More Q's(4), ASUS "Silencer" cooling??

[JJ_BPK]

I am in the process of building my 1st system. So far I have the following selected, the CPU, MOBO, Case, Misc..

Intel Pentium® D Processor 840 3.2 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, Socket 775
Asus P5WD2 Premium 955X P4/Celeron 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX
Antec PlusView 1000 AMG Case, Used, w/5 80mm fans,, eBay,, done deal
CD/RW, DVD, Diskette, Film Reader, Speakers, & display, from old system.

Still working on the rest...

Corsair TWIN2X1024A-6400 1GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400
ASUS Extreme N6600 Silencer GeForce 6600 PCI Express 256MB DDR Video
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB Serial ATA II w/16MB Buffer
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
PSU,, either a FSP BlueStorm AX500-A, 460W or OCZ PowerStream 520W

If I continue to find bargains,, this packaged will come in under 1500$US. You guy already saved me 600$us,, I was going to get a EE, but now find I can OC and save some $$$

I will OC the 840,, and probably the DDR2,, I don't plan to OC the vid card. I plan to stay stock on cooling until it presents a problem. If I can get the 840 to something in the 3.8GHz area,, rock stable 24/7, 365.25 @ yr, I'll stop.

Today's question(s)..

1)anyone familiar with the Silencer vid cards from ASUS?
2)on a mild OC job, will I still need + size heat sink and fan on the vid card?
3)Is the ASUS G6600 128mb or 256mb a fair deal at around 125$US??
4)any there better picks in this price range

Again, I don't game, create movies or videos, no CAD.. My cruncher is SETI, 24/7. The rest is online,, forums,, email,, a little photo editing.. I have a router w/wifi, and backup my data,papers,fia, & photography to my laptop.. My current Dell 2.4 P4 8250 is ipl'ed maybe twice a month, we lose power in the Conch Republic,, to dam many drunk touristas & hurricanes... I do have a UPS 650 and have only lost one 40GB hardfile in the last 5 years. I really think running a machine 24/7 helps keep it in shape..

Thanks
Jim

 

[Avg]

IT's an ok price for that card, you can get it from other brands for less but not by much. There isn't anything that I know that is better at that price range, but since you don't game you could save some money and getting a 6200 instead, and try to unlock it's pipes to make is like a 6600, overclocking will depend on each card, but you probably won't get to far without a fan.

 

[TWsuperG]

actually i am interested in the ASUS silenctcool heatsinks for the 6600gt vga, i wonder if it would fit on the 6800gt, anybody have this video card with the silenctcool heatsink? http://event.asus.com/us/cool/