Will 5750 or 5770 passive cards fit antec 2480 fusion case ?
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Will 5750 or 5770 passive cards fit antec 2480 fusion case ?
Hi,
I have the antec NSK 2480 case and like to get the 5750 or 5770 passive video cards...but worried that the card will be too high to fit. Does anyone have clearance issues with the heatsink hitting the top cover? I am concerned about buying something that doesn't fit. I like to buy the new gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125328
or
powercooler green 5750 card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814131346
Not sure if they fit...please if you have one in an antec case...please comment.
Thanks!
UPDATED: GIGABYTE GV-R575SL-1GI fits the case with very minor mod to the top cover. Read below
I have the antec NSK 2480 case and like to get the 5750 or 5770 passive video cards...but worried that the card will be too high to fit. Does anyone have clearance issues with the heatsink hitting the top cover? I am concerned about buying something that doesn't fit. I like to buy the new gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125328
or
powercooler green 5750 card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814131346
Not sure if they fit...please if you have one in an antec case...please comment.
Thanks!
UPDATED: GIGABYTE GV-R575SL-1GI fits the case with very minor mod to the top cover. Read below
Last edited by IMOM on Sat May 22, 2010 12:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
I have the PowerColor Go Green 5750 card. the heat sink is at an odd angle relative to the card, but it's roughly 1 1/4" taller than the PCB at its highest point. I don't have that case to compare it to though... Just looking at the pictures, I'm guessing it would be an extremely close call. There is a plastic decoration on the top of the cooler that you could probably remove, which would give a tiny bit more space.
Looking at the Gigabyte card, I can say for sure it sticks up a lot less. The one thing I could say in the PowerColor's favor is that it doesn't require a secondary power connector and is lower power, but that's obviously a minor point.
If it helps, I did happen to take a couple cell-camera pictures of my card sitting on some graph paper when I was building my system the other day.
If it helps, I did happen to take a couple cell-camera pictures of my card sitting on some graph paper when I was building my system the other day.
The heat sink is very much at an angle relative to the PCB, but it seems to be that way on purpose. I thought it was strange, but it seemed like that's how its base was made. Though now that I look at the other pictures on newegg - those seem straight...
It seems to be working quite well; it seems to stay cool even under load. I'm hesitant to try to "fix" it.
It seems to be working quite well; it seems to stay cool even under load. I'm hesitant to try to "fix" it.
fwiffo, thanks for posting the pics, I'm thinking about the same issue and that looks helpful. Your graph paper is imperial right? Which would make the whole thing about 6 inches at it's highest point. In my Fusion 120mm is about the limit, or just under 5 inches. A whole extra inch just isn't going to go I think.
Potsy
Potsy
Yeah, it's engineering paper, which is 5 squares to the inch. And assuming my card is a misfit and the heat-sink is supposed to be straight, it'd only be about half an inch (maybe a tad more) taller than the PCB; about 3/4" above the top of the backplate. If I were to rotate it straight, it would mostly be the tall end moving downward; as you can see, the lower-left corner of the cooler is just about touching the DVI connectors.
None of the PDFs on Antec's site seem to have one of those engineering diagrams with dimensions, so maybe somebody with the case can chime in on how much clearance there is between the top of the expansion card backplates and the top of the case. Or maybe Antec support can help?
None of the PDFs on Antec's site seem to have one of those engineering diagrams with dimensions, so maybe somebody with the case can chime in on how much clearance there is between the top of the expansion card backplates and the top of the case. Or maybe Antec support can help?
Hey, I just posted this in another thread, but it may be more appropriate here.
I am not familliar with your Antec case, but I fit the Powercolor 5750 fanless board in my compacth Shuttle case. If the dimensions are similar it should fit in yours as well.
Here is my review:
I did wind up getting the fanless Radeon 5750 and figured I'd report back with my findings here.
The card just barely fits in my compact Shuttle SX58H7 case. I had to take out all the drive bays (two simple screws) in order to install it, but one installed they fit right back in again without a millimeter to spare on top of the board.
