On Donnerstag 11 Dezember 2008, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <volker.armin.hemm...@tu-clausthal.de> wrote: > > On Donnerstag 11 Dezember 2008, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:10 AM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I've been looking for an ATI graphics card > >> > with a water cooling system built in. I'm very > >> > tired of listen to the roar of a video card fan. > >> > > >> > Any suggestions? It does not need to be the latest > >> > smokin card, just reasonable at video games > >> > and quite as can be. R580 engine or above. > >> > Low dB is the primary concern, but it must be decent at video > >> > games. (PCI express 16) is the slot it must fit into. > >> > > >> > I prefer ATI over nvidia. > >> > > >> > After days of googling and nothing attractive > >> > (sub 200 USD) and pre assembled, I'm more open > >> > to the cost effectiveness of DIY. Any suggestions > >> > are most appreciated. Your experiences with DIY > >> > water cooled video cards and your happiness with > >> > such endeavors is of keen interest to me, regardless > >> > of the type of video card. > >> > >> It's not ATI or water cooled, but I got a GeForce 9600 with a giant > >> aftermarket heat sink preinstalled > >> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134050), > >> totally passive fanless and silent, for under $100 at the time I > >> bought it. I get steady 200fps at 1600x1200 in Sauerbraten, and FIFA > >> 09 plays nice and smooth in wine. Temperature readings have been > >> consistently low. I don't think water cooling is necessary if you're > >> not doing anything special to torture the card (unless you just want > >> to do it just for the fun of doing it, of course). I've gone the > >> fanless, heat sink route on 2 systems now and have had no problems at > >> all after having 2 video card fans die after less than 1 year each of > >> use. > > > > passive is nice - but you need good air movement throughout the case - or > > everything will warm uo a lot. So passive cooled card does not solve the > > noise problem - it just moves it to the case ventilation. > > That's true, he only specifically asked about video card noise and > that's all I considered, I didn't even think about the case. I have a > gigantic case with numerous intake & ventilating fans and a nice warm > breeze blowing out of the back of it :) But, it's still quieter than > it was with the added noise of one extra fan. If he wants a totally > fanless system then obviously there is more to worry about.
my case isn't big, but I spent a lot of time to optimize the air flow. At the moment I have one 12cm in the back at 1080rpm and the PSUs fan at 1080. If I need more air, there is another slow 12cm fan in the front and a 9,2cm fan in the side. And it was worth it. I can cool my X2 6000+ with a Scythe Shuriken. A friend of mine can't cool his a lot less energy hungry Intel CPU - because the air flow in his case sucks.
