Arctic Cooling nVidia 5 (6800 Series) VGA Silencer

Steve_h · 29 Jan 2006 at 12:28

Hi,just ordered one of these to fit my 6800GT.I read a few reviews and it semed to be highly recommended,I was just wondering if anyone has a first hand experience with this product and could share their thoughts on it for me before I go and remove the heatsink/fan off my Leadtek.
I'm not really using it to help overclocking I was more interested in the cooling and noise reduction side of things.

Thanks

CodeThief · 29 Jan 2006 at 13:35

I have one and it's great. I couldn't overclock my 6800NU much more than the reference cooler but it's a damn sight quieter!!!

Make sure that the core is contacting the HS ok as there were a batch where the ram HS' held the main HS off of the core

Dave

Mark A · 29 Jan 2006 at 14:45

Make sure that the core is contacting the HS ok as there were a batch where the ram HS' held the main HS off of the core

This was years ago, it was the rev 1's that this happened on, now the ram heatsinks are soft pads, before they were solid copper. I have one on my 6800GT and its great, very quiet compared the the stock cooler, looks good imo and keeps my gpu at 42oc idle, 50oc load or there abouts

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Mark

epoxy5 · 29 Jan 2006 at 15:00

Any alternatives to that 6800 cooler? I haven't found 'em in stock...

Steve_h · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:04

Many thanks for the info guys.
Hopefully it will be here sometime this week so looking forward to a nice and quiet pc

BS Dave · 30 Jan 2006 at 09:18

I had one of those. It knocked 20C off my load temps. (It did replace an xfx 6800nu heatsink though) Well worth while getting one imho.

CodeThief · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:39

Mark A said:
This was years ago, it was the rev 1's that this happened on, now the ram heatsinks are soft pads, before they were solid copper. I have one on my 6800GT and its great, very quiet compared the the stock cooler, looks good imo and keeps my gpu at 42oc idle, 50oc load or there abouts .

Mark

Ooh that's interesting. Is the newer version better in any other way? I might change mine

Dave

Steve_h · 1 Feb 2006 at 20:24

Well it arrived yesterday and what a b***h,the two pin fan connector on the artic wouldn't fit on to my card,even though there was a choice of two connectors!!
So had to remove the Leadtek connector and use it on the Artic....which was a pain to do.
Anyway it's all running and what a difference it makes to noise levels.
Just thought I better mention the above just in case anyone comes across the same.

Mark A · 1 Feb 2006 at 21:26

So had to remove the Leadtek connector and use it on the Artic....which was a pain to do.

Yep this was the same thing i had to do, i just cut the wires swapped the plugs then twisted them together, easy

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Ooh that's interesting. Is the newer version better in any other way? I might change mine

I'm not sure if its any better tbh, Ive not used the rev 1 or 3, the rev 1 had some design flaws that have made a lot of people hate the cooler even though the problems were all ironed out with the rev 2. The rated fan speed of the rev 2 is 2000 rpm whereas the rev 1 was 2500rpm so id imagine the cooler was made more efficient to warrant the lower fan speed. heres a couple of pics of my rev 2, notice the soft ram heat transfer pads.

Mark

CodeThief · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:59

Mark A said:
Yep this was the same thing i had to do, i just cut the wires swapped the plugs then twisted them together, easy .

I'm not sure if its any better tbh, Ive not used the rev 1 or 3, the rev 1 had some design flaws that have made a lot of people hate the cooler even though the problems were all ironed out with the rev 2. The rated fan speed of the rev 2 is 2000 rpm whereas the rev 1 was 2500rpm so id imagine the cooler was made more efficient to warrant the lower fan speed. heres a couple of pics of my rev 2, notice the soft ram heat transfer pads.

Mark

Oh I see, ok I definately have the rev 1 then. Oh and I had to cut and swap connectors as well :rolleyes:

Dave

Cyber-Mav · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:56

i got the NV5 silencer on my gfx card, its a top cooler, its just so massive! im sure i could run it passive since the shear size of the radiator on it would be more than enough to cool it down if the case cooling is adequate.