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GTX 570 cooling

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Ayoralyn

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Hello.

Been looking a bit around on some sites from my country (Denmark) and it doesn't seem like I can find a cooler for this card. Is there any coolers for this card, other then what it comes with as standard of course, and is it even worth it? I'll only be gaming on 1 monitor anyways, and I will only be having that one video card.

Thanks in advance.
 
Why do you want a different cooler? To get the gpu temps down or quieter or something else?

Which card(s) are you considering? Have you read any reviews on them?
 
needmorecarnitine said:
Why do you want a different cooler? To get the gpu temps down or quieter or something else?

Which card(s) are you considering? Have you read any reviews on them?
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His question is a) are there 570 coolers available in Denmark, and b) is there even a point to getting a 570 cooler. If you have no answers for those questions then just leave it be.
 
Cruiza said:
Really the only reasons for an aftermarket cooler are to try to overclock more or for quieter operation. The only coolers that are compatible with the GTX 570 that I know of are the Zalman VF3000F, Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus, and Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II.
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I doubt I will be overclocking. Unless I some day feel like I need more power from it, but as of right now, I don't have any plans to. I like a quiet/cold machine, which would be my main reasons for getting another cooler. But would I notice a big difference by spending aditional money on a different cooler?

I might lean towards the Zalman, but that's only because Iv'e had Zalman before. I have no real reason why to choose, or not to choose the others. Is there any of them you would advice?
 
I wouldn't use anything other than the Zalman or a Thermalright cooler and some enzotech heatsinks for a GTX570. Anything else will get you worse cooling for the vrms and memory than the stock cooler and we have all seen what happens when the vrms get too hot on this card.
 
I've only ever had Arctic Accelero coolers on my video cards prior to going to water, and they've always been 100% silent unless I intentionally set them to 100% fan speed. Even then they weren't loud by any means. The Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II has improved RAM and VRM heatsinks over the previous version, so I don't think there's any reason to worry in that regard. The Zalman cooler actually includes a big unisink for your card's RAM and VRM modules. I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Base your decision on price and looks, IMO.
 
Cruiza said:
I've only ever had Arctic Accelero coolers on my video cards prior to going to water, and they've always been 100% silent unless I intentionally set them to 100% fan speed. Even then they weren't loud by any means. The Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II has improved RAM and VRM heatsinks over the previous version, so I don't think there's any reason to worry in that regard. The Zalman cooler actually includes a big unisink for your card's RAM and VRM modules. I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Base your decision on price and looks, IMO.
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There is just no way that small aluminum heatsinks perform as well as the stock cooler. I'll tell you right now that when I moved from thermalright's aluminum ram sinks to a unisink I was able to overclock the memory on my GTX280 a bit higher. I would never, ever trust relatively small aluminum heatsinks to cool the vrms on a video card.
 
This question is hard to answer...it honestly depends on what brand card you decide to go with because some of the stock coolers are excellent. I personally have the EVGA GTX 570 SC and although I don't remember what the temps were with the stock cooler anymore, I do remember that they were super low. They were actually lower than my previous card which was a Palit GTS450. I have since upgraded to water cooling but would never have switched the cooler for another air cooler.
 
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