Cooler for 9800 pro

[Sirje31337]

I have a Radeon 9800 Pro 128 All-In-Wonder no OC. What cooler do you all recommend? I play WoW and source most commonly.

 

[_Korruption_]

I'd consider the Zalman VF700-Cu.

 

[Sirje31337]

Looks nice, reviews sound good. It would definitely be a lot quiter then the Thermaltake Giant III i've been looking at, but was hesitant to buy.

 

[_Korruption_]

The GiantIII is not a very good choice... that little hamster wheel fan produces 41dBA of whine (!!!) and moves only 3cfm of air. You do the math.

 

[[H]ard On]

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev.3 (The old skool one) or the zalman mentioned above would both be great choices.

 

[pandora's box]

so if you dont oc why are you looking for a better cooler?

im running at 9800 xt speeds (411 core 365 memory) with the stock sapphire heatsink. temperatures dont go above 76 degrees at all when gaming. and im idling at 70 degrees

edit: i just ran accross this review:

http://gruntville.com/reviews/heatsinks/zalman_cnps77000-cu_zalman_vf700-alcu/page5.php

looks like im grabbing a vf700cu lol

 

[Sirje31337]

so if you dont oc why are you looking for a better cooler?

im running at 9800 xt speeds (411 core 365 memory) with the stock sapphire heatsink. temperatures dont go above 76 degrees at all when gaming. and im idling at 70 degrees

Because occasionally when i'm playing WoW it will overheat and the screen goes crazy. I have a 120mm fan rigged where the empty PCI slots are(only have a NIC card in PCI). And the air coming out of there is HOT, not warm....HOT. It's rediculous. It almost burns me to touch the HS on the card.

 

[pandora's box]

vf700 isnt going to work for you:

http://www.zalmanusa.com/product/cooler/VF700_incompatiblelist_eng.html

 

[pandora's box]

looks like you have one choice:

http://www.ocfaq.com/reviews/ArcticCooling/VGASilencer_Rev3/

vga silencer rev 3

 

[_Korruption_]

Ah, didn't see that. So the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Rev3 is now my recommendation.

 

[pandora's box]

cheapest i could find the vga silencer 3 was 13.95

http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2298&cat=223&page=1



they also have the vf700alcu for 23.99

http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2754&cat=223&page=1

and the vf700cu for 28.99:

http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2755&cat=223&page=1

 

[Sirje31337]

looks like you have one choice:

http://www.ocfaq.com/reviews/ArcticCooling/VGASilencer_Rev3/

vga silencer rev 3

Looks like the one. Thanks everyone.

 

[pandora's box]

Looks like the one. Thanks everyone.

we expect pictures of it when its installed, i will be posting some of the vf700cu i just bought as well

 

[Sirje31337]

we expect pictures of it when its installed, i will be posting some of the vf700cu i just bought as well

They'll be on here. I get paid saturday. I'll buy it then. You'll get your pictures.

 

[Sirje31337]

Just ordered it. Should be here in about a week. Post pictures ASAP.

 

[pandora's box]

well i upgraded to a 6800 GT but i will still post pictures of the zalman installed on that lol.

 

[Sirje31337]

Well it came in and I got the pictures. Here they are