is a fan controller needed for a big typhoon?

[theholylancer]

is it?? cuz if so i need to shell out another 30-40 dollars to ge t one or just stick with the 7000Cu and its fan controller......

 

[scottchen]

Why would you want that crap? Get a thermalright XP120, pick up a silverstone fan(comes with speed controller), and it'll beat the any aircooling, even crappy watercooling.

 

[theholylancer]

lol canadian sites are crappy so i can;t find a good combo except <A HREF="http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=12441&vpn=XP-120&manufacture=THERMALRIGHT" target="_new">this</A> or <A HREF="http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=10373&vpn=SLK-947U&manufacture=THERMALRIGHT" target="_new">this</A>

with <A HREF="http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=10645&vpn=FBA12G12H1A&manufacture=Panasonic" target="_new">this</A> fan


or get the big typhoon at my local store...... i saw the raw data off of <A HREF="http://www.behardware.com/art/imprimer/568/" target="_new">this</A> review so i though it was good........ (scroll down to charts and wou will see that the performance of the big typhoone is good and its noise level are better than star ice and the other one...)

BTW i can get the damned thing at a local store so..........<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/18/05 03:32 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

the xp120 is big as hell, dfi boards have troubles with it

<font color=red>gforce mx100/200 @ 230/440 =]</font color=red>

 

[theholylancer]

really? will they block the ram slots? or the second PCIE slot? (the first X16 PCIE slot)

 

[theholylancer]

well um my ram is a OCZ Dual Channel Premier Series OCZ4001024PDC-K w/ Heatspreader (2x 512MB DDR400 Matched Pair, CAS 2.5-3-3-7) i have tried to email them anout ram height but no reply.... and my vid card is a eVGA e-GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express w/Dual DVI, TV-Out (Retail)
will they be blocked in their proper configiration?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/18/05 03:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[scottchen]

No offence but... What kind of a moron are you?! Seroiusly, who buys stuff from NCIX at normal prices... They f*ck you in the ass almost as hard as futureshop... ok i take that back, nowhere near futureshop, but still pretty bad. If you're looking for cooling stuff, look at <A HREF="http://www.bigfootcomputers.com" target="_new">bigfoot</A> they have decent prices, cheap shipping, good service, no PST if you live outside of Ontario, and you can bargain with them over the phone.

You should be able to get the XP120 from bigfoot for about 50 dollars CDN, if you bargain, and pick up a Panaflo fan from them for 20 bucks.

 

[scottchen]

Just remember 1 thing, Thermaltake=Thermalcrap, their stuff looks good, but cooling is almost always sh*t. Thermalright/Swiftech all the way.

 

[scottchen]

The XP120 may eat up the PCI Express 1X slots on the DFI NF4 boards.

 

[scottchen]

btw on that link... i think it's full of crap because both toms+anand reviewed the Asus starice and said it's a piece of junk.

 

[theholylancer]

um ok... but what is backorder?????? it say out of stock and backorder only?

 

[fishmahn]

Means you can order it now and they'll ship it when they get it.

Kindof like a pre-order, but since its already out and they just don't have any in stock, its a backorder.

Mike.

<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>

 

[scottchen]

They'll have stock by Thursday, just order it now, and bargain a bit

 

[theholylancer]

i called them and no one was there.... and i left a message........ wow itis cheap even on the internet man i wonder if i can bargin my whole system there???? maybe get it under 1300 instead of like 1460?

 

[scottchen]

Are you buying the whole thing from ncix... Because if you are, you're being f*cked brutally. Check out <A HREF="http://www.anitec.ca" target="_new">anitec</A> they offer very very good pricing, just horrible service.

 

[dmfunk]

I really can't help you out in this matter, but as far as good canadian prices go... www.canadacomputers.com does quite well. Shipping is cheap, and there's a ton of Ontario locations.

 

[theholylancer]

yeah i'm buy from manitec and i decided to hold off on these fans until i got some exp at OCing new computers i expect i will try and find a XP-120 and panaflo 120 mm high when i do want to get some nice hsf
on a side not do they come with thermal past or shoudl i buy something like artic sliver 5?