Gigabyte 3DMercury

Frederik S · 09-19-2007, 11:30 AM

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Geoff · 11-29-2007, 08:16 PM

I've just set up my 3DMercury case, and everything is silent EXCEPT THE PUMP.

Very noisy, very irritating. I can wind the fan speed dial to about 50 % before it starts to make a dent in the pump noise, and not until 80% does it start to hide the pump noise.

Is mine just a dud?

What are other peoples impression of the pump noise on this case???

intel igent · 11-29-2007, 08:44 PM

nice review fredrick but this product is a WASTE of money and does not perform as you would expect.

idling at ambient or near ambient?!?!? ROFLMAO definately NOT.

what did you use to measure temps? was the enviroment controlled when testing? too many variables that make your testing/review temps unreliable

not starting a war. just tryin to save some1 some hard earned cash.

this is good for the person that has lots of money and is NOT concerned about performance, just wants an easy quick solution to W/C. for that person it will be wonderfull.

Frederik S · 12-03-2007, 07:04 PM

The ambient temperature was 20 degrees C at all times. The pump in my system only makes some resonant noise and is almost inaudible even with the fans near "Silent". All of the temperature readings were recorded with CoreTemp 0.95 as stated in the review or with RivaTuner for the GFX.

chip12977 · 03-15-2008, 11:19 PM

what are the tube sizes, i cant find them anywhere, thanks chip

wizzywig · 04-07-2008, 09:30 PM

you might wanna check this out
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...cury_flash.swf

Also as fredrick stated in the install guide you MUST remove all AIR from the system else your get massive amounts of vibrations (Noise) but if you do the tip and flush trick to get the air out its close to silent also a bit of silicone spunge helps get rid of that last bit of vibration fot a preinstalled W/C system this is the easy install have done for a client in ages SO SO SO much space. But i cant get the temp to drop under 26c even when on max and he only have a (P4 3.6HT) but on that note before i changed his case to this the CPU emp was at 36-45

hope this helps

09-19-2007, 11:30 AM	#1
Frederik S Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Søllerød, Denmark Posts: 409 (0.31/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 47 Times in 37 Posts System Specs	Gigabyte 3DMercury To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/3DMercury/ Please Digg the review to help us promote it. Last edited by W1zzard; 09-28-2007 at 08:20 PM.

Processor:	C2D E8200 @ 3.4
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Cooling:	3DMercury
Memory:	Corsair 4-4-4-12 4 GB DDR-1066
Video Card:	Inno3D 8800GTS 320MB @ 648 Mhz Core / 1000 MHz RAM
Harddisk:	WD Raptor 2 x 150GB RAID 0, Hitachi Deskstar 400 GB
CD/DVD Drive:	Pioneer DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	HP LP2475w
Case:	Gigabyte 3DMercury
Sound Card:	On-board, Travagan's Green, Octavart "The One" AMP & DAC
PSU:	480 Watt Tagan
Software:	WinXP Pro SP2

11-29-2007, 08:16 PM	#2
Geoff Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Noisy pump I've just set up my 3DMercury case, and everything is silent EXCEPT THE PUMP. Very noisy, very irritating. I can wind the fan speed dial to about 50 % before it starts to make a dent in the pump noise, and not until 80% does it start to hide the pump noise. Is mine just a dud? What are other peoples impression of the pump noise on this case???

System Name:	old school / new school
Processor:	3.0e C0 @ 3.6 / e5200
Motherboard:	p4p800e-dlx / p5q-DLX
Cooling:	custom water see sig / air
Memory:	2x1g oczPC4000EbPl / 2x2g ocz2rpr1066
Video Card:	3850AGP / 4890vaporX
Harddisk:	36g raptor+120g wd / wd 1001fals 1tb
CD/DVD Drive:	LG x 2 / LG BluRay
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ / sharpAQUOS LC-37D64U
Case:	modded antec plusview / generic
Sound Card:	audigy 2zs / ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3
PSU:	fan/cable modded powerstream 520 / OCZ 700mxsp
Software:	Xp pro SP2 / VISTA ultimate OEM

Processor:	C2D E8200 @ 3.4
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Cooling:	3DMercury
Memory:	Corsair 4-4-4-12 4 GB DDR-1066
Video Card:	Inno3D 8800GTS 320MB @ 648 Mhz Core / 1000 MHz RAM
Harddisk:	WD Raptor 2 x 150GB RAID 0, Hitachi Deskstar 400 GB
CD/DVD Drive:	Pioneer DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	HP LP2475w
Case:	Gigabyte 3DMercury
Sound Card:	On-board, Travagan's Green, Octavart "The One" AMP & DAC
PSU:	480 Watt Tagan
Software:	WinXP Pro SP2

11-29-2007, 08:44 PM	#3
intel igent Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 3,242 (1.99/day) Thanks: 453 Thanked 442 Times in 412 Posts System Specs	nice review fredrick but this product is a WASTE of money and does not perform as you would expect. idling at ambient or near ambient?!?!? ROFLMAO definately NOT. what did you use to measure temps? was the enviroment controlled when testing? too many variables that make your testing/review temps unreliable not starting a war. just tryin to save some1 some hard earned cash. this is good for the person that has lots of money and is NOT concerned about performance, just wants an easy quick solution to W/C. for that person it will be wonderfull.

12-03-2007, 07:04 PM	#4
Frederik S Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Søllerød, Denmark Posts: 409 (0.31/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 47 Times in 37 Posts System Specs	The ambient temperature was 20 degrees C at all times. The pump in my system only makes some resonant noise and is almost inaudible even with the fans near "Silent". All of the temperature readings were recorded with CoreTemp 0.95 as stated in the review or with RivaTuner for the GFX.

03-15-2008, 11:19 PM	#5
chip12977 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	what are the tube sizes, i cant find them anywhere, thanks chip

04-07-2008, 09:30 PM	#6
wizzywig Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	you might wanna check this out http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...cury_flash.swf Also as fredrick stated in the install guide you MUST remove all AIR from the system else your get massive amounts of vibrations (Noise) but if you do the tip and flush trick to get the air out its close to silent also a bit of silicone spunge helps get rid of that last bit of vibration fot a preinstalled W/C system this is the easy install have done for a client in ages SO SO SO much space. But i cant get the temp to drop under 26c even when on max and he only have a (P4 3.6HT) but on that note before i changed his case to this the CPU emp was at 36-45 hope this helps Last edited by wizzywig; 04-07-2008 at 09:38 PM.

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