Good cooler for 8800GS
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Good cooler for 8800GS
Hey guys, I would like to hear some suggestions from you guys.
I have a ASUS EN8800GS with the Glaciator heatsink. Its basically a radial heatsink with a 80mm fan on it. While its a great cooler(temperature seems to be excellent), I find it rather loud, and the bearing noise of the 80mm seems a little too excessive(ball bearing fan).
I was wondering if its better to find something to slow down the fan or just replace the cooler all together?
If I replace the cooler, I would prefer to replace it with something fanless, is that possible? Only think I can think of is the Accelero S1. What would you recommend?
I have a ASUS EN8800GS with the Glaciator heatsink. Its basically a radial heatsink with a 80mm fan on it. While its a great cooler(temperature seems to be excellent), I find it rather loud, and the bearing noise of the 80mm seems a little too excessive(ball bearing fan).
I was wondering if its better to find something to slow down the fan or just replace the cooler all together?
If I replace the cooler, I would prefer to replace it with something fanless, is that possible? Only think I can think of is the Accelero S1. What would you recommend?
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you mite be able to slow down the fan by connecting the glaciator fan plug into a fan controller like the zalman fanmate through a mini 3 pin to 3 pin fan adapter.
eg: [glaciator] ---- [mini 3 pin to 3 pin fan adapter] ----- [fanmate]
using this method the fan will run at a fixed speed set by the fanmate, ie will not ramp up/down under load. but if temps are great, you might get away with sacrificing a few degrees for a more quiet fan.
eg: [glaciator] ---- [mini 3 pin to 3 pin fan adapter] ----- [fanmate]
using this method the fan will run at a fixed speed set by the fanmate, ie will not ramp up/down under load. but if temps are great, you might get away with sacrificing a few degrees for a more quiet fan.
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So I broke down and bought an Accelero S1. Should I be running passive on it? I'm already running my CPU passive with a Scythe Andy Samurai. I have a top blow hole(80mm), a side panel fan(80mm), and a soft mounted(name dangling with elastic) 120mm on the front. All those fans are plugged in to 5V plugs, so they don't move much air.
I'm currently testing with ATItool artifact test and CPUburn running simultaneously. My temperatures are...
CPU: 49C
Video Card :77C right now, with a high of 83C
My PSU fan seems to be ramping up and down between 950-1100rpms. The maximum speed the PSU fan can spin at is ~1200 though generally it sits at 600rpms idle.
Should I be worried?
I'm currently testing with ATItool artifact test and CPUburn running simultaneously. My temperatures are...
CPU: 49C
Video Card :77C right now, with a high of 83C
My PSU fan seems to be ramping up and down between 950-1100rpms. The maximum speed the PSU fan can spin at is ~1200 though generally it sits at 600rpms idle.
Should I be worried?
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I think I'll go pick up a fan, I'm a bit uncomfortable with the temperatures myself too.
I gotta admit the Glaciator is a really good heatsink, but the EN8800GS won't do fan control and the fan is running constantly at 12V making a ton of noise. I didn't wanna snip the connectors and such so I just went for a new sink.
I gotta admit the Glaciator is a really good heatsink, but the EN8800GS won't do fan control and the fan is running constantly at 12V making a ton of noise. I didn't wanna snip the connectors and such so I just went for a new sink.
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