I don't see it in on eBay? I see the normal version but not the passive one.

If you write PowerColor HD 6850 SCS3 on ebay, you find this card , this one , and this one. .

Powerfull card with a nice price, i would buy it 4 months ago when i built my desktop.

SilentStorm wrote:

grimreeper wrote:PowerColor HD6850 SCS3
Gigabyte HD5750 Silent Cell
Gigabyte HD5770 Silent Cell

any idea when that 6850 will be available?

The card is avalaible in Europe, you can buy it on eBay for example.

A nice card with a nice price, the card hit 99 degres if you overclock it from 775mhz to 930mhz. By the way : Once the card runs at around 102°C it will throttle down to 600 MHz clock speed which will significantly reduce performance but ensures the card does not overheat. I wish this card was avala...

Of course any purchasing decision is going to be made with local availability in consideration. I'm probably biased toward separate purchases because of the high availablity of products in the USA paired with frequent sales and rebate promotions. However I do have to say that getting a quite cooler...

You can easily flash your bios with your original bios, or also download last bios on manufacturer website, and use the warranty. Lot of manufacturer will obv void warranty if you change the cooler, almost all of them (except EVGA), and not way to fix that. The game is to try to have the quiestiest ...

Why is this stupid? I got my 460 for $150 after rebate, and it comes with a free copy of Adobe Digital Creation Suite that I can hopefully sell for another $50. Newegg prices 570's at over $300. You sound like one of those people that always buys the most extreme high-end tech and believes everyone...

Can't quote me on it but from my research of galaxy and sparkle the galaxy comes with a value of 15% fan minimum on their 580 and the sparkle I personally know has a 40% minimum. I modded my sparkle 580 (really easy once you flash a usb stick with dos) to 0% minimum. 0% value appears to ramp the fa...

True, you can also buy a Sparkle 580. If you dont, first, flash the bios, and see what happened (check my review), if its still loud, you can change the fan buy the Arctic Cooler. But if you have the money, buy a Sparkle 570 or 580, and you will probably have to flash the bios also to unlock complet...

Scythe Kaze Q 3.5 - KQ01BK35 http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a475/justice9999/P1000318.jpg http://images.grosbill.com/imagesproduitnew/images800jpg/97902.jpg A good and classic model, 20€. Contrôle de Ventilateur - Variation de la tension : 5V ~ 12V (+/-10%) - Nombre maximum de ventilateurs : 4...

Hello my friend, all the cables were ok except one, check my answer on my review, i had to buy an extension (black cable on the picture) to hide it :

The 4+4pin, the extension cost me 6€, and i bought a very good one.

Without this extension, i wasnt able to hide the cable and it was touching my heatskin...

Yes its not a problem, its really easy to route them and its clean, but my PSU cable was too short, i had to buy an extension.

You haven't mentioned anything about cable routing.. How is the cable management in that cabinet? Cable routing? what do you mean? My CPU fan is linked to my mobo, at idle, after bios configurations, the fan is almost off, 0% with CPUID. The front and back fans are linked to my Scythe fan controlle...

Ah, I didn't notice that they were PWM fans. Sorry. :) Then at 5V they should be very quiet and the airflow not high enough to cause discernable turbulence at the rear vent. What kind of noise did they generate for you that matched the standard Define R3 fans? Honestly, i dont ear any difference be...

Hello, thats a picture of my fan controller, i can easily close the front door, actually this model fit on a 2.5'' bay: http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a475/justice9999/P1000318-1.jpg you hear is most likely just the turbulence of X amount of air being pressed thrugh the holes in the vent. That'...

Hello guyz,

i have updated my post, i dont ear any difference between stock fan and Scythe SlipStream fan, its normal?
Should i link my fans to my mobo and control them via a software or my FanController is better?

Best regards.

Buzz? what this sound?

at idle, whats the fan's speed? you can check it with cpuid.

Very nice desk, thanks for the review, consumption is great, only 305w for this system.

Changing a 460 aftercooler is stupid, you better buy a 570 or 580 and change it, you should flash the bios and turn down fan's speed.

Hello guyz, i also have a Fractal R3, and i use a Scythe Kaze Q 3.5 to control the front and back fan. They are always at minimum speed, and my computer temps are perfect, at load or idle. I am planing to change them and i bought 2 Scythe Slip Stream 120 mm PWM SY1225SL12LM-P (200~1300 rpm). I have ...

If you are looking for a GTX460, check my review, you can buy a Gigabyte 460, if you turn fan at 40%, the card is really quiet, if you flash the bios to 30%, its inaudible, and the temps are the same. (40 at idle, 50 when watching Bluray). http://www.vgadownload.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/GIGABY...

Very nice, your Da Godfather !!!
The 4Gb SSD look really nice for only 20dollars.

Thank you for all details, but you should know that some Heatskin's fan (Mugen 2) run at 90RPM without any undervolt, you only have to set the minimum speed on the bios and the minimum temp to start the fan. So at idle : inaudible ! I was thinking of buying a Corsair H60 too, but at idle, you can ob...

What's the difference between the I and II?
Look's like its only a compatibility upgrade, i bought the first model for 25€.

Before thinking of buying a cooler, flash you GPU bios (check my review) and run the fan at lower speed with Msi Afterburner.
You will see that you wont have to change the cooler.

But what about the performance? Well, I have no complaints at all. I managed to push the i7-2600K to 4.5GHz without any issue. It completed a couple runs of IBT (I was sleepy) without error. Idle temperatures were between 33-38C (1.6GHz at ~1.0v). Load (IBT-High) temperatures were 64-69C (4.5GHz at...

Thanks for the information, the cooler is just great.

Very nice, how it sound?
Do you ear your PSU at idle?

Very nice, and thank you for all the details, i also modded my graphic card, i cant go below 30% but its ok. You should be carefull with your 580, use CPUID to be sure of the fan speed and temperature. The gpu cooler is simply the best, you can buy it for 70dollars and install it on a graphic card. ...

The Fractal Designe R3 would be better, i bought it 110€, and you havent to add Nexus DampTek material because it contain all these stuff. At idle, my Enermax PSU run at 300RPM, you should let you system control the psu's fan or upgrade to a better model. You also have too many fan, i think that 3 i...