MSI 7900GS cooler question

[yog]

I bought one of the MSI 7900GS off of Woot many months ago and now am looking for a quieter cooler for it. I bought a AC X1 (I think) for it and got it last night and was about to install it and noticed that it won't fit. The cooler is designed for the 7800/7900 series of video cards but it didn't fit on mine because of some capacitors on the card. I would like to get a new cooler for it that is quieter. Does anyone know of a good cooler that I can apply to this card? I don't care particularly about cooling but I just want something that is quieter, that is the loudest thing in my case right now and I want something quieter for it. Any ideas?

 

[BossBorot]

cheapest thing out that will fit your needs is the artic cooler 5 rev 3. All of the zalman options will work, besides the ZM80 models, as will Thermalright HR-03.

 

[Vengance_01]

I would say a Zalman 700/900. Good cooler for that card. Are you going to volt mod it? If so I recommend the 900 or the Thermalright H-03.

 

[bryan_d]

I would suggest the Masscool VF1-Plus, which would work with your GPU, and cool better than everything but the HR-03/Plus and above.

Here is a linky
MASSCOOL VF1-PLUS for $25.00

When my 7900GS comes, I will be installing my VF1 with some copper ramsinks.

Enjoy,

bryan d

 

[Valk]

Honestly, the ramsinks dont make much difference on this card. it just doesnt even get warm when you oc up to even 900mhz mem. a vf900 would do the job quite nice. hell my vf700alcu did just fine at 7 volts, running 1.45 volts.
I wouldnt do 1.55 on most air cooling but i suppose if the thing is beefy enough....