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by gremboid
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:07 am
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Which is the quietest air cooled HD4850?
Replies: 20
Views: 9019

Which is the quietest air cooled HD4850?

Hi, I'm about to upgrade to a 24" widescreen monitor and my budget will stretch to a Radeon HD4850 card as well. I want the quietest one I can get my hands on though. Obviously a fan-less design would be best, but I'm not sure my system will take the extra heat right now, so I'm looking for solution...
by gremboid
Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:52 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Reserator 2 Advice
Replies: 4
Views: 4833

Hey, thanks for everyones replies.

I'll check out those posts you mentioned as well El Jefe. I am looking to upgrade at some point soon as well.

Thanks!
by gremboid
Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:01 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Reserator 2 Advice
Replies: 4
Views: 4833

Reserator 2 Advice

Hi there, I thnk I'm ready to actually try watercooling now. I dabbled with the idea before but ran out of money. This is the setup I'm looking to cool: A8N Sli Deluxe Motherboard Athlon64 XP 4000 Nvidia 9600GT 2GB Corsair RAM WD 320Gb HDD Enermax 525w Mod82+ PSU 1x 120mm Nexus Rear case fan Thermal...
by gremboid
Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:38 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: FX5600 Cooling
Replies: 0
Views: 1165

FX5600 Cooling

I'm sorting out a system for somebody, and the fan on this graphics card is making some horrible noises. I think the bearings have basically gone. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out what would be the best repalcement fan/cooler for this particular card? Any help you guys could offer would be great, T...
by gremboid
Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:29 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Missing speaker in Antec P150? Please confirm.
Replies: 19
Views: 10766

I've just built my machine. Do you think its worth getting a speaker?
by gremboid
Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:27 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Missing speaker in Antec P150? Please confirm.
Replies: 19
Views: 10766

I just built my new system today, and wondered exactly the same thing. The case manual talks about connecting a seemingly non existant speaker.

Should there be one or not?
by gremboid
Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:11 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Will this cooling be sufficient?
Replies: 6
Views: 2996

Eliminating noise was one of my first prioritys when choosing these parts. I intend to watercool with the Zalman Reserator. I'm going to suspend the HDD in the P150, and see how I go with regards to noise. The reason I'm not installing the reserator just now is because I'm half expecting problems wi...
by gremboid
Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:36 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Will this cooling be sufficient?
Replies: 6
Views: 2996

Will this cooling be sufficient?

Hi there. Im just about to build this system: Antec P150 Case ASUS a8n sli deluxe motherboard amd 4000+ cpu 2gb corsair value ram BFG geforce 7800GT BenQ1640 DVD-RW WD 320GB 32000JD HDD I plan to watercool a little further down the road, but I want to put all this together first, to make sure all of...
by gremboid
Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:42 pm
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Reserator & Dangerden Chipset Block
Replies: 2
Views: 2657

Reserator & Dangerden Chipset Block

Hi, I'm going to use the Zalman Reserator +1 to cool my system. When using 2 graphics cards, it has been reported that Zalmans water block doesnt fit properly. Therefore I have found an alternative block; one made by DangerDen especially for the motherboard I have (Asus A8N-SLI) Heres a link: http:/...
by gremboid
Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:08 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: ASUS A8N-SLi chipset and Reserator advice
Replies: 6
Views: 4405

Tireoldman, I'm going to choose this board as I would still want to watercool the chipset, as I want to have as few case fans as possible. The heatpipe would add to the overall case temps I would have thought. Hravn, yeah I have been keeping tabs on the problems with this power supply and motherboar...
by gremboid
Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:30 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: ASUS A8N-SLi chipset and Reserator advice
Replies: 6
Views: 4405

ASUS A8N-SLi chipset and Reserator advice

Hi there, I've been lurking and reading everything I can here, before I delve into building myself a nice and quiet machine. The resources here have been a great help. I've finally settled on all of the components in the system I want to put together. Right now I dont have plans to overclock, but I ...