These Asus Vintage Barebones...

2Thumbs · 12 Aug 2007 at 18:31

Anyone got one/used them?

What they like (preferably the V3)? Am thinking of having one as a cheap system pared with a e2140 for net usage.

They quiet? I can't find anywhere that says how many fans/allocations it has.

Cheers.

Tomsk · 12 Aug 2007 at 18:40

I have a V3-P5G965 with a Q6600. It's quiet until the CPU fan kicks into overdrive. I've replace the retail HSF with an Artic Freezer 7. The retail fan was as quiet as the AF7 at low speed , but noisier under load.

The only fan in the V3 is in the PSU and there is a ducting (removed for AF7) from the side panel to the CPU. There are points to mount 80mm (or larger 92mm?) fans on the front and back of the case.

mattyrigby00 · 12 Aug 2007 at 18:46

not used them but:
http://asus.com/products.aspx?l1=1&l2=1
looked in the manual for one and it has a back fan by default and a space for a front fan it looks like, dunno the size though.

Tomsk · 12 Aug 2007 at 19:01

mattyrigby00 said:
not used them but:
http://asus.com/products.aspx?l1=1&l2=1
looked in the manual for one and it has a back fan by default and a space for a front fan it looks like, dunno the size though.

Mine didn't come with any fans. I haven't read the manual

2Thumbs · 12 Aug 2007 at 19:12

Tomsk said:
I have a V3-P5G965 with a Q6600. It's quiet until the CPU fan kicks into overdrive. I've replace the retail HSF with an Artic Freezer 7. The retail fan was as quiet as the AF7 at low speed , but noisier under load.

The only fan in the V3 is in the PSU and there is a ducting (removed for AF7) from the side panel to the CPU. There are points to mount 80mm (or larger 92mm?) fans on the front and back of the case.

Just what I wanted to hear mate. That's the version I'm tempted by.

Much appreciated!

You still got the standard 250w PSU then? It must have some strain with the q6600! :eek:

Tomsk · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:03

I replaced the PSU with a Hiper 500Wattish I had lying about.

2Thumbs · 13 Aug 2007 at 21:24

Tomsk said:
I replaced the PSU with a Hiper 500Wattish I had lying about.

So it can take atx PSU's then? Even better!

Tomsk · 14 Aug 2007 at 15:00

2Thumbs said:
So it can take atx PSU's then? Even better!

It will take an ATX PSU, but because the case lacks depth, cables coming out of the PSU might interfere with cables from the back of any optical drive.

A non-modular PSU would be better as it's the modular plugs and sockets on my Hiper that cause the obstructions.

Spooter · 14 Aug 2007 at 15:08

Hi Bought the AMD version of this last week and it seems really good so far. It doesnt come with any case fans but mine runs cool enough anyway and the system is extremly quite and the case looks pretty good with the black optical drives in. Gonna put a Silent GPU in it next month and then I will have the ultimate Budget Silent Gaming system!!