passive cooling

by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2010 · 0 comments

Building a home theater PC means making a few concessions here and there in order to enjoy your movies and music without an insane amount of noise coming from your setup. The SAPPHIRE Ultimate HD5550 uses a passive cooling solution which means you have one less component to worry about silencing. LANOC has the details: […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2010 · 1 comment

The search for silence and power efficiency lends itself nicely to the HTPC market where you want a silent computer which means fewer fans and a fine selection of just-powerful-enough hardware for the task at hand. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD5670 Graphics Card which uses a passive cooler […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 20, 2009 · 0 comments

Striving for the ultimate silent computer means you’re going to have to give up a few things. That high-end CPU and graphics cards are obviously not going to make it into your build and you’re going to be cramming a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Outfitting your new computer or HTPC with some quiet hardware has been getting easier over the years as more companies buy into the idea that silence is, to some, golden. Asus’ EN9400GT Silent Edition graphics card takes the low-end Nvidia…

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