Finally got around to strapping a fan onto this card. Temps are now fine. After one hour of running a HD clip the maximum temp it reached was 59c and the fan is a quiet 120mm version which does not annoy. I've put the card in a secondary machine which I just use for streaming clips to my TV. It is n...

I've got a Solo and Fractal Design Mini. If you look at the pic that I posted on the Morex thread just a few threads below this you can just see the top of them slightly towards the bottom of the pic. The Fractal Design Mini is the best case I have ever bought. Easy to work. I have not got any of th...

Finally got around to building the machine. The build was straightforward bar routing the SATA cable under the HDD tray. There is not much space and I suggest using as short a SATA cable as you possibly can. It's all a bit scrunched in. The machine consists of: Asus AT5IONT-I Board (ION and Intel At...

Thanks, Opera and Google did the biz.

Thanks for the link, some nice pics. My "O" level Russian was many years ago so I am not sure what is being said

I'll post pics midweek.

Regardless, pictures of the inside of the case would be appreciated. I wonder what exactly is the difference with the T3310. I'll post pictures of the T3310 if you're curious. Please do post pics I'd be interested. I've ordered the case this afternoon and it will be here on Tuesday hopefully. I'll ...

Thanks for the response. As a test I just ran the board in the Antec Case with the fan at 0. After 90 minutes of playing a HD video clip the maximum the GPU reached was 87 degrees according to Nvidia's own temp monitor and the CPU 63 degrees according to Core Temp. I can live with that since the GPU...

I currently have an Asus AT5IONT-I in an Antec ISK 300 Mini case. I tried to run it fanless but the temps were horrible, idling at around 60c and 90c at load. So I had to put a fan on it with a Zalman controller. I would like to run it passive and am considering the Morex 3320 . It has more vent hol...

One observation I'll make about the case is be sure you check the dimensions and know what you are getting unlike me. I bought one of these cases recently and was expecting it to be the size of a large external hard drive like my old Shuttle. It is in fact more small briefcase size and not really in...

Well that looks a bit odd. Are the screws actually screwed into the heatsink?

Now I get the idea. You tie the ties around the fins. Will give it a go this weekend if I get the time. Many thanks for your help. Looks easy enough to achieve.

First point about the memory. It is not just the type of memory but the slots on the board that you use. The manual suggests that with two sticks you should use the two blue slots or two blacks slots. Could not get that to work at all. The only way it would work is to use the black and blue slots ne...

i have the passive card in another machine now. people above mentioned strapping a fan directly onto the card to lower temps. can anyone suggest an appropriate mount or bracket that i could use and where do i get them from online in the uk.

Just to round things off I finally finished the machine today. Could not use the passive card since the machine would not boot with it in the second slot. I put a different card in the first slot and it has a fan on it but is more powerful. Must admit this ASUS board is the fussiest on RAM that I ha...

Where is the fan for the CPU btw? Did you just take it off for the photo? Yeah, I took the photo before I put the stuff in the case. Just for illustration, I have no intention of running the chip passive :shock: In a well ventilated case with good fans nearby I hope the card will be OK. Some might ...

For anybody interested in this combination it will only fit if you use the card in the second slot which means a small performance hit. I cant get the board the post so am going to have another play around today or RMA it. Apparently this particular board is very fussy with RAM. http://img571.images...

Congrats on your soon-to-be-build. That's a lot of fans. You should be able to ditch 2-3 of them after you build and burn-in test. If it's not too late, get the i5-2500K and use the savings to trade up to the 128GB m4. You won't see any performance gain from the i7, but you will moving from 64 to 1...

Well I pulled the trigger and I'm going to have a go with the card. I bought a new NZXT LCD fan controller (great fun) and have sacrificed some silence and decided to run the full 6 fans. 2 stock Fractal fans (120mm), Nexus (120 mm), Noctua (120mm), Be Quiet (120mm) and Be Quiet (140mm). Hopefully t...

Thanks for the tips so far: 1. My needs are casual gaming, ripping DVDs, and general windows. Gaming at 1900x1200 on a Dell monitor. Nothing too taxing but I've never owned a chip like this I7 so I wanted to for once rather than save the £60 and get an I5. 2. I think the clearances are OK from the r...

For years i've been trying to get a very quiet PC that could do most ordinary things well and was quiet. An all around machine. The need to cool high powered graphics cards has always been the stumbling point. But I've now come across a mid range passively cooled 6850 which is the most powerful pass...