Airflow was a concern of mine before installing it, but I have done some heavy stress testing (and by now played through almost the entire Half Life 2 series with high AA and AF on, last time I install an addictive game like that to "test my hardware" :p ) At an ambient temperature of 20 - 25C (68-77F) the card idles and does 2D work at about 40C, and under load, the hottest I have been able to get it is 76C, which is well below the maximum recommended operating parameter of 90C (they must use fancy solder)
Performance was a positive surprise. I am running this card in a system with an Intel Core i7-920 and 6GB ram on 64bit Ubuntu and 64bit Windows 7. In Half Life 2 with all settings on their highest, but with no AA, the frame rate kept bouncing off of the engine maximum of 300 FPS at my monitors natural resolution of 1920x1200. With everything set to max (including the AA) the game was reliably above 60fps. HL2 Episode 1, required me to drop the AA a little bit to remain above 60fps at all times, and with episode 2, I had to drop it a little bit more. Still very decent performance, especially since all I had planned on using it for were low end games like Civilization IV. I sure hadn't planned on getting back into FPS games. I hadn't played once since early 2004...
3DMark Vantage scores were as follows:
P8959 3DMarks
CPU Score 16693
Graphics Score 7760
3DMark 2006 as follows:
3DMark Score 14533 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 5611
SM 3.0 Score 6521
CPU Score 4704
So, certainly not high end by modern standards, but a lot better than I had anticipated, and perfectly quiet.
I only have two negatives to mention about this board:
1.) When the card gets hot, it does raise the case temps a bit, which causes the case/cpu fan to rev up a little bit causing a bit more noise. This is - however - only temporary during high load games, and is usually not a big deal at all, as the sound from the game (speakers or headphones) usually completely drowns out the fan noise anyway (I don't even have my volume up loud)
2.) AMD/ATI really need to improve their Linux drivers. I can't get the Open Source X drivers to work at all (though I am still trying). Instead I am using ATI's closed source Catalyst 10.4 drivers for Linux, and they are very unstable, causing all sorts of bugs on a regular basis. I am rather disappointed in this, but I have not given up hope in getting the open source drivers to work (as others with 5xxx series boards have succeeded). I just need to kick my half life 2 addiction so I can spend some time working on it. Hopefully when I finish episode 2 (pretty soon) this will be easier. :p
I am not familliar with your Antec case, but I fit the Powercolor 5750 fanless board in my compacth Shuttle case. If the dimensions are similar it should fit in yours as well.
Here is my review:
I did wind up getting the fanless Radeon 5750 and figured I'd report back with my findings here.
The card just barely fits in my compact Shuttle SX58H7 case. I had to take out all the drive bays (two simple screws) in order to install it, but one installed they fit right back in again without a millimeter to spare on top of the board.
Airflow was a concern of mine before installing it, but I have done some heavy stress testing (and by now played through almost the entire Half Life 2 series with high AA and AF on, last time I install an addictive game like that to "test my hardware" :p ) At an ambient temperature of 20 - 25C (68-77F) the card idles and does 2D work at about 40C, and under load, the hottest I have been able to get it is 76C, which is well below the maximum recommended operating parameter of 90C (they must use fancy solder)
Performance was a positive surprise. I am running this card in a system with an Intel Core i7-920 and 6GB ram on 64bit Ubuntu and 64bit Windows 7. In Half Life 2 with all settings on their highest, but with no AA, the frame rate kept bouncing off of the engine maximum of 300 FPS at my monitors natural resolution of 1920x1200. With everything set to max (including the AA) the game was reliably above 60fps. HL2 Episode 1, required me to drop the AA a little bit to remain above 60fps at all times, and with episode 2, I had to drop it a little bit more. Still very decent performance, especially since all I had planned on using it for were low end games like Civilization IV. I sure hadn't planned on getting back into FPS games. I hadn't played once since early 2004...
3DMark Vantage scores were as follows:
P8959 3DMarks
CPU Score 16693
Graphics Score 7760
3DMark 2006 as follows:
3DMark Score 14533 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 5611
SM 3.0 Score 6521
CPU Score 4704
So, certainly not high end by modern standards, but a lot better than I had anticipated, and perfectly quiet.
I only have two negatives to mention about this board:
1.) When the card gets hot, it does raise the case temps a bit, which causes the case/cpu fan to rev up a little bit causing a bit more noise. This is - however - only temporary during high load games, and is usually not a big deal at all, as the sound from the game (speakers or headphones) usually completely drowns out the fan noise anyway (I don't even have my volume up loud)
2.) AMD/ATI really need to improve their Linux drivers. I can't get the Open Source X drivers to work at all (though I am still trying). Instead I am using ATI's closed source Catalyst 10.4 drivers for Linux, and they are very unstable, causing all sorts of bugs on a regular basis. I am rather disappointed in this, but I have not given up hope in getting the open source drivers to work (as others with 5xxx series boards have succeeded). I just need to kick my half life 2 addiction so I can spend some time working on it. Hopefully when I finish episode 2 (pretty soon) this will be easier. :p
I bought the GIGABYTE GV-R575SL-1GI and it does fit the NSK 2480 case, but the top cover has air vents that are dented inward... on three spots you will have to bend them to be flush with the top cover and it will fit.
