Air Cooled Gallery

[pcaddict]

DONT QUOTE IMAGES!!!

..looks cool that gtx!

[fatguy1992]

Very nice

[Simps]

[L'enFer]

Don't you get tired of cleaning your system when there's ton of dust ?

[Simps]

I clean it once a year, and I don't keep the same system for more then 2 years. So, no.

[L'enFer]

Then what about noise?

[pcaddict]

Is that loud? and what's are the cpu's clocks? :P

[Simps]

It is very quiet... Those CPU fans are panaflo's 80-85CMF @ 32dB, and all the other fans are <25-28dB... I use it with doors closed, and I keep it inside a cabinet I have on my desk... You can hear it, yes, but it is very quiet...

[Mad1723]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...723/HAF002.jpg

My computer case never has been cleaner than that!

[al-]

This is really 'Air Cooling';



(source=www.techchee.com/2007/11/24/obsessed-with-cpu-cooling-pc-case-with-66-fans-and-wrapped-in-ice)

[knissel]

^ that looks crazy!

[HaGGaRd]

Talk about obsessed aha

[mcaff]

What ventilator do you use for processor?

[Jsunn]

Hey everyone, finally got my hands on a HR-03 GTX for my EVGA GTX 260 (65nm 216 superclocked).

Idle around 35 C... to early for load temps as I just installed it.

Anyway, have a look:





Cheers

How are your VRM temps. The one review that I found stated that the GPU was cool, but the VRM temps were higher than stock.

The review was done on a GTX280, so that might make a difference as well.


-J

[L'enFer]

What ventilator do you use for processor?

Not sure, but I think it's Delta fan.

[bartx]

Not sure, but I think it's Delta fan.

It looks like Sanyo Denki

[fatguy1992]

It looks like Sanyo Denki

They are.

I asked him a while ago .

@al-

OMG at the computer

[Marin]

Not sure, but I think it's Delta fan.

Nope.

It looks like Sanyo Denki

Yeah.

It's a Sanyo Denki San Ace 1011. Amazing quality, moves a lot of air and thanks to their quality motors it's very quiet.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12x38sadesan.html

[Nazu]

Nope.



Yeah.

It's a Sanyo Denki San Ace 1011. Amazing quality, moves a lot of air and thanks to their quality motors it's very quiet.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12x38sadesan.html

Somehow "moves a lot of air" and "very quiet" dont fit very well in the same sentence. No matter what fan it is, a high rpm fan that blows lot of air is ALWAYS loud. No matter what fan it is. Ofc if you're accustomed to fans that sound like leafblowers you might think that a fan like that is quiet.

[IKIKUINTHENUTZ]

Nope.



Yeah.

It's a Sanyo Denki San Ace 1011. Amazing quality, moves a lot of air and thanks to their quality motors it's very quiet.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12x38sadesan.html

Rofl, I have a san ace 1011 too

I placed it into my system once, it screams. I 7v to see if that made a difference, the motor clicks alot. I quickly removed it so personally I never consider ths fan quite nor it's motor

[fatguy1992]

Everyones idea of noise is different.

[yenniedn]

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/987/full4is8.jpg[/img]

Good gawd that's the most fans I've ever seen in a Stacker. Don't tell me you have 4x120mm in the side door panel too??? Do you really need all those fans?

[Marin]

Somehow "moves a lot of air" and "very quiet" dont fit very well in the same sentence. No matter what fan it is, a high rpm fan that blows lot of air is ALWAYS loud. No matter what fan it is. Ofc if you're accustomed to fans that sound like leafblowers you might think that a fan like that is quiet.

For a 38mm fan, it's quiet. Also, since I typed that post on my phone I couldn't go into detail.

The fan is quiet for a 38mm and undervolts properly. Compared to other fans I haven't experience any motor noise when they undervolt, my Ultra Kazes let off a whining sound though whenever I undervolt them (both of them). In no way was I referring to quiet as in... Noctua fan quiet, but for a 38mm fan they aren't as noisy.

Rofl, I have a san ace 1011 too

I placed it into my system once, it screams. I 7v to see if that made a difference, the motor clicks alot. I quickly removed it so personally I never consider ths fan quite nor it's motor

I have three of them (as seen in the pic), all of them undervolt properly and I haven't experienced any clicking.

Also, how were you powering the fan?

[slpdLoad]

How are your VRM temps. The one review that I found stated that the GPU was cool, but the VRM temps were higher than stock.

The review was done on a GTX280, so that might make a difference as well.


-J

I'd say the review is accurate for my card as well. VRM temps > 70C after load. I assume the difference is that the stock cooler places the fan directly over the VRM plate. I'm watching this thread to see what people come up with: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=210897

I'm not terribly worried about it though, since the GPU is much cooler (delta of > 10C) and it creates less noise.

[That Linux guy]

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




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.














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


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.


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.