950 PRO to warm up enough to throttle, and when it does, the throttling is very minor, dropping to only 1.2GB/sec intermittently. The slightest airflow prevents this from happening at all, and even if there was zero airflow, the chances of maxing a 950 PRO out on writes for that long of a burst is extremely unlikely in even the most demanding consumer usage scenario."
IDLE results:
Bottom M.2 Slot Throttled by ~40% after ~50-60 sec
Top M.2 Slot Throttled by ~45% after ~45-50 sec Throttled by ~55% after ~35 sec
Upright M.2 Slot Throttled by ~42% after ~65-70 sec Throttled by ~42% after ~65 sec
Underside M.2 Slot Throttled by ~48% after ~53-58 sec
LOAD results:
Bottom M.2 Slot Throttled by ~52% after ~40 sec Throttled by ~68% after ~14-17 sec
Top M.2 Slot Throttled by ~50% after ~25 sec Throttled by ~76% after ~7 sec
Upright M.2 Slot Throttled by ~48% after ~55 sec Throttled by ~56% after ~40-44 sec
Underside M.2 Slot Throttled by ~70% after ~25 sec N/A
- The ambient temperature within the system has a massive effect on when the drive throttles. It makes sense that a drive will throttle sooner in a hotter environment, but in the worst case we were seeing throttling in as soon as six or seven seconds!
That is on an ATX motherboard with M2 on the topside. It's also likely it has active cooling and a lower ambient temperature inside the case than the A4-SFX will have.
And other sites show the Samsung throttling pretty bad, like here:
I don't see a point wasting the extra money if the drive is going to throttle that badly. Better of spending the extra money to get a 1TB sata SSD, especially in a case like the A4 where it's most likely going to be slightly warmer than a standard case.