shosiu wrote:I was planning to buy KalmX, but currently put it on hold.
Some information, I've got from Palit support when asked them (might be useful for someone):
This card has 2pin input, so you can connect the fan directly to the card. You can control the fan speed via Afterburner, Thundermaster etc, but you cannot stop it (for example until the card reaches given temperature) - card BIOS has the minimun fan speed set and you cannot omit it. That's strange, because for such card (with the aim of passive cooling) fan should not run for over 90% of its time.
Unfortunately, but finding perfect 1050Ti is a challenge. Most of good samples have 6PIN connector, which is a problem for me. MSI 1050Ti Gaming would be perfect (cool, quiet) but has 6pin PEG connector. EVGA 1050Ti SSC is really good card, but their fans have nothing in common with silence.
Regards
I think you are confusing the KalmX with the StormX. As the KalmX is a passive VGA, there are no fans, so what you wrote makes no sense. Now, if this was regarding the StormX, then yes, all is relevant.
Like someone else said above, they are looking to build a very quiet PC and wanted more info on these low powered guys and found this thread which has amazing info on all of these.
I myself am currently planning a build with a ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx1050 ti. I wanted to make the build as small as possible as well, but it seems that there aren't any reliable mini ITX motherboards for AM4 at the moment. Since the beginning I have chosen a mATX mobo, and, although I built computers in the past, it was always helping out at work, I have never ordered things for myself nor knew that there were so many standards and that the ecosystem was as large as it is.
I have 2 questions and they both revolve around the KalmX:
One, I was going to get the KalmX, but just last minute I found out it does not fit in the case I am currently going for (silverstone GD09), which left me very very sad, actually, because it took me 2 days to find this case. So, does someone have another case suggestion where I would mount the mobo horizontally, and where the case would be as small as possible for an mATX build, so possibly with an SFX power supply and >148mm of CPU cooler clearance (this counts with the massive size of the KalmX which is 142mm "tall"). I am starting to get a bit frustrated in terms of cases!
Secondly, if I would instead keep the case and switch to a cheap 1050 ti and slap an Arctic Accelero L2 plus on it, I am afraid of compatibility. Althouh arctic states it fits the 1050 ti, it in the end I guess, depends on the original manufacturer. Does anyone know if there is a list of vendors and compatibility, or if someone knows if it would fit on any of these:
Palit GTX 1050 ti StormX
Gygabyte GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G
(these are my current 2 cheaper options)
I guess my full post strays a bit off topic, but if answered regarding the compatibility or the accelero L2, I guess this is good additional info for this thread.