Arctic Cooling On 7800

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Mafi0So

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Does that 30.99 pay off, I'm getting eVGA 7800GT N517 and I was thinking about it, but the eVGA I'm getting has a Cooper heatsink, sooo does any 1 use, people say it lowers noice, any other benefits? how much more can u OC with it.
 
id advise the zalman vf700 CU over the AC silencers personally :) i may be getting one...

the AC silencer DOES col much better than stock, but wont cool the ram on the rear. and i think the contact on the ram on the front side isnt good anyway...

the zalman on the other side blows air right over the ramsinks :) the rear isnt hit by it though :p
 
My vote is for the VF700-cu. I had the silencer and was quite disapointed with the performance; I picked up a vf700cu, and temperatures have plummeted.
 
I put a NV Silencer on my BFG 7800GTX and it made a world of difference on temps!
 
I vote the VF-700Cu, if you need another cooler.

I have an XFX, and DAYUM the thing's quiet. Quietest stock cooler ever, I'd vote.
 
I decided to put the Zalman on mine but be aware that it may make the PCI slot between the cards useless.
I got a Creative X-Fi and it would not fit in between the cards in SLI (A8N32) because the bolts on the back of the card on top prevented the X-Fi from fitting. I DID squeeze it in eventually but had to bend a capacitor a bit.
Also, having the X-Fi in made the bottom vid card run much hotter because of the X-Fi card blocking air flow.
If you do decide to use the PCI slot, then I'd definately go with the Arctic as it vents to the outside and doesn't rely so much on that much space needed.
 
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