NV5 Review?

[Mrvile]

So I go to Yahoo (google engine) and try looking for NVSilencer5 reviews, I found one at silentpcreview's site. Are there any others? Thanks.

 

[govtcheez75]

try googleing instead. I get a bunch of reveiws.

 

[govtcheez75]

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...and more

 

[Hyperlite]

its uber, all you need to know. 😛

you can always look at product reviews on newegg.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
its uber, all you need to know. 😛

you can always look at product reviews on newegg.

might not be the best idea, you rarely see any negs there... heh

but if you do not google that all as one word, you will find reviews.

try nv5 silencer
and nv silencer 5

there are results. plenty.

 

[jelifah]

Here's a personal review for you, I installed the NV5 Silencer last week.

New NV5 Load Temps = Old Stock Idle Temps!! Temps went from 54/38 idle to 42-44/32 idle. Under load, after 1-2 hours of gaming or a 3dMark05 run, the temp may SPIKE for a second at 60-61, but hovers around the old stock idle speed of 54. That alone justifies the install for me.

Noise went from being able to hear the computer slightly out in the hallway to having no idea if it was on until I was sitting at the desk.

The 'wife' test went something like this "Wow, the computer is A LOT quieter."

Of course now she is questioning why I am buying a Zalman 7700, to be delivered TODAY, since it's already 'quiet.'

I just said 'Cuz it'll be ever MORE quiet.'

- Jelifah

 

[CraigRT]

I like my NV silencer 5 too.. the temps for me stayed almost the same, with a 1-2C drop, but it's so quiet I really don't care.
the card currently runs @ ultra speeds without problems, and again is quiet as hell 😀

good product IMO.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: jelifah
Here's a personal review for you, I installed the NV5 Silencer last week.

New NV5 Load Temps = Old Stock Idle Temps!! Temps went from 54/38 idle to 42-44/32 idle. Under load, after 1-2 hours of gaming or a 3dMark05 run, the temp may SPIKE for a second at 60-61, but hovers around the old stock idle speed of 54. That alone justifies the install for me.

Noise went from being able to hear the computer slightly out in the hallway to having no idea if it was on until I was sitting at the desk.

The 'wife' test went something like this "Wow, the computer is A LOT quieter."

Of course now she is questioning why I am buying a Zalman 7700, to be delivered TODAY, since it's already 'quiet.'

I just said 'Cuz it'll be ever MORE quiet.'

- Jelifah

ahhah! You got sucked into the silencing game. Its a trap! It never ends!!!

 

[MDE]

Here's a review:

Easy to install
Cools like a mutha
Dead silent
Voids your warranty

 

[govtcheez75]

did everyone use the thermal paste that came with it...or AS5? And how much did they use? I've seen some reviews that claim very good results (5-10 degrees lower), and one review claim no difference, and one claim worse temps.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: govtcheez75
did everyone use the thermal paste that came with it...or AS5? And how much did they use? I've seen some reviews that claim very good results (5-10 degrees lower), and one review claim no difference, and one claim worse temps.

I used Arctic Alumina on the GPU and the included paste on thr RAM. The GPU needed a little more than I thought it would and the RAM got a nice big blob on each chip.