Gigabyte Multi-Core Cooling 4850 1GB

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Looks nice. No fans and lots of heatsink acre-age so should be good for silent cooling. It's also well priced for a 1GB version, only a few quid more than a 512 HIS ICEQ.

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2900

Anyone own one? I'm seriously tempted as it should work well with the Lian Li PCI cooler extracting the hot air.

 

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Thanks for that matey! Nice little write up there.

 

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how quiet is your lian li case btw. the antec 900 was too loud to sleep in the same room as it at night, with 3 of the fans turned off and the rest on min voltage!!!

It's not silent, but it's very quiet. I've not replaced all fans and the heatsink with Noctua items yet so I'm holding out on a conclusion.

All the standard fans when used with the fan controller at 1 and 2 were near silent.

VRM cooling isn't really needed unless you want silly overclocks. They usually now have 2-3 phase power as well which helps with heat.