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You have on the specification page:
"Supports All CPUs up to 65W TDP"
This CPU has 100W TDP so it does not have enough power to adequatelly cool the CPU.
You can also conclude that based on a size of a fan. 90mm fan (on TT) with the same RPM has much lower performance than 120mm fan (on Big Shuriken 2). Increased performance on TT (on the side that even increased performance is not enough) can be achieved only with faster rotating of fan, which corespond to higher noise, so althogh specification says 16dba - this is related only to the minimum speed of the fan. I have monitored the market for the long time, and concluded that Big Shuriken 2 is the most silent solution......if someone finds some another - better for all of us, but I don`t think that this one is.
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Yes, of course that we can not take for granted that bigger fan means 100% more power with same RPM, but this is just one of the assumptions, which in this case supposed to be true when you look at the specifications.
You can see that this second TT cooler can support CPUs with 130w TDP, with very low noise, and it has 120mm fan. But, it is a petty that it is to high for the low profile cases - 95mm.
When you see some of performed CPU coolers test, Shuriken 2 is one of the most silent ones even in category with higher coolers.....so its hight is really +++
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I am related to the subject of this post - and that is A8-3850 with slim Silverstone case.
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i bought this exact setup per your recomendation in my other thread. Now i havnt installed xbmc on it yet, im doing windows updates, right now i have it hooked to my 1080p 50 inch panasonic plasma, by default it wasnt filling the whole screen i had to use a scaling option is this normal? is there a better way of doing it? i want my movies to be coming in crystal clear.
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i use the overscan setting in CCC