6600GT Cooling Options

[Tesla]

The fan on my Gigabyte 6600GT is probably the noisiest in my system.

It cools quite well though and I can achieve a good OC with it.

I am not interested in upgrading the graphics but am interested in upgrading the cooling for a quieter option.

Any recommendations?

 

[postmanfw]

Is it agp or pcie?

Agp coolers are pretty limited due to differant layout of card.

I have a zalman vf700cu on mine (xpertvision) and its totally silent on low volt setting. On the high setting it does have a "whoosh" noise. I connect mine to fan controller.

You will need a hsi heatsink also if your stock one covers that too. Zalman make that also. Ram sinks probably wont fit without major major modification to them but ram gets cooled very well anyway by air from fan.
Got mine running at 600/1200 so cant complain!!

If its a pcie one then you choice is a lot wider. Cant comment on any other coolers though.

 

[Mitch007]

second above, zalman is great cooler and low noise, have on on mu 7600GT. (was on my 6600GT) (AGP)

 

[Cyber-Mav]

if its a pci-e card then get the arctic cooler, it exhausts the hot air out the case and its loads cheaper then the zalman too.

 

[Tesla]

It's PCI-E.

All I am interested in is silence.

It needs to cool as well as the stock cooler but the more silent the better.

 

[fornowagain]

It's PCI-E.

All I am interested in is silence.

It needs to cool as well as the stock cooler but the more silent the better.

I use the AC on a 6600GT @ 7V in an HTPC and it's not bad for noise.

 

[Gashman]

if its a pci-e card then get the arctic cooler, it exhausts the hot air out the case and its loads cheaper then the zalman too.

get an arctic cooling NV silencer rev.6 there totally inaudable, cool as well as stock cooler and exaust heat out the back of the case i change the fan motors on mine, and made monsters