Guys there are other posts commenting on the fact that people seem to under estimate the power draw of the 7900gt. Its good but not less than a 7600gt? why would it have a psu power connector, which is for GPU's drawing 75watts+? Also the 7600gt, at peak, draws just a couple of watts more than a 660...

Why do so many people believe that the 7900gt produces less heat than a 6600gt? It cant be true check the reviews again? For a start the 7900gt requires a power connection to the PSU meaning whatever the measurement it needs more watts than a 6600gt and will therefore produce more heat. A 7600gt at ...

Given the fact you've bought all the components already (perhaps some weren't ideal for a quiet pc) the best route would be a reserator. Expensive but it will yeild the best results in your situation. Once that is taking care of your CPU and GPU you can work on removing/replacing small fans and perh...

I'm running a MCE 2005 PC and want to free up a PCI slot on my mATX board (which is in a tower case) to put in a second TV tuner card. Currently I use a VF700 alcu so I need to find a quiet single slot solution. I've looked hard to no avail - please help!! Also could any bright spark tell me if it w...

I used to have an aria with the stock components listed in my sig (hot admittedly) and it was one of the loudest pc's I've heard. Unless your using a low power machine with on board or very basic graphics you need a full size case with proper heatsinks, 120mm fans, aftermarket VGA cooler, suspended ...

Thats easily the best system I've seen on here. Looks like your pretty handy with this silencing lark.

Cheers Rachel, appreciated

Well for 2 months I'm pretty sure my nexus have started at the 5V setting everytime. I just wanna be sure this is safe as often my computer is left on S3 suspend so it powers up to record tv when I'm out. Also I have a VF700 for my 6600gt (rma'd currently) and wanna be sure that'l start everytime at...

In my system I have a front and rear nexus 120mm connected to a Akasa fan control jnr, I set the fan controller to the minimum setting. As far as I'm aware they have always started up, but from reading some other posts it seems not all fans can be relied upon to start at 5V. Am I taking a risk doing...

I rarely comment on gallery entries, but have to say yours is probably the best set up I've seen yet. Using the fan in that position to cool CPU and GPU is brilliant. Is there only one fan in your whole system?! How about HDD temps?(also what drive do you use+is it suspended) Think your X800 should ...

Cutting away the corners is very simple, i just used a small hacksaw and a metal sanding file. Takes all of five mins. Don't bother with the other clips. I've tried suck and blow orientations on my xp120 + nexus and found pretty much no difference in cooling. I have mine sucking so as the hot air is...

Perikooo, Like the look of that system! In my humble opinion I'd go with the gigabyte mobo, excellent value for money, all the best features. Really I think you'd only want the CPU fan controlled by the mobo as it does require lots of speed adjustment depending on what your doing. The case fans are ...

Right, I just noticed Spods edit on his earlier post, and it seems like the untimely demise of my card could, infact, be due to the ram overheating - not the GPU itself. Edit - there's also the possibility that the GPU was cooled just fine, but the memory overheated. IIRC, the ZM80 series don't dire...

Well I would hope that the gigabyte heatpipe would be as good or better seeing as it was designed specifically for that purpose, however as I said the zalman ZM80D-HP was working a treat (with my 2 nexus case fans at 12V). Just don't want to worry about it, nor void my warranty. Least if the gigabyt...

Thanks guys, You've confirmed my worst fears, it seems the card is smoked. But like I say I monitored temps using both the GPU monitor and Everest, all was going swimmingly for 3 weeks? I will try to return the card (with the stock cooler on it :twisted: ) as I think I didn't burn it out, I never ha...

Cheers Shadownight, seems like sound advice. Like I say I checked temps really often as I was concerned about putting a passive heatsink on a 6600GT, I have my 2 nexus case fans on full virtually all the time and this had been doing the job fine since I modified 3 weeks ago. I was thinking about put...

