- Joined
- Apr 22, 2004
- Location
- New Hampshire
I can't believe I waited so long before buying this! I know it's not quite powerful enough for the big cards, (it's actually a pretty small heatsink) but for my x800 it is working great so far. I just put together the comp in my sig, the card is an ati refurb (came with 3-year warranty for $79!). It plays source, fear, etc at 1280x1024 with filtering very well at stock clocks.
Anyway, it's been about 84F in my room these days (that's about 29C). So I bought this cooler to deal with the horrible temps with the stock cooler:
Stock cooler 44% idle: 51C
Stock cooler 44% load: 76C
Stock cooler 100% idle: 45C
Stock cooler 100% load: 69C
The install of the cooler was very easy and very staightforward. The mounting system is solid, and the memory sinks were small but they stuck on well. The base is a mirror. I've got to hand it to them for that. All this for $33 is a bargain in my book. I used AS5 spread with a razor blade.
VF-900 100% idle: 39C
VF-900 100% load: 51C
That's much better! Load temps were created using the 3D view in ati tool. ATI tool was also used for temp monitoring. I have the zalman at 100% because it's not loud at all, plus the excess airflow will blow over the mem sinks.
Anyway, it's been about 84F in my room these days (that's about 29C). So I bought this cooler to deal with the horrible temps with the stock cooler:
Stock cooler 44% idle: 51C
Stock cooler 44% load: 76C
Stock cooler 100% idle: 45C
Stock cooler 100% load: 69C
The install of the cooler was very easy and very staightforward. The mounting system is solid, and the memory sinks were small but they stuck on well. The base is a mirror. I've got to hand it to them for that. All this for $33 is a bargain in my book. I used AS5 spread with a razor blade.
VF-900 100% idle: 39C
VF-900 100% load: 51C
That's much better! Load temps were created using the 3D view in ati tool. ATI tool was also used for temp monitoring. I have the zalman at 100% because it's not loud at all, plus the excess airflow will blow over the mem sinks.
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