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theres a site that recently did tests with a case identical in cooling to the R4 and the overall best setup is four fans. -two in front -one rear -one top back position basically a smooth flowing wind tunnel with equal cfm going in and out. run the fans at 7v if you want to keep things...

i have the HR-02 + Thermalight TY-140 fan using pwm. the fan spins at 500-600rpm idle and no more than 800rpm at full load, it can go faster but my temps(load 55C) don't get high enough to push it. my case is an Fractal R4 using only the two stock fans running at 7v. My pc is: 3770k 8GB...

I have the R4. It's a very nice case and the only complaints i have are. -stock fans are not the best for noise. at 12V they are loud, 7V is very quiet but theres a bit of motor noise, 5V is near silent -the power button, HD light, reset button cable plug things are super cheap and fragile...

I don't plan on taking the Ty-140 off the hr-02. I was considering getting a second one for the back if the case and plugging it into another pwm plug. I'm just not sure how well it will work as a case fan or if a corsair would be a better pick. How do you find the corsair fan in comparison...

Alright. Now any suggestions on rear case fan? Would the corsair or thermalright be a better choice?

Prime95 brings temps to the mid 50s. Intel burn thing gets as high as mid 60s. No over clock and the case fans are at 12v right now. They're too noisy which is why I want to add more fans so I can run them slower but maintain air flow. Plus I have a 670 in there. Heatsink is a hr-02 with a...

I have a fractal r4 and I'm looking for two quiet fans to add to the case to get the most airflow with as little noise as possible. I'm going to put the stock fans in the front at 5v so I need one for the back and top. For the top i was thinking a corsair af140. how are they when it comes to...

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So it survives power cycles, good. If I remember correctly when using the tool you have unplug all but the drive you're changing settings on correct? Would that include ssd or just western digital drives?

Never mind figured it out on my own.

Quick question. I was removing my corsair hx620 to put it in my new build and noticed a pin missing on the 24 pin connector. It's the 5th pin in and it isn't attached to a wire. I also found this small 1.25" metal tube. The metal is round not squared like other pins. Is this piece supposed to be...

In the anandtech review they use a program to change drive settings including adjusting tler. They don't mention if the setting is volatile or if it survives power cycling. Anyone know? Using something like check-disk you can still attempt to recover bad sectors longer than tler allows...

^ Is the lack of deep error recovery something I should be conserned with in choosing a red drive for standalone storage? Sounds kind of important.

alright thanks everyone. picking up the red drive tomorrow

I can get a 2TB western digital red for $2 less then the same size green drive. Since the red drives are designed with nas in mind I need to know, are there are any downsides to buying the red over the green in my situation? The drive will be used to store music, movies and other stuff in my...