Well, you can get a passive card. Those don't produce noise at all. The most powerful one would be ATI 5770 Silent cell from Gigabyte (WEI 7,4), but I don't know whether it is available wherever you live. Next comes passive 5750 (WEI 7,3), those from PowerColor or Club3D are fairly more common, you ...

I have taken the heatsink off and cleaned up/replace the thermal paste. The idle temps fell by good ~5C and the Furmark temp by ~3-4C. The thermal decay is still kinda long though, but I am more satisfied with the temps now at least.

Thank you all!

Thank everybody for you input: Cryo, with the standard layout the heatsink would be under the card, so the hot air would rise back to the card, what is even more counter-productive. Steve, I ran some Furmark tests on it again. To be specific about the airflow first: the card is mounted vertically an...

Actually, I have played JC2 for an hour right now and the max registered temperature was 95 C. I cannot say anything about the general case temperature, but GPU temperature drops by about 10-15 degrees within the first minute after the end of the stress test. I have a 180-mm fan blowing along the ca...

Hi, guys! I got tired of the constant whine of 5770, so I got a fanless 5750 from Club3D instead. The first thing I did was the Furmark stability test and was disappointed. I have a Silverstone FT02 case with Air Penetrator fans, which are all known for decent airflow. I had them undervolted with a ...

Perfect! And radiator fins are along the card; hope my FT02 will be able to provide enough airflow to keep this baby cool.

It is funny actually. My HDD in FT02 is much quieter than it was in my Xigamtek Midgard case, but the sound of my graphic card is much more noticeable in this case.

You can get an HDD enclosure for 2,5 inch drives and use one; it should fit the HDD cage.

Hi! I have two questions: 1) One of my case fans is kinda "sleepy" - if I have it on 7-9 volts it doesn't start spinning when I turn on the PC. If I increase voltage and then lower it, it starts and keeps on spinning just as it should. The problem is that my fan controller is on the back of the case...

Then it seems I am fine.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, guys! I have gotten a Megahalem cooler recently and installed on my mobo. The thing looks awesome, badass and heavy. I have a Gigabyte 790XT-something Mobo and I wonder if I need something to support the cooler so that it doesn't damage the mobo with its weight. If I push it up with my finger it...

Hi, guys, I need your help. After initial fascination with the case I found quite a lot of little annoying defects in my case. For example: 1) the top front cover with power buttons and I/O ports is not properly aligned with the steel front. It is lower than the steel front by ~ 3 mm and is not hori...

Oh, btw, guys, I forgot to report: I actually got my hands on the special edition case that comes with the new fans (AP181). I also got a normal Silverstone 180mm fan to compare. The new fans come with a different grill that is integrated and have higher maximum rpm. I used a Xigmatek Monocool contr...

mike, the problem is that after getting Fortress 2, you may still want to have a water cooled system! I got myself one of those cases and after a close inspection I noticed that the HDD cage is actually removable (well, not without some work). It gives you three kick-ass 180-mm fans. Setting a half-...

Hi, guys! I really enjoyed reading your comments. I am thinking of getting the case, I just love how it looks. I have few questions though. 1) Is it possible to take the HDD cage out in order to put a long, lets say 48-cm radiator on the three fans? Can I just unscrew it or I will have to cut the ca...