Cooling the GT

[Caust1c]

So, I am about to send in my step-up for the 8800GT, (Waited a month in queue :-/) but now I'm about ready to ship mine in. So what kind of aftermarket cooling should I look at for this baby? I want to avoid the Accelero route because it takes up too much space... So is there any smaller yet still cool solution?

Looking at maybe the VF900...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118001

[extraoddsnends]

not a fan of zalm's myself hopefully someone has used it before.

[PhysX]

hr-03 / accelero s1

[Caust1c]

How big is the HR-03? How many slots would it take?

[PhysX]

one or two, depending on which side you have it on, if on the top you would need space by your NB,if bottom then it will taske two slots.

[Caust1c]

Wait, is this the one you can mount backwards?!? (Or Upsidedown)

Edit: KThanks nvm.

Edit:Edit: Wow $55 without a fan. =/ Dont know if thats affordable for me... We'll see.

[Drinkyoghurt]

if that's not affordable, go for the Accelero S1, half the price but almost same performance, may differ 1=2c

[Caust1c]

So the Zalman's wouldnt be a smart option? Im not looking for supreme performance, just somewhat cheap and low(er) profile. (I know the accelero is cheap, I just have a lot of periperals: wireless nic, sound card, and tv tuner card... :-/)

[Drinkyoghurt]

if your board layout is the same as mine, 2 pci cards should fit..just to show mine with a 120mm fan :)

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5227/dsc07604dt0.jpg

[Caust1c]

Its not =/ Mine is a 680i layout for the slots.

PCI-Ex1
PCI-Ex16
PCI-Ex1
PCI-Ex8
PCI
PCI-Ex16
PCI

So maybe...

[Caust1c]

This is the picture I went off of.

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6853/img3276av4.jpg
Thanks Redrumy3! :D

[Brolloks]

The Zalman VF-900 works just fine on the GT and cools it adequately, it hardly takes up space, not as effective as the HR-03 GT or Accelero variants but those take up a lot of space. I have used VF-900's on 2 of the GT's I owned and they suited my OC needs (756/1825/950)

[Hazaro]

A passive S1 is more than enough for the GT and only takes up 1 slot.

S1 FTW

[jason4207]

If you get the GT w/ the larger stock fan it is adequate by itself, and isn't even loud at 100%. I suggest you at least try it first. Unless you're hard volt modding, the stock GT cooler is adequate...even w/ the 1.1v BIOS mod.

[Caust1c]

okay, I will send in my order tomorrow, and then we'll see what kind of stock cooler it has. Then I'll decide. Thanks for all the help guys! =)

[Drinkyoghurt]

If you get the GT w/ the larger stock fan it is adequate by itself, and isn't even loud at 100%. I suggest you at least try it first. Unless you're hard volt modding, the stock GT cooler is adequate...even w/ the 1.1v BIOS mod.


lol, not loud you say? it's like a jet plane taking off..

[shard]

Yeah, I agree, the S1 is a beast in disguise.

[jason4207]

lol, not loud you say? it's like a jet plane taking off..

There is a new revision that has a larger diameter fan. I agree the original fan was loud, but the new one is very quiet.

Link (http://en.expreview.com/?p=78#more-78)

[Drinkyoghurt]

yes the new fan. I've had it on my first card and 2nd card, it still is very loud to me, but I am also easily annoyed by noise :p, I think my whole pc is not more then 30dBa

[jason4207]

yes the new fan. I've had it on my first card and 2nd card, it still is very loud to me, but I am also easily annoyed by noise :p, I think my whole pc is not more then 30dBa

And the new fan sounds like a jet plane to you?

Just be glad you didn't get the first revision fan then!

[Caust1c]

Hopefully I'll get the 2nd version then. You know, I heard they do ship out the most vanilla version when you apply for a step-up, so we'll see. :)

[Jas]

I have the Vanilla GT, it's on Water now, but it did come with the larger fan on the stock cooler. Just FYI.

[Drinkyoghurt]

I have a Jetway vanilla(they don't come oc'd ) and the first one I got was around 20 november, and that one had the bigger rev fan on it, so I think you're in the clear with that

[Caust1c]

Sweet thanks! =)

[sHape oF gReY]

Just a little insight on the cooling power of the HR03 GT, i just slapped one on about 30 min ago, and my temps dropped from 39 idle 62 load @100% fan speed, to 26C idle 32 load with a 56CFM fan + fan controller set to lowest setting to being completely turned off.

HR03 is a beast. Right now running 783/1923/975 on 1.15V. About to crank up the voltage see how far I can go before OCP kicks in.

[Caust1c]

Wow 32 load! Thats pretty beastly! But still breaking the budget =/
Does anyone have a link to passive accelero S1 cooling compared to the stock HS for the GT?