Recent content by dynkin

It should be a good design but after saw some bad reviews online(e.g rust, vibration), I start to doubt the quality of Cooler Master case overall. I would recommend Lian Li Lancool, K56/K58/K62. They're slightly different. The K62 is a K58 paint dark inside and K56 is a K58 without top vent.

How about a Lian Li Lancool K58? It is new and designed for latest hardware.

How about a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H and AMD Phenom II X2 550 combo? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.240747 DDR3 sticks are still very expensive. Why not DDR2? After one or two years, when you decide to upgrade, they will be much cheaper.

Thank you. I'm still debating between external power supply and built in power supply. It seems that the pico psu will meet my need. But I'm also looking for a case that is large enough for at least one 3.5" hard drive. When I factor this into my build, it seems there are not many tiny cases...

Mine shows $124. They fix the price error?

DDR3 might help but I don't think the mobo alone will improve the performance. If you don't use SLI, I don't see any reason to upgrade on a platform that is soon to be phased out. Save your money and grab a P55 motherboard!

Now comes to the pico itself. Will it produce any noise during usage?

Thank you. I've read that some high watt adapters have fans built in. How do I know if it is silent?

I'm also leaning toward this. There seems to be a 150w model on the market but I cannot find a suitable power brick. The largest I can find is the 120w one.

I've considering to build a mini itx system using desktop components, maybe a dual core on G45, NVidia 9300 or AMD 780g. I check power consumption of similar systems first and it seems the system will run at 50-60w most of the time and 100-120w under heavy stress. Therefore I'm looking for some...

You mean C rise or C? I wonder where are you living:)

Yes, you're correct. Additional power phases doesn't directly improve oc ability. They exist for two reasons: First, they help reduce ripples. Ripples are harmful to the stability of the system, especially for high frequency circuits. Secondly, currents are now distributed more evenly...

You need to be very careful when replace stock chipset heatsinks. They use plastic push pins and there are circuits near holes. The last time I try to remove these push pins, I accidentally smeared (at least cosmetically) some of these circuits and it showed me BSOD right after that.

I use Noctua P12 and NExus 1000rpm and I prefer the Nexus because it is quieter. If you don't make your i7@4ghz under 100% load 24/7, I believe Nexus is good enough. But if you're very sensitive to temperature, try some faster fans. Gentle Typhoon is said to be great.

Any tower heatsink that uses 120mm fan will be good. OCZ Vendetta 2. For example: OCZ Vendetta 2 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008593 Zerotherm FZ120 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008565 Buy the combo with 1366 kit to save more...