best vid card cooler?

[all420]

Hi all-
I purchased a 3d Prophet III from ENPC.com (http://www.enpc.com/cgi-bin/enpc/HERG364BOX.html?id=2QDtuPwX) (actually I purchased a PNY card but they sent me the wrong one). Oh well, I digress. I am watercooling my system, and bought a GeForce waterblock from dangerden. I was planning on watercooling my gpu but when I opened the package I almost had a heart attack. My gpu cooler is so tall/large that it takes up not just the space between my AGP slot and first PCI slot, it covers 2 of my pci slots! What should I do, should I stick with my stock cooler, go for a different waterblock, upgrade to a better air cooler?... Also, what is the best gpu cooler out there (ones that use air, not water)? Thanks in advance.

[RangerJoe]

crystal orb and tin coated copper ramsinks would cool any video card

[Silversinksam]

All420,

Check out this

Thread (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=487731&t=7109#post487731)


Ps theres a Video/Sound card section Here (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=7)

:rolleyes:

[Inteleron]

H:eek:LY C:eek:W!

you got a prophet, for buying a pny??!!!!!

G:DD BLESS Y:DU!

(i guess he did!)

[stymee]

If you're gonna go the air cooling route, I'd say the Alpha PAL153 all the way. With the stock fan (21 cfm 60x10) on there it will only block one PCI slot.

[joatam316]

I personally am happy with my blue orb and ram sinks. I beleie that the crystal orb is better though. I like them both because when combined with the ram sinks, they provide optimum cooling witout even using one PCI slot

Hope this helps :D

[JaY_III]

OEM P3 cooler, and it comes free with any BOX P3/celeron....
ok, you lose some PCI slots, but does the thing ever cool :D

[Legionnaire]

Now there's a thought, using a CPU cooler for a GPU....

I may just be ordering another volcano 6 :), im beggining to think my GF3Ti 200 is biting the dust with it's stock fan, even with a 120mm fan practically blowing on it...