Wait!, The 1700+ is available in the B core...that is the one you want as the core is larger and will dump the heat faster to the heatsink. The A core was terrible for overheating, the core was very small and the heatsinks had problems absorbing the heat from such a small core. Get the B core, get t...

I was thinking the Shuttle small form factor modified would work, The mods are pretty basic, but with the size of the little thing, would require a different case cover. The mods are basically this, to put a Panaflo L series 80x15mm side intake fan were the video card is located and put in a 300 wat...

You have to measure it somehow! The good thing about all that performance is for the newer games, the extra ooomph gives the opportunity to increase quality, and turn on all the goodies. :D Is the cost worth it? Not in my book! It all depends on how much that performance is worth to you. I love the ...

Wow!
A 92mm fan equipped "Orb-type" copper cooler! Adjustable speeds of the fan included.... hmmmmm, maybe the SLK-900 might get passed for that new Zalman monster. Thanks for the info, looks very good

A 9700 overclocked and silent? :twisted: The GFFX won't overclock and costs the same...and is slower... and is !!@##$%^&*!! LOUD! Make it a AIW and this will be my next video card! I will put a 92mm Panaflo L series @5V to help cool it down some more. To hell with the 2nd PCI slot! :lol: Hmmmm, that...

It probably puts lower voltage to the fan than 12V, He said in the review that the fan put out 24 CFM instead of the 62 CFM you quoted for the fan at 12V. Sounds like the "big, slow spinning" fan is running at 5V. That would make sense. Interesting PSU, I think I should pick one up for my son's comp...

You could always put an 80mm fan on the SLK900, The 92mm overhangs a little on each side of the heatsink, the 80mm would not do that and just push air through the fins. I think a 92mm Panaflo L would push more air at 5 volts VS 7 volts of the 80mm fan. Have been using two Panaflo L 92mm case fans fo...

Butane heatpipe tower! I love it! Now for them to become available and to be able to cool a Barton cored Athlon (my next CPU) The 92mm fan on the bottom of my Antec TP 430 PSU will pull some air across the tower to help cool it better. Now to figure out how to cool down an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AIW. G...

Antec Truepower 430, I have one, and it is very, very quiet. I have my three 92mm case fans running on the fan only leads and life is really good. 8) Then I went after the video card with a NMB 18dB fan and a SK7 with Vantec Stealth fan for the CPU. I am not silent, but my kids are not silent, the f...

Dru,
I read a review on the net about that card and the huge heatsink. It was the quietest 4200 and they took the fan off and screwed on an 80mm one. It cooled great and was basically almost silent. Take one of those 18dB/18CFM fans and screw it on. Quiet and cool.

I like the monster!
When the Barton 2500+ becomes available at a $75 price (or so) the 900 looks like the beast to cool it with a Panaflo 92mm at 7V. That should do it.

Thermalright is making a new heatsink called the SLK-900 for the P4 and Athlons. The monster (570 gram) solid copper beast uses a 92mm fan! When I go with a Barton cored Athlon (new computer) I will put the SLK-900 gigantisorus on the CPU.

Underclock a C3? :roll: I guess if you wanted to take the fan off a stock heatsink it would make sense. I bet just putting the biggest copper monster that would fit would achieve the same objective. The SLK800 have a very small base so it should fit on the C3. 5V a good sized 80mm vent fan on the ba...

Vantec makes a 60mm fan that uses a thermal sensor,
Very quiet when it is cool, will spin up when the going gets hot. Not sure if a 60x25mm fan will fit (don't have a PS2) but you can mount it external to the case intake and see how it works.

This one is close to home :oops: Shipped my computer to Korea with a 450 gram heatsink/fan combo on it :lol: Well, the thing had a single prong heatsink clip on it and it did not break. All was not good, however :( The mobo cracked from the weight and rough handling. Bought a new mobo and slapped a ...

Hmmmmm, Not too hard of a challenge! :D As long as the measurements of the video core allow it, slap on a copper base/aluminum fin heatsink on the puppy! Drill holes in the heatsink to match the bolt pattern of the board and put a real heatsink on it. Yep, time to freeze the CPU heatsink in ice and ...

Get a Weller soldering station,
The Wellers last for many years and my 25 watt model is purple (leave it on for a few days and they turn purple)

8) 8) 8) I have the same heatsink on my GF2! That 6,250 RPM Delta 50x10mm fan is really annoying though (rated at 30dB) One of the interesting things to do with that heatsink is to mount a wire fan grill from a 60mm fan (or 80mm fan) to the heatsink upside down. (Screw heads hold the wire grill) The...

Been doing a lot of reading on the SFF, You would not need a sound card with nVidias stock sound (5.1), unless you want to blow $200 on a sound card :shock: From what I understand, the sound is awesome. The sheer horsepower of a T-bred B core (or upcoming Barton core) Athlons running parallel DDR at...

I like it! The new 1GHz systems seem to finally have some fire power with graphics :D Was reading about the PCI ATI All in Wonder VE PCI card at Hardocp the other day, and it can actually play games at a decent resolution. Then the 1 GHz comes out with 73% improved graphics with more horsepower. Sou...

Almost forgot :shock: , When you have the holes drilled into the sink and everything lines up, bolt it to the board. Take the screws and put heatshrink on them so they don't short anything on the board (this may or may not matter but, I do it just to make sure) Use a plastic washer as a spacer under...

MuffinMan, If you want to run fanless AND quiet, the 9000 Pro is pretty easy to cool down. Just get a big honkin' heatsink (as in a copper one or aluminum/copper) and match the old heatsink to it. Drill the holes to match and make sure that the base will fit flat on the core. From what I understand ...

Dave, Watercooling will use less power than air cooling :D Water pumps run on AC so the power supply will not have to deal with it. Personally, I just bought a new power supply to replace my 98 Fortron Source (Sparkle) 300w loud box. Went with an Antec Truepower 430w so I can have the internal temp ...

Another thing to do is this, Have a giganitic heatsink laying around? Draw out the maximum size the heatsink can be that will fit on the board. Then freeze the heatsink in a container of water so it will end up completely immersed and come out a block of ice. Take a saw and cut down the heatsink whi...

It is possible to do, The trick is to use the biggest, heaviest solid copper heatsink out there (Thermalright SLK-800) and slap on a quiet 80mm fan. The best way to keep it quiet and cool is to leave the voltage left at stock, boosting the voltage up really gets the CPU HOT :twisted: Just bump up th...

I use ASUS probe, It gives me basic information but I have two thermal probes with displays on the front of my computer to give readings. My SK-7 temps read about 4C lower than ASUS reads, but it will also read my video card heatsink temps. :D Works great for me (yeah, I have to replace the batterie...

I have used dual Panaflo L series 92mm fans for the intake on my computer for two years now. They are fairly quiet (for dual fans) when running 12V but come into their own when driven at 5 to 7 volts (running off the fan headers on the Antec Truepower PSU) Very, very quiet then.

Jeff, I did the overclocking thing and still am, although I don't push everything to max with monster fans anymore. :roll: My box still runs multiple intake fans (Panaflo L 92mm) with the old reliable 92mm Sunon blowing out. The giant Thermalright SK-7 copper heatsink sits there per usual overclocki...