Replacement cooler for X800 XL?

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StoneNewt

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I've got a HIS X800XL, and it's now on its second Arctic Silencer, the first one the fan just got so slow the card started to overheat & while this card was repaired (or replaced), the cooler is starting to get very noisy when the the system boots up. It's getting very dusty around here, so I'm wondering if dust is clogging up the fans, though having said that why are the chassis, PSU & CPU fans all working perfectly? Anyway if I'm eating Arctic Silencers what would people recommend? I'm thinkin' replace the cooling solution, in this respect it can be water or air a long as it fits in a Silverstone SG01 & if it's water will be able to take a CPU as well.

My first idea is a Zalman reserator, however I'm not totally convinced of it being able it to cool effectively with the 78mm headroom I've got above the CPU (ie sharply turned/kinked tubes.
 
A simple, well engineered and easy to install heatsink can be found in the Zalman VF-700cu. Certainly water cooling would be superior but for the cost, you owe to check out the VF-700 (now with bling lights if you so desire).
 
Well my worry is that in the SG01 the with the Arctic Silencer things were getting toasty, with a cooler than doesn't exhaust the hot air it'll get extremly toasty... And I can't justify a Reserator just for the GPU & not CPU as well.
 
All these problems I here on the [H] bout the ac is really starting to worry me, How long did you have em before u noticed problems?
 
I'm guessing the first one went after 2 months and this one has lasted about the same :mad:
 
The VF-700 would be my suggestion, though my experience with the Silencer has been great (for whatever that's worth)... running for about a year on an overclocked 6800 GT with no worries.
 
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