Cheap sli cooling?

Nuclearbaggins · 17 Jan 2006 at 19:29

Im not having any problems with heat yet(maybe differnt in the summer) but im running 2 x 7800GTX on a asus A8n sli premium board and am thinking of fitting something in between the cards in my case to draw some of the heat away from the bottom card, i have been looking at the Akasa System Exhaust Blower(£3.50) amd also the PowerColor Heat Buster(£23.50).

I want to fit it in one of the 2 gaps i have between the cards so either is ok for that, just wondered if anyone is using either of these and had any advice for me?

weescott · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:31

Akasa System Exhaust Blower is rubbish...avoid.
The PowerColor Heat Buster looks a lot better, but the Vantec Spectrum Fan Card is even better value. A pal of mine said it might quite a difference for him.

Nuclearbaggins · 18 Jan 2006 at 08:14

Ive been looking around and wondered if id be better getting hold of two of the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer's which fit on the 7800 GTX, just a couple of questions for anyone already using them, are they hard to fit ? and how much louder than the standard fans are they ? and roughly how many degrees cooler do they run ?

a1ex2001 · 18 Jan 2006 at 13:14

Not sure on the installation but most people on here who have replaced coolers on VGS cards seem to have had very few problems. The Artic Cooling jobs will be a lot quieter than the stadard HSF's that is one of the main attractions!