My OEM video card cooler went bad...

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The video card cooler on my Abit GF4 is going bad, making lots of odd noise and such. I'd like to get a quiet cooler (I don't o/c the card) to replace the dying oem one.

Anybody w/ recommendations?

 

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The Vantec IceBerq is dirt cheap...Comes with heat sinks for the memory, resonalbly quiet...3M thermal tape...fan adapter

http://store.yahoo.com/directron/ccba1c.html

There is also a new model that is lighted

http://store.yahoo.com/directron/ccba4c.html

I have not used one of the new ones but have the old school copper IceBerq's on my ATI 8500 DV and my old Soltek motherboard...They work and they are inexpensive...

 

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Ein said:

The video card cooler on my Abit GF4 is going bad, making lots of odd noise and such. I'd like to get a quiet cooler (I don't o/c the card) to replace the dying oem one.

Anybody w/ recommendations?

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want the same one?

http://www.excaliberpc.com/product_info.php?cPath=156_158&products_id=626

there are 2 styles available there, and that link is the one my gf4 ti4400 siluro came with. i have a DOrb on mine now.

if yours is making noise, check to see if it is just dirty, or possibly has something in in that is making the noise. it should be very quiet, although, if it is worn..i guess it would sound loose.

are you looking to replace it with a better one?

 

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Zalman Heatpipe

 

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Zalman heatpipe or the iceberg

 

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You could just hot glue a fan onto the heatsink like I did.

 

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MrSelfDestruct said:

You could just hot glue a fan onto the heatsink like I did.

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You use thermal paste as well or just glue

 

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I think what he meant was he took off the old fan NOT the heatsink and then glued a fan to the heatsink.

 

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I think what he meant was he took off the old fan NOT the heatsink and then glued a fan to the heatsink.

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Correcto.

 

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Thanks for all the replies guys!

i would do the whole gluing fan to heatsink thing except the heatsink is very very integrated with the fan.

I wouldn't mind getting oem, but I am a bit annoyed it failed on me so early. I've tried cleaning it to no avail.

The Zalman looks interesting, I'll have to look into that more.

For the vantec iceberg, I would use adhesive tape to stick it on the gpu? It doesn't seem to utilize the oem heatsink holes.

 

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I had a zalman, and it worked good, even when I had my card overclocked.

I added a small quiet 80mm fan to it, and it worked even better.

 

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Another vote for the Zalman. I have it on my ti4200 and it's working wonders.

Not sure how well it'll work on my new 9800np though

 

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There seem to be multiple versions of the Zalman. Which models are you guys using?

 

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I used the old hp80A, it was the gold one.

The new one with the additional fan would be good for a 9800np.