best gtx480 cooler

phil_07 · 31 Oct 2011 at 14:50

hi all, i was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good aftermarket vga cooler for my asus gtx480. i was looking at the Thermalright Shaman cooler for 2 reasons, excellent cooling, quietness.... but unfortunately its currently out of stock, has anyone any experience with either this or another cooler they could recommend? :confused:

thanks in advance guys!

Deception · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:07

If you aren't worried about SLI'ng in the future, then I'd look at the Accelero Xtreme Plus as I use the same one on my GTX 470 and temps barely hit 50c when playing games like BF3

phil_07 · 31 Oct 2011 at 21:23

hmmm looked at that, but by all accounts its a bugger to fit :confused:

most vendors are saying its been discontinued now.
thanks for the reply!

Deception · 1 Nov 2011 at 06:53

phil_07 said:
hmmm looked at that, but by all accounts its a bugger to fit most vendors are saying its been discontinued now.
thanks for the reply!

I never had any issues fitting it, as it was pretty straight forward :confused:

. Only issue I had was you had to buy the VRM sinks separately.

iBSOD · 1 Nov 2011 at 07:18

The AC Accelero XTREME Plus II comes with all the VRM stuff, and definitely isn't discontinued

Deception · 1 Nov 2011 at 07:21

iBSOD said:
The AC Accelero XTREME Plus II comes with all the VRM stuff, and definitely isn't discontinued

That's the one I got. Then on Here I had to order the accessory kit for my 470 as it didn't come with it. I guess it depends on who you get it from. Apart from that, its a fantastic cooler. Im pretty sure someone on here modded it to get 2x5870 in crossfire with them too

varkanoid · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:05

there is a supposed to be a new revision coming out for various cards like 470, 480, 570 etc that does not need a fitting kit anymore it comes as an all in one. I was told it would be released September by AC but not seen it yet.