CA_Steve wrote:do a google search and see if your apps make use of gpu acceleration...I found nero move it uses nvidia cuda for accel as an example.

Looks like DVDFab also uses CUDA too.

So, knowing that, are there silent cards you'd recommend? Would an nVidia 9600 be enough?

CA_Steve wrote:If you don't play games, then you really need to see if your video encoding/editing apps make use of the gpu for acceleration. If they don't, then any low power, low cost, passive card will work fine.

Do you know how I'd do that? I use Nero, DVD Fab, DVD Shrink and a few others.

karkee wrote:out of the box the only real silent cards are gigabyte 4850 and the 9800gt silent cell I would go with one of these it gives you room to play a game aswell

I found this one but it's a little more than I want to spend....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125282[/url]

Nobody?

Hi: I don't do any gaming any more but I do a lot of video encoding, editing and such. Right now I have a GT7600. What's a good silent card for my purposes? I always like being on the bleeding edge of tech but I don't know if I'll really benefit from some of the real gamer-specific type cards. Opini...

Uh oh. I removed the front Noctua fan on the heatsink and now the temps are about 50C at idle. Guess I better put that back on.

Thanks, NeilBlanchard.

It's not as quiet as I'd like. I think it was more quiet when I had the stock Intel fan and the Tri-Cools on low. I'm going to turn off one of the Noctua fans and try to figure out how to slow the Scythe fans (not sure how to do this yet).

Thanks!

Hi Daneguy From that second picture, it looks like you are only using one optical drive in the lowest (separated) position on the P180. Have you considered something like the Scythe Kama Bay to improve airflow to your CPU? You could undervolt/remove the included fan if it is too loud. Also, as this...

Thanks.

Yep, they are all going the right direction. Sticker side toward the exhaust, arrow toward exhaust.

At first I didn't want to hack up my case but then I thought, even if I screw it up nobody will see it. So I hacked and hacked. . .

Running stock - No OC - I'm doing about 40c idle and 57c load.
So, I think it has more to do with my cooling than my OC.

I got the Noctua cooler because I thought that would be the best one. Maybe I should have got the TRUE.

That's good to hear. I have two Scythe fans on the way.

Well, I got out the saw, drill and duct tape today.

Here's what I did:

Large picture of P180 mobo plate

Slightly smaller picture of P180 left side bay

Unfortunately, I didn't get any change in temp.

I have a P180 and I need to get a little more air flowing. I was thinking of running the cables behind the mobo. However, it looks like this requires some cutting that I'm not sure I want to get into. Well, I'm not sure how to do it. :oops: If I needed a replacement case that has good cooling, is qu...

Cool. Thanks!

I decided to stop being cheap and went with the Thermalright SI-97a and a Nexus fan.

Oh no! I thought it was more quiet than that! Maybe I'll send it back when it arrives.

Any others you might recommend?

Thanks.

EDIT: I canceled the order.

The Thermalright SI-97a with a fan is a bit pricey. Are there any others I should consider?

Thanks.

the fan on CNPS3100+ at full is noisy. You may want to change that 92mm fan into something else like 120mm Noctua or Nexus, you get good air flow, which cools nb, mofsets, vrms's and ram even better than Zalman's standard 92mm comming with the HSF. CNPS3100+ is my current only real Zalman favourite...

Operandi wrote:The Zalman CNPS3100+ should do the trick.

http://www.sharkacomputers.com/cnps3100plus.html

Thanks! I snagged one.

Wait, no fan??
Do I need to buy a fan for it?

I'd like to quiet my wife's computer down a bit. I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive but quiet. She's running a Socket A AMD 2400+.

Thanks for any tips!

rei wrote:the asus heatpipe swivels

Huh? What do you mean? Which card (so I can look it up).

EDIT: You mean this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121016

That's pretty wild the way they did that, but a bit pricey me thinks.

I'm new to the world of silent machines. My last sounded like an airplane. I picked up a Gigabyte 7600GT with Silent Pipe for my new rig. I have it installed on a P5b. There's only 2 PCI slots on the board and the card is pretty much taking up 2 of them! :shock: That is really bad because my audio c...