VGA Silencer arrives

[SneakyStuff]

Well, just got it from the egg a day ahead of time, I gotta haul some leaves away, but i'm gong to install it in the next hour or so, i'll post back and share my results, I hope I don't mess up! You guys really sold me on it, and from just spinning the fan with my finger, it looks like its gonna be QUIET 🙂

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
Well, just got it from the egg a day ahead of time, I gotta haul some leaves away, but i'm gong to install it in the next hour or so, i'll post back and share my results, I hope I don't mess up! You guys really sold me on it, and from just spinning the fan with my finger, it looks like its gonna be QUIET 🙂

which one you get? the ATI silencer 2,3 or the older rev 3 VGA silencer? Id be interested in your results since my 9800pro stock cooling is mad loud

 

[Operandi]

ahhh.... yes the "finger spinning technique", higly accurate indeed. 😉

 

[rforum]

Also have ATI 9800 PRO and found it was the loudest thing in my case. I bought:

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=41

and it quieted my case right down. There is a Hi/Lo switch controlling fan speed. I have it on low and it works great.

 

[BW86]

i have the vga silencer aswell, really silenced the card. It lowered my case temp and increased my overclock aswell 😀

 

[SneakyStuff]

One word... WOW. My system is absolutely silent now, all I hear are the whines of capacitators. I LOVE this thing. I had a bit of trouble getting the stock heatsink off though. Let's just say that there's no way it'll be going back on 😉 5 stars to Arctic Cooling, they make my CPU cooling combo also, and now i've got this, and i'm very pleased. Thanks to all for your help/input in my other thread, it was useful. Now, TIME TO OVERCLOCK! 😀

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
One word... WOW. My system is absolutely silent now, all I hear are the whines of capacitators. I LOVE this thing. I had a bit of trouble getting the stock heatsink off though. Let's just say that there's no way it'll be going back on 😉 5 starts to Arctic Cooling, they make my CPU cooling combo also, and now i've got this, and i'm very pleased. Thanks to all for your help/input in my other thread, it was useful. Now, TIME TO OVERCLOCK! 😀

Ah, the rev 3. This sounds very reassuring. Do you need to passively cool the ram btw?

 

[SneakyStuff]

My RAM is just there chillin'. It isn't really that warm to the touch, so I don't think it needs any RAMsinks. But there's space left, should I change my mind 🙂