Looking into GT430, why is there a large difference in pricing for example between a palit made and an asus made GT430 card?<div>Is Asus generally better than a Palit or a Galaxy for that matter. The Asus is bundled with software player that I don't need.</div>
<div>Any links comparing the two appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Rama</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:43 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:criggie@criggie.dyndns.org">criggie@criggie.dyndns.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 20/12/10 18:40, tortise wrote:<br>
> On 20/12/2010 5:42 p.m., Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Now my card is new, this will change over time as it starts collecting dust.<br>
><br>
> While dust collects I believe the noise problem is not the dust, its the<br>
> fan bearing wearing. For example vacuuming a noisy fan and removing all<br>
> visible dust does little to reduce a noisy fan's noise. The bearing<br>
> tolerances open up, and presumably allow increased vibration at audio<br>
> frequencies. Bearing lubrication may help, whether one wants to try...I<br>
> am not sure as its not been that rewarding for me. Rubber fan mountings<br>
> may also help. Custom graphic card fans are harder to deal with.<br>
<br>
</div>I always thought that sleeve fans were cheap and nasty, and ball bearing<br>
fans were the way to go. However, sleeve fans run better for longer<br>
when strapped to a hot thing, like a heatsink.<br>
<br>
The GPU fan on one machine packed up, so I got a fan that sits in the<br>
PCI slot and blows air straight at the video card beside it. Not<br>
silent, but at 600 RPM its close enough. And not touching the video<br>
card means more air movement etc.<br>
<br>
I'd be careful lubing a fan inside a case - lots of rotation means it<br>
will migrate out along the fan blades if not restrained by something. I<br>
have vague memories of someone peeling off a sticker from a fan and<br>
dropping a single drop of light oil on that side. Only effective for a<br>
couple months.<br>
<br>
As for replacement fans, there are plenty of choices:<br>
<br>
Replacement fan<br>
$20 <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/341804920" target="_blank">http://www.trademe.co.nz/341804920</a><br>
<br>
Zalman fan and cooler<br>
$30 <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/341313577" target="_blank">http://www.trademe.co.nz/341313577</a><br>
<br>
Replacement fan block<br>
$40 <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/341475843" target="_blank">http://www.trademe.co.nz/341475843</a> 6 year warranty<br>
<br>
Water block<br>
$110 <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/340588894" target="_blank">http://www.trademe.co.nz/340588894</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Lots to choose from<br>
<a href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/CategorySecond_Pic.asp?categoryname=Coolers&categorySecond=CAS2" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/CategorySecond_Pic.asp?categoryname=Coolers&categorySecond=CAS2</a><br>
ascent sells most of these.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Criggie<br>
<br>
<a href="http://criggie.dyndns.org/" target="_blank">http://criggie.dyndns.org/</a><br>
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