Day 1 of having an awesome PC

[rcamry]

So, today i received this awesome pc:

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-8350 Eight Core CPU (4.00GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£79)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)
Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
Keyboard & Mouse
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse
CM Storm Xornet Gaming Mouse (£19)

And first thing i noticed was on startup it made a unsettling clicking noise, as if it was screaming...

So i tested the fans and whenever they got to 50% duty it would start clicking again

I instantly turned it off and opened it up and found a stray wire inside the GPU bending outwards into the fan (My guess is that it got knocked during transit, no? ok! sshhh)

Anyhow, after dislodging it i restarted the computer and the fans were fine.

This being my first proper PC i had no idea that a HDMI cable would make it blurry (If your tv is dumb)
so unless my Tv magically decides to let me disable the "enhancements" i am going to buy a new monitor from PCS

So thats where you guys come in!, I have no idea what monitor to get.

Budget: Around £100 - £150 (Yeah after this pc im broke)

It must have a HDMI slot and i would like it to be somewhat large 22"-24"ish?

i had my eye on the:
24" IIYAMA E2481HS-1 Widescreen (£145)

Opinions?

 

[keynes]

Go with the iiyama monitor.

 

[lewishollings]

I've heard great thanks about those iiyama monitors from plenty of people on these forums, I'd like to give one a go, plus I need a smaller monitor

 

[rcamry]

Thanks for the feedback, i will be going with the liyama monitor.

Day 2 and after tweaking the cpu fan to not be extremely annoying
i noticed that the wifi card is directly infront of one of the 770 gpu fans, cutting off about half of the fan. is this ok or is it restricting airflow?

 

[rcamry]

Ok so heres a picture of the wifi card infront of the 770, just want assurance that this is absolutely fine



also, my fans are very loud even when idle

I changed bios setting to silent and tinkered with the advanced settings to no avail
2 chassis fans were spinning at a moderate 880 rpm
the cpu fan was spinning at around 2000 (at lowest settings mind)
And the other chassis fan was 4000 and despite my best efforts would not go down

Is there a software like thundermaster (software that controls gpu fans)
that i can use to change my fans manually according to what im doing, gaming/movie
or maybe a software that puts a big red button with "SILENCE" on it

 

[nathanjrb]

It should be fine, so long as you didn't actually block the GPU fan and leave it no space. The location now looks fine to me. I'm not sure about fan software, but I use Asus AI Suite II to control my fans and that has a silent mode. Only 4 pin PWM fans can have their speed controlled this way. (I think!)