Fanless Phenom II X3 720BE Radeon 5670 Silent Blu-ray HTPC
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Fanless Phenom II X3 720BE Radeon 5670 Silent Blu-ray HTPC
This might look like a bunch of scattered pieces of metal but it is actuall the fanless heatpipe cooler for the CPU:
Silverstone Nightjar 300W fanless PSU:
Taming the Cables One by One:
1TB Seagate 7200.12 HDD in SilenceBox which completely removes all noise and clicking sound:
Everything in Place with Passive Radeon 5670:
Heatpipe CPU cooler transports heat from the Phenom II X3 720 to the side of the case:
It seems the flimsy ASUS aluminum heatsink ok the 5670 cant keep the card cool enough so I took it out and swapped it with a Zalman VF-1000 Copper cooler with the fan removed. Now the card idles at 70 degrees and shoots up to about 90C after a few hours of furmark:
Silverstone Nightjar 300W fanless PSU:
Taming the Cables One by One:
1TB Seagate 7200.12 HDD in SilenceBox which completely removes all noise and clicking sound:
Everything in Place with Passive Radeon 5670:
Heatpipe CPU cooler transports heat from the Phenom II X3 720 to the side of the case:
It seems the flimsy ASUS aluminum heatsink ok the 5670 cant keep the card cool enough so I took it out and swapped it with a Zalman VF-1000 Copper cooler with the fan removed. Now the card idles at 70 degrees and shoots up to about 90C after a few hours of furmark:
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I bought the case around $350 when the case was available through a canadian distributor.NeelyCam wrote:Purty. The case looks awesome. How much was the CPU heatpipe cooler?
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The MSI motherboard has better chipset cooling than the gigabyte..frenchie wrote:Nice !
Any reason for the motherboard change between the pictures ?