Are these good quiet cooling options?

Higgins · 13 Feb 2006 at 15:12

Hi, the stock fan on my x800GTO2 and 3700 are so loud it's driving me up the wall, so i've been looking round and these seems to be the best noise to performance coolers.

Zalman VF700-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (HS-013-ZA)

and the

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

Are these decent choices? I've never really bothered with coolers other than the stock ones before so i have no experience with it. Also will this case complement those 2 and vica versa?

Any opinions would be really great.

Thanks, Higgins.

DDave · 13 Feb 2006 at 15:59

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_copy_of_Arctic_Cooling.html#aCA_2d000_2dAR

Is the link you want for the case

Joe42 · 13 Feb 2006 at 16:02

They should both be pretty good.
For the graphics, the arctic cooling vga silencer is worth a look.
And for the cpu, consider the sythe ninja cooler.
Reviewed here

You will need to undervolt the fans on whatever you buy for complete silence, so you will probably need a fan controller of some sort.

The case link doesn't seem to work.

Edit: The arctic cooling cases aren't that good iirc. Dodgy non standard psu i think.
You want a p180 for complete silence.

ted34 · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:44

id go for the thermalright 120 with a quiet fan like the vantec stealth. as for graphics a zalman vf700 or artic cooling ati 4 like joe42 said

possum · 14 Feb 2006 at 17:07

ted34 said:
id go for the thermalright 120 with a quiet fan like the vantec stealth. as for graphics a zalman vf700 or artic cooling ati 4 like joe42 said

I'd go for a 120 akasa amber it'll keep it chilli

mattup · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:03

I have just replaced my Zalman 9500 with an Si120 and Vantech Stealth fan.
My Opti 170 ran @ 41 idle and 55 load with the Z. Temps are now 34 idle and 44 load with the Si 120. Need I say more?

Matt

Agent WD40 · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:06

How loud is that Si 120 Matt?

Agent

mattup · 14 Feb 2006 at 22:16

Barely audiable. I have tried it with my YS 125cfm and thats f...ing loud and only 1c cooler.

Matt

ajgoodfellow · 14 Feb 2006 at 23:52

I've got the Zalman VF700Cu and it's very quiet on 5V. Reduced temps by about 20 degrees too

I've got an Akasa EVO120 for my CPU fan, seems to do the job. Again, very quiet when the fan is set to minimum speed (comes with a backplate to adjust the fan speed, it sounds like a jet engine on full whack)

I've also got an Antec Sonata - very nice, very quiet case with a good PSU

iraiguana · 15 Feb 2006 at 11:50

i would also mention the artic cooler pro as its very good and cheap for air cooling cpu.