Sure enough, have one in the drawer of this desk. Is there an advantage to using the adapter off the DVI or should I not worry about it unless I need the extra ventilation?
I may have SVGA to DVI adapter around here somewhere in which case I will be able to leave that slot open should I run hot.
Sure enough, have one in the drawer of this desk. Is there an advantage to using the adapter off the DVI or should I not worry about it unless I need the extra ventilation?
According to this:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3973/nvidias-geforce-gt-430/17
GT430 and GT240 are almost exactly the same... GT240 uses 4W more at idle, and 1W more under load... Hardly 40-50% I'd say?
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wtf is your problem? I already replied to him saying I was referring to the gddr5 model which does use more power. I cross checked the power consumption of the Palit gt240 gddr5 and Zotac gt430 on techpowerup.com and it does use up to 50% more power in the reviews I saw. maybe it was just that particular card that techpowerup tested but I did not just make up something. really you had no reason for accusing me of pulling numbers out of my ass and being a jerk like that. if anything I normally link right to my proof so here you go.He pulls numbers out of his ass all the time. My friendly advice is to not engage in discussion with such a character. It's unfortunate that the forum doesn't have an option for blanking out blocked posters in quoted messages, thus preventing me from avoiding his nonsense.
My apologies for the OP for this off-topic post but it seems like you have achieved what you wanted (congrats), so I hope you don't mind. I just wanted to leave some clue to the moderation in the forum before I go away (again).
I would just make sure your GPU temps aren't above 80C when gaming. If they are, removing that port from the PCI slot could add some extra ventilation. Without seeing what the inside of the system looks like, it's hard to know whether all the heat will be trapped inside a portion of the case. With the card nearly touching the side of the case, there isn't much room for hot air to rise.
Unless you're willing to cut a 120mm hole right above the video card, it looks like you're stuck!
Perhaps you can look forward to a new case in your near future? Keeping an eye out on sales, I've found some good cases in the $40-$50shipped price range, that can be used now and in future builds
Wow that will up my WEI to 6.6 from 3.4 for video.
The curse of a small case
Indeed. I just cranked Portal to full native resolution and the card hit 99 before I remembered to reopen the case