Looking for Low profile graphics card - DDR5 / Passive cooled?

(2012-04-01 20:52)a5ian300zx Wrote:  I cant believe how quite the fans on the GD05 are with all three connected, I use an external connector to test the fans.

Interesting. I had the exact opposite impression I extra ordered a fan controller that should be able to control fan speed from 20-100%. But even on slowest setting it was way too loud for me with only one fan connected (not sure if this is really at 20%). Now I run two of the fans connected to the board (Asrock H67M) with lowest speed and this is ok. But last week one of the fans started to make a repeating noise. So I think I will get some new case fans.

But beside this I am also absolutely happy with this case. Just hoping that there will be some good passive cooled video cards in the future that will fit in the case. Some day when I am not satisfied with my GT520 anymore I wanted to get a more powerful card.

Hi,

I have not fully tested the fans yet, so told hold me on this my initial thought was it was quite, I have not closed the case and tested it yet which can cause turbulence type noise. But I might just have one fan in the case which will be the below one i have these in 3 of my PC are they are great for the money.

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer...11897.html

I have bought the front usb3 attachment which requires your motherboard to have a usb3 header which my one does not, but i do have external rear usb 3 ports so i will buy the below to connect the rear to the front ports.

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6791

i will update my Pc build thread with pics of the new case and GPU.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=112854

PS: I love my front media bay looks great

hi,

finally started everything at this gt440 asus graphics cards fan is really loud, is there any way i can lower the fans setting permanently? or a passive card now that will fit the new gd05 case in terms of height?

Ps. I ended up using only one enermax fan in the case as I wanted it silent as possible.

thanks

You can try to change the fan speed with ASUS SmartDoctor. My Asus GT430 had a minimum fan speed of 60% and was still very loud at that speed. I had to flash a modified bios with a lower minimum speed.

Thanks Carb0 for the info but i might just change the card for a passive one been looking for a one and have narrowed it down to the following and just need feedback - needs to fit the Silverstone Gd05 which has a height restrictions so any card with heat pipes or heat sink sticking out of the card will not fit.

Sparkle GT430 - this one has is low profile single slot with a very flat heatsink perfect for tight installations / Core clock = 700 Mhz / Stream Processors Clock = 1400 MHz / 128 bit memory interface
http://sparkletw.com/products/geforce-gt-430-1g-p/

another like the above but 128 bit interface is the Zotac cards which don't come in low profile but do have nice solid heatsink

HIS 6670 - Core Clock 800Mhz / Stream Processors Clock = 1600 MHz / 128 bit memory interface /
http://www.hisdigital.com/gb/product2-680.shtml

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