Hi guys. I recently rebuilt my extremely noisy SFF media center 2005 PC (see sig) and considering the components (P4 3.2!) the result is/was stunning. With the fans set to low it is barely audible even in the silence of night!! I'm using the ZM80D-HP on the GPU card. I have been using Everest and ot...

looks good to me mate, but...... 1.Go for the Samsung spinpoint HD (pref with nidec motor!-check reviews here). My seagate is noisy even tho suspended. 2.I reckon you should go for gigabytes fanless 6600gt or 6800 - but you will need to ensure good case airflow ( i have a fanless 6600gt - zm80d usin...

I also have 2 nexus 120mm case fans and use a passive zalman zm80d on my 6600gt (pci-e). It doesn't go beyond 60c with case fans on full and stays below 70C will them undervolted. I'm sure it'd work no probs. I'm don't know what the recommended temps are for your particular card but the throttle tem...

good on you Aleksi, anyway i reckon they're both good cards. I expect your 6800 will come with a temp monitor, mine did and the core threshold is 127C !!!! If it does not try using Everest home edition temp monitor (its brilliant and free- the link is on this site - otherwise google it) As I said pr...

Neil, Can't thank you enough for your spot on advice. I did as I should have and checked for the source of the case resonance, and as you indicated it did indeed come from my seagate 7200.7 sata hdd, which i had suspended but obviously not properly. So i have changed my suspension method and hey pre...

Having spent ages reading this and many other silent pc sites I have re-built my ludicrously noisy SFF media center PC. I'm really happy with the results, the system (see sig) is only audible at night. The majority of the remaining noise is case resonance, and i believe this is due to the fact that ...

Hi Aleksi, Your question seems to be '6600gt or 6800 standard'. Clearly from your links it is possible to passively cool either card, and it would be better for it to be stock passively cooled. I have 6600gt pci-e and I put a hp80d on it (as i see you've also used). This adequately cools my card, HO...

I've just this minute bought the following items in order to quiet down my noisy media center cube (see sig) Compucase 6A19 black Xp120 + nexus 120mm - will this fit mobo/case (matx gigabtye mobo) 2x nexus case fans Seasonic S12 430 Zalman ZM-80D-HP - for 6600gt pci-e (club 3d) is this ok? I need to...

Having bought an excellent but noisy media center 2005 cube pc (see sig) I'm now having to decide what silent pc set up will give me the best results, within a reasonable budget. I had previously made my mind up on making the following changes: Case: Acousticase 6607b PSU: Seasonic S12 430 HSF: xp 1...

Excellent, cheers for letting me know, I'm on it! Well now I'm thinking about getting a Zalman reserator 1, the S12 430 and suspending my HDD, possibly with a Antec SLK3000B case and one nexus 120mm for intake. Guess that'd be the ultimate solution? CTL emailed me today and said the SL12 430/500/600...

Cheers Dane, Have been thinking about using a fan controller of some sort, that looks just the ticket for my purposes. Now just holding out for a source for the S12 PSU over here in the U.K, I've also emailed a couple of suppliers so hopefully they'll get back to me and I'll let everyone know when a...

As you can see from my sig I own an Antec Aria 'The worlds quietest pc' it certainly ain't, in fact its possibly the noisiest I've ever encountered!!! To be honest the only way of getting a quiet SFF is to use onboard graphics, mod the PSU fan and run a low power AMD or Pentium M processor(and findi...

Cheers Ben/Dane, You guys are right, I'll hang on and get one of those(S12 430). Bit wary of fanless PSU's so this is the answer. Dane - I'll keep my eyes peeled for any updates on your supplier, a 430 would do me nicely!(seems they're only stocking S12 430 upwards). Any more thoughts on cooling in ...

I am about to buy a new pc case/psu/HSF/case fans in order to make my system quieter. I have decided on all items as follows, but don't know what PSU to get? obviously I'd like an S12 330 but can't get em in UK yet!! Acousticase 6607b xp-120 + nexus 120mm 2 x nexus 120mm silent case fans Nexus/silen...