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There are 4 posts filed in PC hardware (this is page 1 of 1).

Replacing MasterFan MF120L with an beQuiet Silent Wings 3 fans

Recently was playing with the fan configurations to make my PC super quiet on idle. Noticed that biggest rattling sound comes from Master Liquid radiator fans even on low RPM. Decided to change them. Some googling led me to beQuiet Silent Wings 3 fans – Virtually inaudible operation at max. 15.5dB(A) 6-pole fan motor for […]

in PC Build, PC hardware | 146 Words | 1 Webmention | 1 Comment

Replacing MasterWatt 650W with Corsair RMx 650w

So Cooler Master – MasterWatt 650W had some noisy coil whine when under load and I replaced it with Corsair – RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply. Happy with it. Almost no coil whine when loaded, dead silent on normal use. And it is rated better and has very positive reviews and price/value […]

in PC Build, PC hardware | 132 Words | Comment

Intel i5-8600k 5000k overclocking settings

Mother board MSI PC PRO CPU overclock BIOS settings: Multiplier 50 Voltage fixed to 1.3v   RAM overclock BIOS settings: XMP Enabled, profile 2800 Memeory Try it Enabled, Memory Try It Limit selected.  

in Hardware, Overclocking, PC hardware | 32 Words | Comment

PSU mounting – fan facing up or down

My two cents rant about PSU fan facing up or down when it is mounted in the bottom of the case when talking about semi fan less power supplies. Facing up: Heat goes up. When PSU fan is off, all that little heat will go up directly to the GPU. When PSU fan is on, […]

in Hardware, PC hardware, PSU | 264 Words | Comment

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