well, i live with the luxurae for well over a year now. it silenced my hdd significantly without killing it, as some might think. my setup was very, very quiet, with everything inside passive and with the only fan i use for cooling the whole system, a 120mm orange Nexus, spinning at 700rpm. problem ...

i disabled the pagefile months ago on my XP Pro PC that has 2GB RAM. never had a problem with it. my advice is to try it, it can't go that wrong
sure, helps to have plenty of RAM, such as 2GB+

the enclosure might be faulty. have you tried the hdd in some other usb box?

the e-shop i ordered the card at has no stock for the 6200/128bit, so i got a Abit Radeon 9250 with 128MB RAM/64bit. will get the 6200 later. my HTPC works great with the slower 9250: great HDTV, beautiful DVD playback, DivX great, too. for now is enough for my needs. i should try a WMHD (Step Into ...

How do you underclock the GPU ? you mean use proggies like ATITool ? then forget it, I don't want another thing running in the background and slowing down my start-up time, but if i can change it through control panel or something, then it would be fine. no need for background proggies! try coolbit...

i have the same dilema: just built a HTPC with a S3 crap video chip onboard. it wouldn't display properly at 1280 X 768 on my 32" LCD, so I need a VGA card. after reading a lot of reviews and comments on forums, my decision was nvidia 6200 128MB RAM with 128bit bus. why? because is a new chip, it ha...

i would say Gigabyte 6800, without a doubt. using one for over a year now, never gad an issue. for about a month i downclock the core only in 2D mode to 200 MHz from 325 MHz stock. the idle temperature is low 30s C now, down from mid 40s. and 9.9k/!8.9k in edmark 03/01 is not that sluggish, either :...

spiffy, just make sure you blow some air through the luxurae. for instance, you could install the hdd packed inside the enclosure at the bottom of your case, behind the front intake fan. it doesn't have to be a fast fan, a Nexus at 600rpm would suffice. that should keep the drive cool'n'quiet :) som...

so, where can we buy them? any links anyone?

i've been waiting for over 6 months now to get my hands on one of these... could you please tell us, how does it undervolt? any noise when using PWM?

i've got one of those. not too bad, undervolts really well (got down to 320 rpm) but NEXUS is better. too loud for me at 12.0V, much louder than the NEXUS despite the rating...

jermaink wrote:3 redundant ones? Why not use them as case fans?

...because i strongly believe that one fan cools all if you use it in the right spot http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19874

i ordered 4 to recover my expenses, not worth getting only one shipped.

i've got 3 "redundant" Nexus fans, 120mm. brand new, in original box, ready to go if anybody interested, please pm me

forget about Panaflos! order some real Nexus stuff at www.endpcnoise.com
i got 4 120mm Nexus for A$108, that's $27.00 each, delivered in 8 days! there's no aussie retailer to compete with that atm.

Update: I just got NEXUSED! Replaced the Aerocool Turbine with an ugly orange Nexus fan. ;) Idle, the computer needs only 700rpm of this amazing fan to stay cool! Forget about any other fans, PAPST, Panaflo, whatever... This IS the quiet fan! Now just imagine my rig, with everything on passive cooli...

you are right Jazz, video applications do bump the frequency back to stock. i use a hdtv card, if the software is on, even minimised, the temperature goes back to stock speed values. not that's an issue, but it is nice to know

i got the 4412FGL PAPST from http://www.lownoisepc.com
not quiet at 12V, down to 7V still not good enough for me... so yeah, my advice, if you are looking for really quiet fans, PAPST is not what you need imo
looking forward to get these orange Nexus wonders. they are like a week away now

Yes, but now it's been undervolted for more than 2 hours, and no sign of changes in the T-Balancer. well, that's strange... are you sure the gpu is underclocked? make sure you underclock the 2D mode only, otherwise there's no effect at idle... if it is slowed down, at what frequency is it running n...

Slidax wrote:well they arrived today

so Slidax, how quiet are they? enjoying the silence you are?
i just ordered 4, paid US$81.00 including postage.
that's about $27.00 each, delivered! heck, i had to pay $40.00 for a noisy PAPST, so AU$27.00 for a Nexus, delivered, is sweet as

peterson, it takes some time for the temperature of a heavy heatsink to get down, there's some thermal inertia... the chip cools down much faster, it weights only a few mg :D i love it, the only reason i had to keep my Aerocool Turbine at 800 rpm was the vga. just hate to see it idle above 50C. now ...

thanks for your reply gforce1! still testing, for over two hours now my gpu runs at 200MHz. no sign of artefacts, it seems to run whitout issues so far. temperature idle is an amazing 32C now, down from 48-50C! i would not underclock the vga ram, there's not much use in it since they don't generate ...

i just underclocked my Gigabyte fanless 6800 down to 200MHz from stock 325MHz for 2D only. by doing that the idle temperature dropped 16C. would this damage it? just concerned that when i start a 3D application the frequency goes back to 325MHz instantly... anyway, would be nice to use the card this...

dfrost wrote:With Motherboard Monitor as the data collection software, you could use MBMLog to record the values and review them later.

speedfan can log, too. just make sure the logging is active for everything you wanna monitor, then fire those games and 3dmarks

Jaer, there's nothing wrong with vga temperatures in speedfan. i trust those readings, i also checked the drivers temps, they're the same. i also trust my fingers! idle the heatsink is not too hot, no way it would be 50 + 20 C as you suggested... and let me tell you, that passive cooling on the card...

here's my system http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19874 with everything on passive cooling inside, including the 6800. i've got a 120mm Aerocool Turbine blowing on the vga/cpu/chipset area at 750rpm. the vga is idle high 40s, load bellow 70, all Celsius. i think that's more than reas...

dynamiks, try the new Aerocool Turbine fans, they are silent and look much better than the Coolermaster ones, hands down! they also push more air than regular 120mm fans at the same speed. i've got the titanium version, looks great, the light is not too bright and yes, they are supersilent at 750rpm...

I agree MonsterMac, Coolermaster led fans are not even close to 22dBA! i thought CM is a reliable and serious company... well, i've got now yet another quiet 120mm fan (mind you, on paper only), getting dusted in my shed

update: turned the hdd 180 deg, so less cable clutter where it counts
and i have access to the fanmate now without opening the case, for even better fan speed control.

we might get lucky fellow aussies: http://www.nexustek.nl/latest_news.htm 14 April, 2005 "Distribution set up for New Zealand & Australia. Krome Technologies established in Auckland in 2000 specializes in leading edge computer technologies. Krome now kicks off with the Nexus products and will handle...

group buy, yeah, i would be in for two 120mm Nexus fans