well, from personal experience, i dont know how good a passive cooler is either.
i have a radeon 8500 aiw in a shuttle, and last summer the fan broke. I couldnt find a replacement that would fit, so I slapped a passive zalman on there. now, less then a year later, I'm getting random...
thanks for all the help guys. comcast's supplied cable modems are com21, but they have a list of cable modems confirmed to work with their service, and the linksys cable modem/router/wireless g gateway is on there, so I think I'll go with that. It doesn't sound like it makes much if a...
they look badass, but i would think that they would have more complex loading/unloading mechanisms and would jam up more, and the fact that there arent more on the market kinda leads me to believe that is true
So, I'm getting comcast 4mbps down, 256 mbps up cable internet service starting next Tuesday, and I have 3 options when it comes to the cable modem: rent one from them for $4 a month, buy theirs for $20, or supply my own. So, if nothing else, I'll buy theirs for $20 as it'll pay for itself in 5...
yes, yes, yes, and yes ;-)
the only problem I had was that my shuttle would not even post with my audigy 2 in it. i was never able to figure out what the problem was.
the specs say 41mm deep, and i dont think i have 4 cm between the card and the side of the shuttle
edit - i just measured, and whatever i find cannot be more than 10mm deep