Recent content by silly_ed

Ok, made some progress on this project again... I have successfully mounted the IS-55 inside the 3460. There are two caveats though. The first being you can't mount any backplate for the cpu cooler, as the 3460 case already has mounting holes built-in the case itself. This requires some...

No update yet on the power supply fan - still need to test it and cramp a connector to it. Going further down this rabbit hole, when I was running the system without a psu fan for a short moment I also found the cpu cooler to be a bit noisy as well. Rattles a bit like the valves of a diesel...

In the mean time I got the ebm papst fan through the mail. Although this fan is more quiet than the OEM fan, unfortunately there's still some rattling kind of noise coming from it when powered by the internal header of the power supply. So I'm afraid the problem is not per se with either fans...

OK, not much feedback as of yet, but continuing my journey anyways as that small PSU fan is really irritating when the room is all silent. First I did some stress testing. I have a hard time to have the power supply draw more than 120W continuously from the wall outlet. Maybe a peak to 140W at...

Finally, I pulled the trigger and got myself a brand new Dell Precision 3460 SFF workstation (see this thread: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/making-the-lazy-choice-or-should-i-build-myself-dell-precision-3460-sff.18753/). It is doing great so far, and the CPU keeps cool and quiet...

As the thread suggests, I am looking for the easy way into a SFF machine. I am leaning towards the Dell Precision 3460 SFF for replacing my current workstation. I am running Linux (F38). I am a casual FHD gamer. The pro's: It has an attractive SFF size, and is built like a tank (W680...