For the love of quiet I've been considering a passively cooled video card.
I've (of course) been researching this stuff. Of course, passive cooling gives one the risk:benefit of power/heat:silence.
The Asus EN series, depending on who rates it and how, gives an average idle/load of:
Power - 130W/200W
Heat - 60C/80C
Is 80C anything to worry about in a fan-cooled system?
Thanks again for your time.
Take Care,
-P220ST
GEAR LIST
CoolerMaster WaveMaster TAC-T01 Mid-Tower, Intel D975XBX2KR "Bad Axe 2" Mobo, Thermaltake Toughpower 750W W0117RU Power, Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4GHz Desktop Processor E6600, Corsair 4GB [2(2 x 1GB kit)] VS2GBKIT667D2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM, Asus EN Series Video Card, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro External sound card, PreSonus Firebox Firewire audio interface/sound card recording system, 4 Seagate 320GB 7200.10 16MB cache HDDs, Seagate ST3500601XS-RK eSATA 500-GB External Hard Drive.
I've (of course) been researching this stuff. Of course, passive cooling gives one the risk:benefit of power/heat:silence.
The Asus EN series, depending on who rates it and how, gives an average idle/load of:
Power - 130W/200W
Heat - 60C/80C
Is 80C anything to worry about in a fan-cooled system?
Thanks again for your time.
Take Care,
-P220ST
GEAR LIST
CoolerMaster WaveMaster TAC-T01 Mid-Tower, Intel D975XBX2KR "Bad Axe 2" Mobo, Thermaltake Toughpower 750W W0117RU Power, Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4GHz Desktop Processor E6600, Corsair 4GB [2(2 x 1GB kit)] VS2GBKIT667D2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM, Asus EN Series Video Card, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro External sound card, PreSonus Firebox Firewire audio interface/sound card recording system, 4 Seagate 320GB 7200.10 16MB cache HDDs, Seagate ST3500601XS-RK eSATA 500-GB External Hard Drive.