I think your 3470 numbers are a little misleading. You state them as 25w-25w. (min.-max.) I doubt this is true. All the numbers posted anywhere I can find on the 3470, even on the link you provided, only shows the The official "peak power consumption" from the manufacturer which is 25W. Your post ab...

I've been waiting around for Sapphire's tech support to get back to me with clarification on the measurement between the bottom of the heatsink fins to the top of the PCI-E slot on the motherboard when the card is seated. There was no way I was going to order this card and have it not fit my motherb...

Thanks Dan for the clarification. I read your first post as MCE2005 OS did not work at all, as in you got a blank screen just booting the OS. I have a pretty clean install of MCE2005, but I really don't use the MCE part that much so I should be good.

Thanks again,

SouthPaw

I'm happy with the Sapphire I got - I had to upgrade to Vista to get to working (at all) with Windows Media Center, but after some fits and starts, well, it probably wasn't a terrible thing to do anyway. For $50, it was probably worth it. -Dan Ouch! Thanks for posting this info. I'm interested in t...

All I had to do to mine was replace the not so quiet PSU with a SeaSonic S12 II SS-330GB and replace the not so quiet Antec 120mm fans with YATE LOON D12SL-12 fans modded to run at 5V. All I can hear now is the two 500GB WD hard drives.

I am a bit confused by the dimensions though, at first I thought he meant the 3.2cm height was from the PCI-E slot vertically upwards which is exactly the info I need. But it looks like he is listing the 3 dimensions LxWxH from the graphics card not the PCI slot. I sent them an email hoping they ca...

Does anyone know if Antec is planning on a NSK version of the Fusion Max? Like a NSK2480 Max?

echn111 wrote:...Hope it fits inside an Antec Fusion.

I doubt it will fit a Fusion case without cutting a big slot in the top of the Fusion case for the S1 to come up through.

I'd get someone with the S1 mounted to measure the distance from the motherboard to the top of the S1 first to see if it will fit.

The Sapphire silent HD 3850 will be my next video card IF it will fit in a Fusion case AND also not hit the chipset heatsink on my P5K-VM motherboard. It looks like it will be a really tight fit on both accounts...


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Looking at this photo, http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotline/20070602/image/nnin2.jpg To me it looks like the heatpipes on the mini are in a better configuration than on the original. The 12 pipes are evenly distributed around the fins instead of having 4 central "hot spots" like on the origi...

[OT] nici, I gotta ask, what the hell does your sig say? I tried a translation on it and the only words that translated were, one, two, three...six. Are you counting peppercorns? Is that something the Finns do in their spare time? :wink: I am culturally intrigued by this... I think it's kind of like...

I have the same motherboard in a NSK2400 (same case only the cheaper one without all the bells and whistles) with a 3500+. I use the Thermalright SI-128 which I got here best byte for $38. I run it semi-passively (the 2 120mm case fans pull air over it) with great results. I replaced the 2 tri cool ...

lowsat wrote: Also from what I have heard the suspended HD setup provided is prone to breaking and therefore can't really be trusted anyway.

This has been fixed in all of Antec's HD suspension cases. They now use an elastic cloth instead of the rubber o-rings.

Hi, 2. When mounting the HD using the rubber-bands, the HD seems to rest on the rubber grommets under it. Is this intended, or have I just not tightened the rubber bands enough (i.e. shouldn't the HD be "free floating" - only fixated by the rubber bands)? Read page 5 of the manual... Didn't know th...

fjodor2000 wrote:Hi,
2. When mounting the HD using the rubber-bands, the HD seems to rest on the rubber grommets under it. Is this intended, or have I just not tightened the rubber bands enough (i.e. shouldn't the HD be "free floating" - only fixated by the rubber bands)?

Read page 5 of the manual...

I have to make a choice between Hitachi, WD and Seagate (no Samsung for warranty issues). Which 500 Gb SATA model would you recommend? Thanks. I have a WD5000KS and love it. I just ordered the newer WD5000AAKS yesterday to add to my HTPC. Couldn't pass it up at $143.50 shipped. I hope I like it as ...

Are you running the fans as intakes or exhausts? If they are exhausts, I'd bet that switching them to intakes would drop your temps a little bit. Either way, I'd be pretty happy that your cooling situation with only two fans at 800rpm is keeping things sufficiently cool at full load. BINGO! I forgo...

You might find these figures useful... my 3800+ is rated by AMD to produce 62W, just like your 3500+. At 1.35V this setup kept the CPU at 59c under load, and at 1.10V the CPU only goes up to 35c. I can't imagine you'll need to add a blowhole to your system, at least if you get a CPU that undervolts...

Strangely, the heatsink is not perfectly parallel with the top of the case. The side near the fans has a < 0.5mm clearance, while the side near the PSU has a 2mm clearance. But overall, you should have no problems fitting a fan if you need to. Thanks for checking for me! I ordered the ASUS M2NPV-VM...

That is what I'm hoping for. I was really wanting the 3500+ that is rated at 35W (ADD3500CNBOX), but they were nowhere to be found. There were two model numbers for the 62W AM2 3500+ (ADA3500CWBOX and ADA3500CNBOX). Not sure what the difference is. Both are 62W AM2 processors. The CW had a newer bu...

You might find these figures useful... my 3800+ is rated by AMD to produce 62W, just like your 3500+. At 1.35V this setup kept the CPU at 59c under load, and at 1.10V the CPU only goes up to 35c. I can't imagine you'll need to add a blowhole to your system, at least if you get a CPU that undervolts...

I'll check that out when I get home from work. It's an interesting idea that I actually considered as well. I guess if I had a much hotter running CPU, then I might be more inclined to go through the effort of cutting the blow hole. What CPU are you planning to use in your setup? Thanks! I should b...

ciz28- I have ordered the same case and heatsink for an HTPC I'm building but will not receive them until next week. I am going to try to run semi-passive like you but was wondering if you could verify if a Yate Loon will fit on your si-128 heatsink and the top of the case close? I know there would ...