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Has anyone used both a blower and open cooler GPU in this case? What was the temp difference like? I've got an MSI 970 Gaming and I use 2 120's on the floor but I'm thinking about switching to a reference 970. The temps would probably be the same for the GPU (around 70° C while gaming) but I'm...

hey thanks for the quick response. so the hot air would exhaust from the sides of the heat sink and then rise upward?

Here's mah new v5 build. Pretty standard stuff. I had a question about my temps though. Playing Witcher 3 on an ultrawide at 1080 I'm getting high 50s to low 60s on the CPU and the GPU sits pretty consistently at 70 degrees. Are these temps acceptable? CPU is a 4590. I think it's a little on...

This is pretty much it. I decided to keep the SF600. It's passive for everything except running the GPU full throttle, and by then the GPU fans completely cover the sound from the PSU fan. For anything non-GPU or CPU intensive more than likely the fan will be off. Corsair really nailed it with...

My M1 showed up today! Shipping was way faster then I expected, Taiwan to California was 2 days then from LA to MD was another 3. I complained about the price on reddit somewhere but now that I've built it, I seriously have zero regrets, it's immaculate. I could not be happier. I went through 3...

shit...I literally just got home from buying the 600 lol. How's your experience with it been? I opened it but I'm not sure if I'm going to test it or not since I don't have the adapter bracket and my M1 is still in the mail.

won't the fan stay off longer if there's more overhead?

Sell my open cooler MSI 970 4G and buy a 1070 blower or nah?

So would it be best to wait on buying a SF600 then? From what I read, the extra overhead is *supposed* to allow for lower fan speeds than equivalent loads on the SF450 but Corsair was too conservative with the fan curve. Is this something that will be corrected sooner than later?

I've read somewhere that the SF450 is quieter then the SF600 because the fan curve is less aggressive. Could someone explain why? I obviously know nothing about PSU's but, why doesn't the extra overhead on the SF600 make it run cooler? Ordered an M1, heres the guts: i5 4590 MSI GTX 970 4G 2...

Hi I was hoping someone with a NH-U9S could help me out. How well does this cooler perform in the M1 and what would be the ideal fan placement? I'm using a locked 4590 so I'm sure it'll be fine but I'm curious how it will deal with the heat rising from the GPU.

Hey guys I need some advice on what would be the best air cooling set up for a non-reference style GTX 970 (MSI Gaming). I was thinking of using an NH-U9S set to exhaust out the back of the case and having a single 120mm as intake on the side. Do I need another 2 fans on the bottom as intake for...

Are you saying mount the fan directly on the PSU? I preordered an M1 so I was planning on having the PSU intake facing the inside of the case and having a 120mm intake on the opposite side blowing air into the PSU.

In between the L9x65, L9, and U9S. Current chip cant overclock (i5 4590 + H97) so I'm thinking about being a little conservative and getting the L9x65 or L9. Good idea/bad idea and whats the difference in performance between the 3 coolers?

Just preordered today! Can't wait. Even though I have to. It's gonna be a long 2 months.

I saw a couple hundred pages back that someone used a riser cable w/ their GPU. How is the GPU secured if not attached to the board?

I use two SSDs for Windows + OSX. In the future I'd like to buy a big SSD and consolidate my system drives. Side fan would make sense, I was a little concerned about the cooler being non reference style and what that would mean for air flow. I'm not sure I understand your reasoning in back to...

wow i can't believe i missed that. honestly i stopped reading after the rubber band post. so is the semi fanless issue a luck of the draw type thing or is every psu going to have it?

I'm sure this is a horribly stupid question but, has anyone tried voiding their warranty and replacing the fan? Would a slim Noctua fit?

Hey everyone, this is my first post here! I think I'm going to preorder the N1 next Friday so I wanted to get some input and opinions on the build before I commit. PSU: Silverstone SX500 LG CPU: i5 4590 GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming RAM: 16 GB DDR3 1600 MOBO: Gigabyte H97N Wifi SSD: 256 GB...