It's arrived!

[bigben]

My new PC. It's a little bit huge...

Chuffed to bits, pictures don't do it justice (probably because they were taken on a phone camera.)

http://s1245.photobucket.com/albums/gg598/bigben93/ Like I said, pictures are a bit lame but oh well...

Just got to wait for the replacement for my faulty 2nd monitor now:/

Spec is in my signature

 

[jonnytruckfest]

Awesome pics man! May you have hours of happy gaming on it! + Rep for pics!

 

[Corfate]

Very very nice rig!

 

[bigben]

Thanks
It's quite noisy even with the fans on low speed and not doing that much. Would different fans make it quieter or is the noise just something I will have to get used to?

 

[Corfate]

Thanks
It's quite noisy even with the fans on low speed and not doing that much. Would different fans make it quieter or is the noise just something I will have to get used to?

When i got my new pc, i was surprised how loud it was, but that was cause my previous pc was virtually silent You get used to it to a certain extent, but if you hate it, you can always replace any case fans that are too loud. You could even change the fans on the CPU if you were feeling adventurous, but as you can guess, it's more tricky and costly

 

[bigben]

When i got my new pc, i was surprised how loud it was, but that was cause my previous pc was virtually silent You get used to it to a certain extent, but if you hate it, you can always replace any case fans that are too loud. You could even change the fans on the CPU if you were feeling adventurous, but as you can guess, it's more tricky and costly

Urgh, that sounds too much like effort

I'll put up with it, with the SSD it takes no time to just turn it off and on when I need

 

[Corfate]

Urgh, that sounds too much like effort

I'll put up with it, with the SSD it takes no time to just turn it off and on when I need

I know what you mean, i just got myself an SSD, it's so fast compared to a standard HDD

Ps, thanks for the rep

 

[Maestro]

Have you been in the bios and checked if q-fan is enabled etc.

 

[Narcotics]

Nice rig +rep for the pics:yes:

 

[bigben]

Have you been in the bios and checked if q-fan is enabled etc.

Not entirely comfortable going into the bios without help.. Would it be able to control the fans? I would have thought they were run separately off the fan controller?
Thanks

 

[Maestro]

do you have a fan controller. If so have you used it to turn the fan speeds down.

 

[truegrace]

The stock fans on my cm690 are virtually silent even at Max speed, the gpu fans however, now that's another story.

Is it def the case fans that are giving off the noise?

 

[bigben]

do you have a fan controller. If so have you used it to turn the fan speeds down.

The stock fans on my cm690 are virtually silent even at Max speed, the gpu fans however, now that's another story.

Is it def the case fans that are giving off the noise?

Yes, I used the fan controller to temporarily turn the fans off, I think it must be either the GPU or the CPU cooler.
Surely it wouldn't be the GPU if all I'm doing is internet? (obviously I could be wrong).
Does anybody know how to turn down the CPU cooler to have a look? It would be nice if it was a little quieter for general use and I could just turn it up when doing more intensive stuff.

Thanks

 

[keynes]

You shouldnt turn it off, you can control the fan speed of the cpu cooler by using asus suite (fan xpert), you can find it in your mobo cd

 

[truegrace]

Might be worth checking your CPU/gpu temps as well, as excessive heat will make the fans spin up

 

[Wolvo7]

Great rig Are those the Logitech Z506 speakers and the RAT 7 mouse? Can you let me know what you think of them they're at the top of my list for peripherals. Thx

 

[bigben]

You shouldnt turn it off, you can control the fan speed of the cpu cooler by using asus suite (fan xpert), you can find it in your mobo cd

Thanks. Did this and found out that the slowest the CPU fan can spin is 2257 RPM. Oh well, I'll get used to it.

 

[bigben]

Great rig Are those the Logitech Z506 speakers and the RAT 7 mouse? Can you let me know what you think of them they're at the top of my list for peripherals. Thx

No and yes.
The speakers are logitech x540, they are really good, nice clear sound and can go pretty loud (enough to wind up the neighbors) but I don't know if you can still get them.
The Rat 7 is good, fits my big hands nicely but can be changed so it would fit smaller hands, haven't really used it for any games yet but I would imagine its good for that as well, for example the button that slows down the cursor speed to make it easier to aim on FPS games.
Probably not as good reviews as you were after but...

 

[Wolvo7]

No and yes.
The speakers are logitech x540, they are really good, nice clear sound and can go pretty loud (enough to wind up the neighbors) but I don't know if you can still get them.
The Rat 7 is good, fits my big hands nicely but can be changed so it would fit smaller hands, haven't really used it for any games yet but I would imagine its good for that as well, for example the button that slows down the cursor speed to make it easier to aim on FPS games.
Probably not as good reviews as you were after but...

No it's fine there're tons of reviews detailing the specs, I just wanted your general opinion as a user, not a reviewer I'm 6'2" so I guess my hands would be on the large side of things, so no pb there Cheers