Are you sure everything is working fine? The fan should be about 40% in the nvidia ntune, if it's any higher then it's not idling correctly. At 40% duty cycle I felt the stock GTX260 cooler had a bit of an edge to it. Compared to the two 500rpm Scythe Slipstream fans in my case it was clearly notic...

Something else that's worth mentioning is what the temperature response curve for the stock cooler is. In Rivatuner v2.11 you can see what this is by looking at the "Low Level System Settings Tab" For my GTX260 card the settings are: Duty Cycle Min: 40% Duty Cycle Max: 100% T Min: 60 T Range: 32 T ...

In the review the card was stress tested with ATI Tool to get a load temperature. It only reached 72c approx which is still below the 78c Operating Temperature. That's when the fan speed really starts ramping up. A good benchmark to use is Furmark v.1.4.0: http://downloads.guru3d.com/FurMark-v1.4.0-...

Maybe the BIOS is different? With higher fan speed by default? I think there is every reason to believe that its fan can be slowed down by RivaTuner! Maybe WR304 could try to lower the idle RPM setting to the same as spcr's sample and see the difference. At idle my GTX260 stock cooler is running at...

I've had a Leadtek GTX260 for a week now. It's worth mentioning that the older Rivatuner v2.09 shows fan speeds similar to those in the article from GPU-Z at 700rpm approx. According to the newest Rivatuner v2.11 the stock fan runs at 1381rpm when idling however. That fan really doesn't sound like i...

I wouldn't call 72 Degrees cool though. For a mid/ high-end air cooled graphics card stock cooler that isn't bad at all for a load temperature . If you had one of the older G80 8800 series cards that was more like the idle GPU temperature. The fan speed curve meant that they would reach 90c before ...

There isn't much in the way of aftermarket cooling for the GTX260. The most effective way would probably be to watercool it. :) The actual GTX260 card is quite good though. It runs games well and temperatures with the stock cooler are a lot lower than my old 8800GTS 640mb stock cooler ever managed. :)

So I think they're telling me that permanent ramsink solutions (Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive) are a no-no. What should I do? Should I take a stab at the provided stuff? Should I go the "AS5 in the middle, superglue on the corners" method? How hard is that to remove? I destroyed a Nvidia 6800GT tr...

And peoples have used many cards in Solo, only current cards that do not fit are At X2's ( 3870 x 2, HD 4870x2 ) and nVidia 8800 GTX and 9800 GX 2. Others will fit... aslong you don't have HDD's near VGA card. You can fit any graphics card into the Antec Solo case if you cut away part of the metal ...

Try taking out all the PCI blanking plates beneath the graphics card. That will help reduce heat build up beneath the graphics card. You probably need to fit a fan to the card too. A quiet 120mm fan should be enough. My brother's 8800GTS 512 grpahics card with Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 is fine with...

How fast is the flow indicator at the front of the Reserator 2 spinning? If you've got the submerged pump still disconnected inside then it will be restricting flow through the loop. The water might only be circulating from the GPU waterblock to the silver reservoir too. If you look at the Reserator...

Have you got the newest driver for your soundcard? Is your AV amplifier set to the right input? They're often programmable so you should probably check the manual. With my old Yamaha RXV430 amp it's possible to program two inputs to the same button stopping the optical input working. If the amp is w...

I got a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4 motherboard today (rev1.0 and F6 BIOS). It seems to be working well so far but it's only been running for a few hours. :) There isn't a "crazy cool" backplate on this motherboard so you can fit any CPU cooler without needing to do any mods. You can team the twin network ...

The 9800 GTX isn't really much more than a tweaked 8800GTS 512mb. It's not significantly hotter either. Here are some pics and results for a 9800GTX with Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 fitted: :) http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1298544 "The card ran at 55C idle and 72C load at stock speed with...

If you have a case with a support bar (like an Antec Solo) then you can suspend the exhaust and CPU fans so that they don't touch anything. That works well to make it a bit quieter and reduce vibration. :) http://www.tinyland.org/PCStuff/SoloIFX10Side.jpg Suspended Ultra 120 Extreme CPU fan installe...

You can just fit a Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 or Thermalright HR-03 GT to the 9800GTX. It uses the same mounting holes as the G92 8800 series cards. Either works a lot better than the stock 9800GTX cooler.

Don't forget to order some additional ramsinks for the VRMs.

You might as well just fit a Accelero S1 to the 9800GTX. Here are some pics and tests showing a 9800GTX with a Thermalright HR-03 GT cooler fitted: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/5363-bfg-9800gtx-512mb-review-19.html The Accelero S1 uses the same mounting holes so you'...

Does anyone have an Accelero S1 installed on a 8800GTS 512 ? If so, then what temperatures are you getting? There are some pics of an Accelero S1 installed on a 8800GTS 512 on page 5 of this thread. :) http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44916&start=120 It looks like you should be ...

I replaced the thermal paste on my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard heatsinks. It's quite easy to do as the heatsinks are only held on by a few screws and pushpins.

The original thermal paste application wasn't quite as bad as on some Asus motherboards but still not perfect.

It looks like a Windows Vista 64 bit problem.

You can work around it by using NVflash to read the BIOS from your card in DOS.

There's a review of the Scythe Orochi here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... ost2807646

If you've got the springs tight it may be that the cooler backplate is bending. The Thermalright IFX-10 backplate is a lot more solid than the original Ultra 120 Extreme one. The design is different too so you end up tightening the screws down further. :) http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/produ...

Even the current best performer, the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, doesn't have a perfect mounting system. People who lapped their CPUs (such as myself) can attest that on dual/quad core systems the physically higher up core is always significantly hotter. Putting a finger on the heatsink or runn...

If you're happy to use some fans, and have the Antec P182 already, why not build a PC like cmthomson's Antec P182 (but with newer components and without the overclock).

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article672-page1.html

It's definitely possible but you should probably be looking at a different case. Are you sure you need a Nvidia 8600GT graphics card? If you get rid of that and use a motherboard with onboard graphics it would cut down on the amount of cooling needed. :) Something like a mCubed HFX classic heatpipe ...

The problem with using the mounting without a backplate is that you could potentially bend the motherboard if it exerts too much pressure.

It would be do-able so long as you used a supporting strut like the one yamahaSHO used with his Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler:

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I'd consider a Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800 cooler:

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=667

One of those with some quiet 120mm fans attached could be quite good.

The vanes do line up with the airflow for bottom-feeder PSUs though so it might be good in a configuration in which you use a single 120mm fan to cool the CPU and PSU. There's a pic near the bottom of the Scythe product page of it fitted into a case. The heatsink is largely offset from the PSU fan,...

So, I'm stuck with either the pins (not really liking the idea) or modifying the bolt-through kit with longer screws, but I don't know how much longer they should be... so I'm stuck asking for help since I have no idea what I should do about this...:) The easiest way is to get a hacksaw and cut awa...