Any more pics of the build?
I'd really like to build one of these for my living room setup.
The only thing that puts me off, is no optical drive.
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- Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fast, Silent, HDPlex H5 system - Skylake 6700 K w/heatpipes
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30531
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:59 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Velociraptor noise: difference among different IcePaks?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5965
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:05 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Video Card research is giving me a headache
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3631
Re: Video Card research is giving me a headache
I've tried to figure out which card is best for me just by reading, but my brain is going to explode - The last silent purchase I found technically easy was the Voodoo2 SLI setup. OK it was a crazy expense of $500 back in the day but no fans and it just worked. The only hard part about it was crack...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:52 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: GPU recommendation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4114
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:00 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 5750 cards
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27401
You can fit a high-quality passive cooler to a good card later. Or you can live with the OEM passive cooler fitted to a sub-standard card. Your choice. I'd go with Sapphire, in fact I did. It's a better card. The way I see it I can fit some MASSIVE cooler array designed for a 58xx series card later,...
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:35 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: HD 5750 cards
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27401
My review is the first one posted on NewEgg for the Vapor-X 5750. I like the card. If you read the existing thread comparing PowerColor to Sapphire, the concern I grasped for PowerColor is it's another slapped-together budget card. Sapphire is using better components. See here: http://www.silentpcre...
- Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:42 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: help finding right video card
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2087
- Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:48 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
What's your fans configuration? I only have 2 fans. The Corsair PSU fan is fairly quiet. And the Antec Solo chassis fan which is pulling air over the Ninja on the CPU. Chassis fan is the one provided with the case and has that 3-position switch that dangles out of the rear of the case. Unless it's ...
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:08 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:58 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:54 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Still looking for quiet vga solution
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5792
The best term is indeed QUIET in any system with fans. Then it's just a matter of whether this new component is at least as QUIET as the existing fans. Sapphire 5750 Vapor-X is quiet enough for me. Fan generally runs at 40% and is only a little louder than chassis fan. See thread here: http://www.si...
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:20 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:23 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: PCStat's Most Common Ways to Kill a PC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30909
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:58 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
I played around with CCC fan-settings. If I set it to manual, and start cranking up the speeds the 100% is certainly quite loud! The default automatic settings seems to run it at 40% which is not loud, but is noticably louder to me than the Antec Solo chassis fan is on low setting. If I manually set...
- Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:27 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
Just received my Sapphire Vapor-X 5750. Overall I'm impressed. Pros: Delivers on performance versus 7600GT Cons: Fan is audible but pretty quiet. Curiously the video connectors are unlabelled (no 1 or 2) ATI driver weirdness (9.11 CCC sometimes uses 50% CPU until I kill it?) I have a pretty quiet sy...
- Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:56 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 5770 Accelero S2 Fits?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31342
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:05 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Passive PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 Vs. SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD5750
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21619
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:10 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Nvidia GT220
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2292
Nvidia GT220
NVidia GT220 series looks decent & cheap. 40 nm GPU and Zotac will have a passive cooled variant.
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Zotac-G ... on-Review/
Bit disappointing that it's DX10.1 not DX11.
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Zotac-G ... on-Review/
Bit disappointing that it's DX10.1 not DX11.
- Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Fanless 5750 announced
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17254
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:53 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Dell G2410 -> any owners out there?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21775
Interesting, BUT... no S-IPS monitors with LED backlight? Owning a Dell 2007WFP monitor now which I'm extremely pleased with the display. In fact I tried at one point swapping out for a Dell 24" which was not S-IPS and after a few days of fiddling with it sent it back. No matter what I did to the co...
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:20 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: considering 9600gt or 4670
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10101
This 5750 seems quite interesting. BUT..... The SPCR article on the 4670 claims AMAZING low idle wattage of 3-4 Watts! As seen here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article873-page5.html Although some articles I read claimed more like 10. The 5750 in various reviews say idle 18 Watts. I'd rather have ...
- Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:03 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: considering 9600gt or 4670
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10101
This 4670 looks quite interesting. I wonder why it's not sold more heavily, slap a big GREEN label on it at least should give it a push. Do you think it's better to get the Sapphire and then try to fit some sort of passive heatsink to it, than buy one pre-built? I gather that the factory passive I l...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:41 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: considering 9600gt or 4670
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10101
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:06 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Pasive GT220 to replace 7600GT?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3309
Pasive GT220 to replace 7600GT?
Nvidia GT220 with passive cooling:
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15941/65/
I have a 7600GT (256meg) that I refitted with ZM80 to make it passive. Works fine, but I'd like a bit of an upgrade and a speed bump without breaking the bank or requiring active cooling.
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15941/65/
I have a 7600GT (256meg) that I refitted with ZM80 to make it passive. Works fine, but I'd like a bit of an upgrade and a speed bump without breaking the bank or requiring active cooling.
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:47 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Future of Socket 775?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10090
Found a madshrimps article comparing E7400 to E8600.
The cache does make a difference, but to me the "bang for buck" to buy the more expensive E8600 just isn't there. YMMV.
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=908
The cache does make a difference, but to me the "bang for buck" to buy the more expensive E8600 just isn't there. YMMV.
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=908
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:24 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Future of Socket 775?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10090
I picked up an E7500 recently. Great CPU. I'm not sure about the claims that E7xxx is markedly inferior to E6xxxx and E8xxxx. I mean how much diff does the bigger cache really make in average desktop apps or gaming? I believe this is about the "sweet spot" for maxing out this architecture, and then ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Low Power Consumption CPU/Motherboard dillema!.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6236
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:14 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Zalman ZM-80 on a modern card?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4445
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:47 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Help me figure out a low power Linux based server
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6004
I have a Fit-PC Slim and it works great for me. http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html Total power consumption 4-5 Watts, small and silent. Dunno if the 512-meg version is enough to handle all your needs but it works great for mine. I am just running FreeRADIUS, Apache, Nagios3, lightweight admin ...