> > Are there still > > commonly available fanless video cards of any kind? > > Well, according to Villman's website, they're still carrying Sparkle > TNT2 M64 and the Matrox G550. Both are fanless.
cheapest video cards with passive heatsinks (fanless) are those based on the Nvidia Riva TNT2 or ATI Radeon 7000 chipsets. take a peek at a sample model before buying to check how chunky the passive heatsink is. these cards wont cost more than P2k. > > > The other thing is power supplies. About half of the long running > > servers we have had their uptimes cut short because of power supply > > failure. Any recommendations on where we could buy good, reliable > > power supplies? > locally available PSUs that PC enthusiasts swear by come from HEC (cheapest), Enermax and Antec (most expensive). these things now come with 2-yr warranties (on some stores), dual-fans, better cabling for better airflow, better wattage and voltage rails. these 350watt (and up) PSUs wont go below P2k a pop. pong -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
