8800GS Cooler Advice ?

HomZ · 28 Oct 2008 at 22:06

Alright guys, ive over the last few days been making my pc a lot more quieter, its whisper quiet now and the only thing i can hear making a racket is the fan on the graphics card,

Which would be a good cooler to fit on this, im not entirely sure what fits what, i was going to go with the Akasa Vortexx but ive read about a few people having issues getting it fitted,

Also if i was to buy a cooler would i need ram sync also ?

Id be greatful if you guys could reccomend me a decent cooler for this card, its a Alpha Dog Edition, dont know if thats going to make a difference mind

Thanks a lot.

MikeTimbers · 29 Oct 2008 at 12:41

I recently fitted an Arctic Cooling Accelero jobbie to my 8800GT and even running it passive the temps are around 40C cooler than the factory heatsink. I wish I'd taken some pix of the TIM that Nvidia fit. Just shocking, to be honest.

Anyways, best £15 on cooling I ever spent.

cpatain-chaos · 29 Oct 2008 at 13:21

MikeTimbers said:
I recently fitted an Arctic Cooling Accelero jobbie to my 8800GT and even running it passive the temps are around 40C cooler than the factory heatsink. I wish I'd taken some pix of the TIM that Nvidia fit. Just shocking, to be honest.

Anyways, best £15 on cooling I ever spent.

honestly do the above, it's incredible the difference it makes, I sold mine on with my 4850 and wish I hadn't will have to grab another for my 8800GT

HomZ · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:37

Which one lol theres about 6

If i buy one of those am i right in thinking ill need some syncs for the back ?

ticktock · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:16

I'd be interested to know which one fits the 8800 GT too.

MikeTimbers · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:30

this one

I'd heard the supplied ram sinks had crap sticky tape on them so bought some of this and it was rubbish. Ended up using the sinks as supplied.

ticktock · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:34

MikeTimbers said:
this one

I'd heard the supplied ram sinks had crap sticky tape on them so bought some of this and it was rubbish. Ended up using the sinks as supplied.

Have you got a fan on it? If so, does it come with fan holders etc?

MikeTimbers · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:42

Comes with braces for the card but doesn't really need them. Didn't notice anything to hold a fan on it. Mine is running completely passive although the case has a 120mm front intake fan which is blowing towards the cooler. But without touching the overclock, the cooler has dropped my load temp to below 50C. To run the GT stock cooler silently I was having to accept +90C temps