Titan Amanda TTC-NP04TZ TEC & Heatpipe Cooling Fan

~The~King~ · 13 Apr 2007 at 11:38

with regards to this cooling unit (which can be found here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-TI&tool=3)

is it essential to have the pci card in, to make it work??

as at the moment i dont have it installed and my unit dont seem to want to work :/

any thoughts ?

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:07

I'm getting one today so can confirm in the next day or so. But it is my understanding that the pci card is needed to power the TEC portion of the cooler.

Without it installed i would imagine it would just act like a mid-range bog-standard air cooler. Possibly even worse as the TEC may actually be insulating it a little!

Get it plugged in fully and report back.

gt

cobxx · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:08

AFAIK, if it's like other TEC coolers, it will need the power, otherwise it is just acting as a normal heatsink. Someone who has one though should confirm that to make sure I'm not just making that up. :rolleyes:

~The~King~ · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:20

from what ive found out, is that it is essential to have the pci card installed as well..

the only annoying thing is that i havent got a spare pci slot...

only a pci-e

does ne 1 know if either:

1) where i can find a cheap pci-e to pci converter

or

2) if titan provide a pci-e card instead of the pci version?

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:27

Don't think so on either of those points i'm afraid.

What do you have filling the PCI ports you have already?

Do you have pics?

gt

~The~King~ · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:31

currently got 2 8800gtx cards

also just found this:

PCI Express to PCI Converter
Price: €65.00
Features :

Convert a PCI-E 1x slot to a 32bit 33Mhz PCI slot.
Works with almost all PCI cards (normal PCI or Low Profile PCI).
You just need to remove the original bracket of your PCI card by just unscrewing the card from its metal bracket.

Requirements :

- Available PCI-E 1x slot.

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:32

Ahhhhhhh!

You lucky king!

Is there no final PCI slot at the very bottom of the mobo? Or do you have a soundcard there?

gt

~The~King~ · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:34

well, ive got 1 sound card in one...

and the other one is inacessable cos of one of my 8800's

Ice Tea · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:39

Looks like your be selling the Titan to me for £45 then

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:42

If you can cope with on board sound then i'd dispense with the soundcard and get the cooler working.

With two GTX's you're hardly going to be worrying about improving game fps' with a sound card. Either remove that or downgrade to a single GTX if you can to free up that second slot.

What monitor do you have it on? You'd only need 2 GTX's with a 30inch tft monitor or high resolution CRT.

Anything smaller would be wasted on 2 GTX's.

gt

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:42

Ice Tea said:
Looks like your be selling the Titan to me for £45 then

Or that i suppose!

gt

Ice Tea · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:44

Wonder why Titan chose to use a PCI slot .

gt_junkie · 13 Apr 2007 at 12:49

Ice Tea said:
Wonder why Titan chose to use a PCI slot .

Maybe they thought it was a nice tidy solution. Better than a coiled bundle of cabling connected to a control box and molex. Suppose it could have ended up looking like the kit you have to hide when installing cold cathodes!

They didn't think about high end users who had every slot filled or obscured though! :rolleyes:

gt

Had3s · 13 Apr 2007 at 16:18

The Ultra ChillTEC comes with a front control bay and doesn't need a PCI slot. I'm in the same predicament with my twin gfx and x-fi taking up the room. From the reviews, the ChillTEC humps the Amanda anyway. Gotta order from somewhere in the USA but isn't too expensive.

Vengance · 14 Apr 2007 at 09:04

On a funny note with this cooler, if your cpu drops below 10c your system will stop booting

Ice Tea · 18 Apr 2007 at 12:54

@~The~King~

Did you get it sorted ?