Air Cooled Gallery

My new video card is here. And of course, I just happen to have a camera handy.

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It's friggin' huge! One of the main reasons I went with this one over the GTX 260 was because the GTX 260 supposedly didn't fit in my case with out some bending or cutting. I didn't want any of that.

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Notice how long the card is. It's exactly as long as my ATX mainboard. That's 9.6".

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I had to use the Molex-PCIe power addapter because I couldn't find my extra cables for my PSU. I wish Antec would've known how easily I lose stuff and not made their NeoHE 550 PSU a modular unit. I guess I'll be placing an order from Antec soon. I'll definitely be trying to tidy up my cables soon.

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My girlfriend actually placed the order for me with her ATM card. In with the order, I was surprised to find her belated Christmas gift to me. It's an awesome game. Thank you Chrissie.

The first 2 things I learned about the HD4870 after installing it were that it's loud, and hot. Without any drivers at an idle desktop, the card was idling at 69C. After drivers and manual fan control, It was idling at 45C with the fan at 40%. I ran Furmark 1.6 with automatic fan speed and within minutes it had hit 90C. I stopped it right there.

I had read many Newegg user reviews on all the available HD4870 cards and most said that anything more than 50% fan speed is loud. I had forgotten that sound sensitivity is subjective. My 7900GS wasn't really quiet by any means, but it wasn't distractingly loud. Actually, behind my 120mm and 2x 92mm fans at 12v, plus the Intel OEM heatsink, it's hard to distinguish. The Radeon 4870 is very noticeable at anything more than 25% fan speed. And my computer is quiet, but not SPCR quiet. To combat the issue of temps vs noise, I'm going to be ordering my Scythe Musashi, and Xigmatek HDT-S1283 + bolt-thru kit. My rig will soon be quieter, and OC'd.

I was planning on getting my Asus Xonar D2 sound card, but the HD4870 really pushed upgrading the heatsinks in my computer to a new level of priority. I'm ordering the stuff today. so I'll have more to update on come beginning of next week.

Whats with the ref card?

Why not get a HIS IceQ4+?

Well, judging by all of the pictures of just the card - methinks he really loves the card!

I'm just so happy to finally upgrade from my 7900GS. This card runs amazing. Hot, yes, but it's still awesome for games.

I wanted a reference cooler at the time thinking it would be better for the rest of my hardware, since it exhausts it's own air out the back. I was looking at the same card from Sapphire with the Toxic cooler, but it went off sale the day I ordered the card and this one took it's place. The IceQ4+ wasn't on sale at the time. Plus, I was going to get a new VGA cooler anyway. I was curious to see how the reference cooler performed and now I know.

Well its good to get reference than get an upgrade cooler so you can use the stock mosfet/ram cooling plate.

Got a new case(Lian Li PC-7 plus II), new cpu cooler(Xigmatek S1283) and an OCZ memory cooler.

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Got a new case(Lian Li PC-7 plus II), new cpu cooler(Xigmatek S1283) and an OCZ memory cooler.

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How do you like that s1283? I just ordered one two days ago myself. :D

I've ordered my HDT-S1283 too. I should have it tomorrow. Everything I've read about it has been positive. It's one of the best bang for the buck coolers on the market. I was a bit torn between the Ninja 2, Thermalright HR-01, and the Xigmatek, but I'm sure I'll be glad with the Xigmatek.

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Marin Very nice and clean case :up: I like it :rocker:

last 3 posted rigs looks very clean and well managed :)

Marin, that's gotta be the nicest 1200 I've seen. Makes me want to ditch my lil Solo for it. Very nice.

My first air cooled build in quite a while:


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It's friggin' huge! One of the main reasons I went with this one over the GTX 260 was because the GTX 260 supposedly didn't fit in my case with out some bending or cutting. I didn't want any of that.

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Notice how long the card is. It's exactly as long as my ATX mainboard. That's 10.5" or 266.7 mm.

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I was under the impression that the GTX 260 was 10.5 inches and the 4870 was 9.6 inches, the same size as the ATX motherboard standard... If I am mistaken, I will have to rethink my build I am planning. Let me know if I heard wrong somewhere please!

Great builds everyone! Some are very inspiring to me!

@shazza

Very nice rig :up:

Very clean and tidy :clap:

@shazza - nice setup and very good photos? Are you a photographer? :)

Hey Marin, what cam, lense and settings did you use if you don't mind me asking?

Asulc, you're right. ATX spec is 12"x9.6". My bad. Fixed.

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Hey Marin, what cam, lense and settings did you use if you don't mind me asking?

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Canon Rebel XSi and a Canon 60mm Macro lens. Aperture was at 2.8 for the pics and the ISO was at 100.

Hi people,

Let me show you my modest system with air cooling sources:

SYSTEM HARDWARE:

- Thermaltake Armor+ Silver
- 2 x Noctua 120mm Fan on the floor
- Asus P5W DH Deluxe
- Intel E8600
- CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12F
- 2 X 2GB OCZ OPS EDITION DDR2 800
- EVGA GTX280
- 2 X WD 320GB AAKS in Raid0
- WD 1TB Green Power
- LiteON 20x Sata
- CORSAIR 750W
- HP 24" w2408h
- Genius Home Theather 5.1 Wood
- Phasak 1000VA

I hope that you enjoy. :D


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nice rig G40rocket... change the noctua fan to the NFP-12

cheers

theres so little difference between the nf-p12 and s12 that i wouldn't bother
:D, seems a shame to make a post and not leave a picture or 2 :(
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This thread makes me feel so jealous!!! I need to work on my cable management and clean things up and I will get a few shots up here.

Excuse my crappy photos and there is not much bling here but it is just a air cooled machine anyways.

You are looking at a Rocketfish case i picked up really cheap (-$50.00) and made it my own by adding an Antec 900 drive assy. and drilled some extra holes in back for some extra (2-80mm) fans for cooling because the standard fan positions were poor.

As you can see i cleaned up the wires a bit but nothing too fancy. :rolleyes:

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