The HIS 3870 ICEQ seems to be by far the loadest thing in my case now. I don't know how load the stock version is, but this baby certainly could not be decribed as quiet :( Scrub that it turned out to be my motherboard making the ICEQ thrash it's fans! See this thread for the details http://www.sil...

To answer a few points I have the non turbo version of the 3870 ICEQ which is not overclocked. I believe it uses two fans to blow over the heatsinks and exhaust to the rear. I prefer to buy of the shelf but am now considering an aftermarket solution as it seems a shame that the rest is quiet. Quite...

To answer a few points

I have the non turbo version of the 3870 ICEQ which is not overclocked.

I believe it uses two fans to blow over the heatsinks and exhaust to the rear.

I prefer to buy of the shelf but am now considering an aftermarket solution as it seems a shame that the rest is quiet.

Well all built and it is just as noisy as my last PC when I did not think about noise at all! Culprit is the HIS 3870 IceQ3 which one of the selling points is that it is quiet. It is not! Also the combination of Main Board and Ocz Reaper memory means I can't mount a fan on the Ninja for a push pull ...

No overclock no, I am running currently on medium with no fan on the ninja, I will turn down to slow and watch the temps.

The HIS 3870 ICEQ seems to be by far the loadest thing in my case now. I don't know how load the stock version is, but this baby certainly could not be decribed as quiet

I have an Antec Solo case and some of that Memory with the heatsink handle above it so I cannot position the fan on the ninja for a push pull effect to the exhaust fan. There is a big PSU fan above the Ninja (Does this suck or blow I could not tell) . I am cooling a E8400 CPU and am wondering if the...

On the power consumption thing every little counts and buying products whch have low power consumption sends a message to the manufacturers that you want performance and effeciency. Alot of these 'green' products make very little difference but if you think they are going in the right direction then...

Well the spcr fav Ninja did not too so well

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/CPU-Coole ... 30115.html

I don't seem to be able to find any Ga-EP35 or GA-P35 Rev 2.1 MBs for sale in the UK (or anywhere)

Anyone know where I can get one?

GPU: ATI Radeon HD3850 Not as fast as the 8800 GT obviously, but not a lot slower either, and rumoured to be much more efficient when idling. How much more efficient? I had a hard time finding good data for a comparison. Tom's Hardware has a nice list of the power consumption of older cards, and es...

I know ECS plan to release an S! paired 8800GT but I wonder if this is it or if the picture is wong. In the spec sheet it mentions a cooling fan. Same model elsewhere allways seems to have a pic with a fan on it. I would doulbe check before buying

This is what I have been looking for when searching the internet (especially this web site) for a shopping list for my next PC. There seem to have been a number of emerging technologies such as the 45nm dual core processors, main board energy management, low idle power requirements on high end graph...

Seems to be available already here?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-089-HT

I would be interested to see if there was a difference in power consumption in the new X48 Motherboard and the old P35 motherboards with the bios / utility update.

In the article it mentions that the X48 has 12 phases and the P35 only has 6 phases. I wonder how this compares?

I am not interested in replacing the cooler when I buy this card. Of the retaill HD 3870s which ones are quietist and are they quiet enough?

Hmm that model seems to be cheap in the uk for a 8800GT 512MB http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4XKB&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=8800GT&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0 Does the Zalman VF700-ALCU cooler mean it is quiet? Or should I be looking at the more expensive p...

Anybody seen one of these for sale yet?