yea i defragged and the perforamance skyrocketed lol.

hahahha burcakb lol i hope my box doesn't suxor hahahaha

yea with the silencer u'll get a clicky fan, if u dun mind running it at lower rpms its fine, but otherwise, try out the zalman and see how it works out!

i'ld go with the 6800 gt but for some reason my bfg 6800 GT is not what i expected. maybe its my CPU problem but..... at 1024x768 no aa, no af i ran those anandtech tests and hardocp tests, im getting around 80 fps? at 1280x1024 i think its around 76 or 70, it doesn't really match up with those resu...

the silencer might cool less effectively vs the zalman with ur panaflow, how ever it should be quite equal im not sure about that. the plus for the silencer is that the hot air gets pushed out the case, whereas the zalman will keep the hot heat inside ur case, and add to ur cpu, psu temps, and possi...

lol i can't i cut off the mounting hoels too, its a huge square lol
but i don't think i'ld need to b/c drive temps are 35 for wd and 33 for samsung.
plus adding another fan would make my computer louder wouldn't it?

thx ralf :) hmmmm my hds are SATA i duno where i plug em :?: i'll consider taking the grill off but i like how the wire grill looks lol :P well i was just rethinking about my cuts to my case, cas the back is perfect, but the front cut i did, was a giant square from each of the mounting holes. howeve...

35 C idle ambient temp for ur case is ok.... i would got for the 6800 passive if i was u. i have the NV5 on a 6800 GT, the NV5 is louder than the VGA Silencer on low and high settings. it has an annoying clicking sound and i almost ripped off my ears i swear to god, haha :lol: you could get around t...

wow 68 C idle??? ouch. IMO put a zalman fanmate on it at 5v, works like a charm, its like a sock was stuffed into the NV5's mouth. but don't wory, 68C idle is alrgiht, just make sure u dun load over 100C, remember 6800 cooldown for the gpu is at 120C

hmmm i just bought a 3700bqe and cut the grills out lol. but i duno wat to do with the 2 extra leds. where do i plug em in??? i have 2 hds on my computer, 160 samsun spinpoint and 120 wd, both sata. i want to put at least one of the leds on the other drive if possible? anybody else think it was a go...

yep im running it at around 6-7 volts on a zalman fanmate. at that voltage its pretty much quiet to my ear. ur temps will go up though, but no matter the 6800s have a gpu cooldown at 120 C

my highest temp is 73 under load, so no worries.

the top part of the cooler looks like it has been extended outwards to fit the NB heatsink and the CPU heatsink to accomidate the CPU heatsink size. i think thermalright would try their hardest to keep their range of coolers compatibale with each other. lets hope they do

the top part of the cooler looks like it has been extended outwards to fit the NB heatsink and the CPU heatsink to accomidate the CPU heatsink size. i think thermalright would try their hardest to keep their range of coolers compatibale with each other. lets hope they do

nice temps for a passively cooled gpu

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well i plugged mine into the zalman fanmate and the clicking is still there. where as plugging it into the mobo does reduce the clicking noise. im not sure about fan controllers. my zalman fan mate is like a 1 channel fan controller. and the clicking doesn't get any better from that. the VGA rev 3 c...

i guess if u have the fan blow it would go against the back of the card.

i think it would be better if it sucked the air so that air goes upward towards the case fan, cpu, and psu.

damn that would scare the shit out of me! hahahah new card and it breaks lol.

congrats on the blind bios hahahah

you know if u still have the stock heatsink, u could put some artic silver on it, and RMA it to ATI, worked for me! 8). make sure u use a silver thermal compound cas ati ships videocards with silver compound. if u get the BFG6800 its gonna be loud for sure, due to the single slot solution. personall...

i think its lucky for u cas my BFG 6800GT OC is clicking like nuts.
even when its controled by a fanmate. currently my only option is to slow the fan down until i can't hear the clicking.

hmmmmm....... does it still have the clicking noise? maybe ur 6800 has a GOOD PVM.... :( lucky...... cas my NV5 is like as loud as the old school one at full speed. well i tried to plug it into a zalman fanmate and the ticking is still there :evil: but if i plug into mobo the ticking is slightly red...

i have a 120mm nexus myself... and its the best 120mm fan i have come across yet, its so smooth the only thing i can hear is the whoooshing sound from air being pushed. Although it doesn't move alot of air, i think its fine, running SS ST 400, 120 nexus case fan, NV5 cooler, my temps are great. xp-9...

yes front fans are pretty much pointless unless ur running at really cfm. im running a ss tornado 400 at 800 rpm idle, 120mm nexus at 1000rpm, and a arctic silencer NV5, my case has an additional 120 in the front, but its pointless since the cfm being moved out is greater than the intake. unless u e...

hmm..... i'ld put a nexus on that sucker! but it doesn't look like theres any cooling for the ram.
only the gpu
hhope i can use it on my 6800 GT.....
anyone know how big of a ram sink you need for a 6800 GT? cas on the gainward 6800 models the ram sinks are huge.

i wouldn't worry bout the temps of the video card. nvidia gpus can run up pretty high, my 6800 gt slowdown temp is 120 C

try putting the heatsink into the freezer for like 30 min or like an hour... then try to pry it off, worked for me when i took off a glued on fan for a tnt2 card. if not try a pci slot cooler from vantec. or a zalman pci thingy that hangs off the pci screws. lol sorry im really busy no time to link :(

yup i had the same chattering one. worked fine when i bought it but a few weeks later the chattering start happening just like the CNS7000.

perhaps buy a arctic silencer, some of them aren't that quiet though.....

awwww man...... are u sure? can anyone please tell me whether taking the NV5 off the PVM will make a difference or not? cas im getting confused about people saying it does, and ppl saying it doesn't. yeA! someone is with me on the whole scooping idea. it doesn't make sense! scooping more air would a...

yeah i too have an arctic cooler, the NV5 the buzzing is just unbarable haha. im about to spice those wires out into a zalman fanmate. my case has pretty good airflow and i'm confident i don't need to regulate the temps that much when gaming, it may increase load temps, but a GPU can go up to 120 C ...

i would go for the 6800 gigabyte passive cooled one if ur not into games that much. also it would be wise to buy a 6800 from BFG since their lifetime warranty can't be beat. personally i would go for the BFG 6800 GT for its value and 16 piplines :D . about doom3 being capped at 60 fps... my 6800 GT ...

Nexus and Acoustic Pack are the same thichness of 7mm. but Acoustic Pack has a 2mm barrier where as the Nexus has a 1.5 mm barrier. This give Nexus an advantage to absorb more of the sound rather than deflect it. .5mm more foam i duno if it gonna make a big difference im gonna order my Nexus Damptek...