Replacing a Zalman ZM80C by a Vga Silencer is it worth it?

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fabre
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Replacing a Zalman ZM80C by a Vga Silencer is it worth it?

Post by fabre » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:00 pm

What's your experience in replacing a Zalman ZM80C by a Vga Silencer?

Did you notice any difference in case temp?

At low speed is it louder/ less loud/ the same as a 7v 80mm or a 12v Panaflo FBA08A12L?

I am considering replacing my zalman ZM80C by a Vga Silencer but I am worried it won't cool my radeon 9800 pro as well as the zalman with a 80mm fan, the exaust is a great advantage but does it really make a great difference and how reliable is the inbuilt fan?

Price is not an issue since I already own the zalman.
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Post by Pjotor » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:57 pm

Case temps went down a couple of degrees. I have to keep the fan speed at low for noise reasons, but I have yet to experience problems with my VGA card (9700 Pro).

I have only had it for a week, so I can't say anything about reliability... I think it was worth it, but that's just me...
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Re: Replacing a Zalman ZM80C by a Vga Silencer is it worth i

Post by dimva » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:16 pm

fabre wrote:At low speed is it louder/ less loud/ the same as a 7v 80mm or a 12v Panaflo FBA08A12L?
I would like to know this as well:

At low speed is it louder/ less loud/ the same as an OP1?
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Post by halcyon » Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:32 pm

less loud according to acoustic measurements.
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