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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: sirgilmour on September 27, 2015, 01:38:34 PM

Title: Asus P5E-VM DO + Q9400 or P5E-VM HDMI + Q6600 for gaming of videos?
Post by: sirgilmour on September 27, 2015, 01:38:34 PM

I have both motherboards and dont know how to tell wich one would be superior and more quiet to watch movies and play videogames.
I have 8gb of ram 800mhz and a Zotac GT 630 2GB Ram graphic pci-E card.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_HDMI/ (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_HDMI/) or https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_DO/ (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5EVM_DO/)
P5E-VM DO has no way of controlling the speed of the chassis fan, so i have to unplug it
P5E-VM Hdmi has Q-fan for chassis fan but setting it on auto gets way too loud after a few minutes of video or tiny game. the other options is 60% or more, very loud, or disable qfan and use speedfan, but running at 100% everytime i boot until speed manualy corrected.

Title: Re: Asus P5E-VM DO + Q9400 or P5E-VM HDMI + Q6600 for gaming of videos?
Post by: Geek-9pm on September 27, 2015, 03:09:38 PM

Don't make a decision only on the noise of the fan.
There are ways to reduce fan noise.
Get a speed controller that follows  case temp..
Wear headphones when you play.

Title: Re: Asus P5E-VM DO + Q9400 or P5E-VM HDMI + Q6600 for gaming of videos?
Post by: DaveLembke on September 28, 2015, 11:39:50 AM

Additionally replacing a smaller fan with a larger fan can blow same volume of air quieter. I went from a 80mm to 120mm fan in one system and it quieted it down some.

Title: Re: Asus P5E-VM DO + Q9400 or P5E-VM HDMI + Q6600 for gaming of videos?
Post by: patio on September 28, 2015, 02:21:18 PM

Replace the chassis fan with a higher quality ball bearing/ roller bearing  unit...