Recent content by Loogs

I have had my brain so fried on researching my first build the past few months, I haven't given it much thought, honestly. Last I took a glance at anything, the DragonFly by AudioQuest was just released. I was intrigued by the size, portability & claimed quality. Certainly breaking some ground...

Hey there, again, Vec ;) You are quite the help in my build. Thank you for clarifying GIGABYTE's quality. The "all Japanese capacitors" description first sparked my inquiry into that, as well as consumer reports. I'm utilizing all 3 optical bays (SATA II headers) with unique drives for...

Thanks for your reply, Vec. The more I think about it & analyze, the more sense it makes to use an active cooler. I will already be utilizing fans natively, so what's one more? Especially if they're Noctua or Be Quiet! units. The mild priority is silence, and I'll take their lower CFM...

Hello, I'm putting together my first build and I was looking for some suggestions & advice on CPU cooling. I will only be running it at stock speeds and not overclocking (apologies if this belongs in the "CPU" forum instead). I plan to use either the i5 3570 or, most likely, the i7 3770...

Hello, I am building my first rig, a Windows 7 Pro workstation/HTPC primarily for audio/image/video extraction, processing, encoding, playback and storage with the occasional legacy game. This build will be used daily. The native power of the work-oriented build will be more than enough for...