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by RobH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:49 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?
Replies: 12
Views: 10008

The problem now is I can still hear my GFX fan, although it is not loud at all. Am considering a HR-03 Plus... This quiet bug is really contagious! Yep, my aim is to keep this system as quiet as possible. I've been spoiled up until now because the Nexus Breeze system I was using was barely audible,...
by RobH
Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?
Replies: 12
Views: 10008

I was swaying toward the P5N32-E board as I've used Asus nVidia boards in the past and they've always been pretty rock solid. I appreciate something like the P5W64 has the edge and it was really just a case of drawing a line somewhere in terms of cost, but heck - I started off spec'ing an 8800GTS 32...
by RobH
Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:16 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?
Replies: 12
Views: 10008

The 8800GTX card I've gone for is actually from Novatech ( spec here ) so I'm not sure what it'll be like noise-wise, hence why I want to wrap it all up in a pretty well damped case. With the likelihood that the Nexus case wouldn't allow enough air to be shifted (shame as they're really nice cases),...
by RobH
Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:38 am
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?
Replies: 12
Views: 10008

Hi, I really don't like the idea of all the heat from inside the case having to go through the PSU. With ~200w of heat having to go that way the PSU fan will have to run really fast. Mmm, that's a good point. The Nexus case doesn't have any other way of shifting air to the outside, also as its very...
by RobH
Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:09 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?
Replies: 12
Views: 10008

Am I building an 8800GTX barbeque?

I am planning on building the following system: - Asus P5N32-E SLI 680i mobo - Intel E6600 Dual Core with stock cooling - 4Gb RAM (4 x 1Gb OCZ Dual Channel DDR2's) - Nexus Breeze 500 case - GeForce 8800GTX 780Mb (don't intend to go SLI) - 2 x Samsung SpinPoint 500Mb SATA - Pinnacle 350i PCTV card - ...