I hope that helps anyone else that has the this case. I doubt the power cooler passive card will fit.
I will add a 80mm fan and turn it on for gaming... without the fan... it idles at 50c and 66c at load. I'm sure with the fan it will reduce it by quite a bit.
The Gigabyte heatsink is very nice... I decided to go with the GIGABYTE GV-R575SL-1GI because I can go passive or add a fan.
I would post pictures, but I don't have these picture accounts... so if you like, send me an email and I will send you pictures so you can post them. Maybe if fwiffo is kind enough to do it... I'll send pictures to him.
I hope that helps anyone else that has the this case. I doubt the power cooler passive card will fit.
I will add a 80mm fan and turn it on for gaming... without the fan... it idles at 50c and 66c at load. I'm sure with the fan it will reduce it by quite a bit.
The Gigabyte heatsink is very nice... I decided to go with the GIGABYTE GV-R575SL-1GI because I can go passive or add a fan.
I would post pictures, but I don't have these picture accounts... so if you like, send me an email and I will send you pictures so you can post them. Maybe if fwiffo is kind enough to do it... I'll send pictures to him.
I think that you're right the powercolor wouldn't fit, even if you got one with a straight heat-sink. I'll be happy to post to pictures for you though, I'll send you a PM.
Oh, the Powercolor is running about 5 degrees cooler than that for me. Can't say if it's a more open case, cooler ambient, or the lower power consumption that does it.
Oh, the Powercolor is running about 5 degrees cooler than that for me. Can't say if it's a more open case, cooler ambient, or the lower power consumption that does it.
Thanks fwiffo. I sent you a few photos.
The backside of the video card has memory heatsinks, I added them, they do not come with the card.
The NSK2480 has a custom made wood front panel and then stained. I moved the front USB o the side, not pictured.
Sorry for the low quality photos... it's taken from my camera phone and in low light.
The backside of the video card has memory heatsinks, I added them, they do not come with the card.
The NSK2480 has a custom made wood front panel and then stained. I moved the front USB o the side, not pictured.
Sorry for the low quality photos... it's taken from my camera phone and in low light.
interesting, at TPU: http://www.techpowerup.com/124110/Gigab ... _Card.html
they said the 5750 silent won't need an external power connector, but on IMOM's rig there clearly is one
they said the 5750 silent won't need an external power connector, but on IMOM's rig there clearly is one
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I just installed my 5750 Silent Cell video card in my Antec NSK2400.
The grill modification is not needed if the Gigabyte 5750 card is in the very first PCI card slot position, closest to the CPU. However, I might consider cutting off all of the inner parts of the grill (where IMOM bent) in order to increase the airflow in that area.
The grill modification is not needed if the Gigabyte 5750 card is in the very first PCI card slot position, closest to the CPU. However, I might consider cutting off all of the inner parts of the grill (where IMOM bent) in order to increase the airflow in that area.
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After further investication, it appears everything fits... BUT...
The top casepanel is actually making contact with the video card, and flexing slightly. It might be fine, but it bothers me - so I'm going to cut a rectangle out on the panel and maybe put a grill there or something.
EDIT: I have completed the rectangle cutout. Now I can clearly see that not only do the heatpipes rise above the case panel, but the entire black part of the heatsink would make contact with the case panel if the heatpipes weren't there.
The top casepanel is actually making contact with the video card, and flexing slightly. It might be fine, but it bothers me - so I'm going to cut a rectangle out on the panel and maybe put a grill there or something.
EDIT: I have completed the rectangle cutout. Now I can clearly see that not only do the heatpipes rise above the case panel, but the entire black part of the heatsink would make contact with the case panel if the heatpipes weren't there.
Powercolor 5750 Go green doesnt fit Silverstone GD05B
I bought the powercolor 5750 Go green and tried to fit it in a Silverstone GD05B and it doesnt fit. It sticks up 13-17mm too much.
The heater was "bent" as in the post above on my card as well (supposed to be like this I guess).
The heatpipes are so rigid that they cannot easily be bent either (I managedtp bend the heatpipes on a thermaltake CPU cooler.)
The heater was "bent" as in the post above on my card as well (supposed to be like this I guess).
The heatpipes are so rigid that they cannot easily be bent either (I managedtp bend the heatpipes on a thermaltake CPU cooler.)