The width is the same as the S1, however, and that means it's incompatible with slimmer cases. (Of course, for a creative hardware modder, it's no big challenge to reduce the size of the S2 with minimal effect on cooling.) I guess I'm not that creative. But has anyone successfully cut heatpipes whi...

I have the zalman, and I'm unimpressed. Too loud with stock fan, and bad temperatures with a 5v 120mm fan mod (too far between heatpipe and heatsink edge).

You'd need a mesh case in order to pull it off - the non water cooled system components generates heat too you know. And, obviously you have to connect the water cooling to the PSU as well. This means you have to use a fanless psu that ships its heat to the casing, such as the silverstone. To yes, y...

At the same time the ATI drivers are enough to counterbalance all the advantages in my mind. So even if it were faster, and had all those points, I would still get the GTS for my fusion. but then again, it's more a gaming machine, and less a machine to play HDCP encoded dvds (thats what dvd players...

Fastest is this card faster than a 8600GTS? Well, no one knows yet. But you can expect it to perform on par with the 8600GTS while consuming less power (silent 8600GTS gets HOT) thanks to the 65nm process. And since the HD series cards has integrated HDCP HDMI it will be the card for a htpc case su...

http://www.dailytech.com/Sapphire+Announces+Silent+HD+2600+XT/article7425.htm Sapphire has announced a passive HD 2600XT, with heatpipes running around the card instead of over it. Finally a completely silent but powerful GPU solution for the Fusion. http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/4842_2600_ult...

I'm very sound sensitive, and have used only passive cards for the last four years (with the exception of a low-volted Zalman VF900-CU). With that said, I never thought I would stand the noise from a 8800GTS. Granted, I have a pretty heavy case with accoustifoam lining, but I still can just barely h...

Nici: A 500w silverstone would be awesome, I can't see how they could pull that off without active cooling though. miahallen: And about the nvidia 22A limit - it's there in order to let people like Joe 6-pack get a really fast GPU into their system without worries their rig will fry (as people can h...

Well, guys, thanks for your input! I may be a bit dumb, but I got the 8800GTS. I'm not really that much into gaming or video editing, so most of the time the system would be on idle - which I figured the PSU would easily take... And it has. The 8800 really is amazingly quiet for pumping out so much ...

Hi all! I've upgraded my setup to a E6600 (65w tdp), 2gb Geil memory and an abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD motherboard. I also have two RAIDed 2.5" sata 40gb drives, and one old 200gb ide drive (will soon be replaced by a NAS HD). The setup is cooled by 2x120mm nexus fans and a zalman 9500 (the stock fan is ...

Hi, thanks for responding! Neil - Isn't that connection done with onboard graphics only? Sounds like you produce both laptop tft image and s-video tv out with the same gpu, as I understand it? What I mean is two separate gpu:s producing an extended desktop, like if you recieved your s-video signal f...

Hi, I've recently 'modernized' my comp slightly. In doing so, the old AGP card had to go, and I planned to use the onboard graphics (X1250) until buying into a R600-based gpu this fall (or perhaps an 8600, depends on if ATI can reduce the outrageous R600 wattage). I used to have my comp connected vi...

That 6cm high cooler must be possible to mod to a GPU - as it works better with more wattage a gpu version must be optimal.

Isn't the XP series a socket A only processor?

If so, the ultra-120 will not fit.

Every preview I've read has stated that the PS3 is inaudible next to the xbox 360 (doesn't say that much since the 360 sounds like a small jet plane), and that it has been cool to the touch. So no, I think Sony's made a much better thermal design than microsoft. If you examine the PS3 closely, you c...

I can't see it happen ;/

Is there any cases like the Aero-case commercially available, not counting the fugly zalman TNN series? By that I mean cases with heatsinks. The aerocase seems optimal, but not available yet. With such a case, a single 120mm nexus could take care of mb/cpu/ram, while the case itselfs take care of, f...

I want to see more of this... Looks what many of us has been waiting for...

Well, I'm starting to feel like I've made the right choice then ;) The dual samsung solution seems to be both cheap and quiet, while maintaining speeds compared to a single 3.5" drive. A faster 2.5" would mean a great performance gain, and could - depending on the drive - be quiet as well. But as th...

If I was getting one, I'd surely get a 7200 drive... But two? As I plan to raid them to increase speeds, I'm guessing two 5400:s are fast enough compared to a single 3.5 incher? Thing is - I have two Nexus 120mm fans @ 5-7v as the only source of noise (aside from the current hard drive). I don't wan...

Well, as it happens I already have two Scythe Silent Box SBX-1000 HDD Enclosures that my current 3.5" hard drives resides in. So naturally, the plan has been to use them with the new 2.5" drives all along. So, I'm leaning toward the HM040HI then, it seems to be the quitest 5400 drive the world can m...

Hi guys! I'm continuing my crusade for a both silent and fast computer(as everyone else here). I've decided to move my storage to a NAS (ReadyNAS NV) as soon as I can afford one - so my one remaining issue is what storage to use for the OS. Option 1 - Two 2.5" mirrored SATA drives (raid 1). Option 2...

Too bad, the design seems excellent otherwise.

A little wider spaced fins and the last two cm wider for 120mm Nexus compatibility, and this would blow away other 'fan in the middle' models.

So, basically, I could get an X2 3800+ with a reserator.

The 3800+ is easily overclockable to 2.3ghz per core or so, and if multithreaded decoding is on the way, such a setup would be futureproof, eh? I mean, 1080p isn't here yet either

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Hi, I have some thoughs on buildning myself a cool, quiet HTPC. Only thing is, I want it to play 1080p flawlessly, in any format. Now, before Blu-Ray and HD-DVD arrives, the predominant source of 1080p material is WMVHD. I assume we'll se lots of downloadable (pirated) HD-XVID and HD-DiVX when that ...

Hi, I have some thoughs on buildning myself a cool, quiet HTPC. Only thing is, I want it to play 1080p flawlessly, in any format. Now, before Blu-Ray and HD-DVD arrives, the predominant source of 1080p material is WMVHD. I assume we'll se lots of downloadable pirated HD-XVID and HD-DiVX when that ti...

That's more like it, even though it was kind of crude - pouring water wouldn't be nearly as effective as aerosol. But yeah, it's the maintenance thing that bothers me. How to evenly cover the thing in water molecules is beyond me(and to make the whole process silent). And what additives to use in or...

I've done abit of pondering on the reserator type of cooler, which indeed is a great idea. The more surface area, the more heat transfer. Greatest con: There's piss poor heat conductivity between metal and air. Being somewhat into physiology, I know bits of how we keep ourselves at 37C... Like... sw...

I want to see it at 5V... I've got a reasonably cool-running system - all that's needed are _really_ silent fans that can still push some air. 38mm seems promising... Anything above 15-20cfm and i'm hooked, if it really is silent.

I'd love to - problem is I need my space. And I think replacing my two 3.5" with five 2.5" 100gb drives would be deadly expensive(and damn hard to enclose, and prolly be louder as well). I'll try out the rubber for fun and see if it works. Anything below 50C will suffice, I guess. Perhaps I'll try t...