Decent Cooling.

Deception · 17 Oct 2006 at 01:00

I was wondering if anyone would know of a decent cooler for my X1800XT and also, how to fit one, as Id probably mess it up, If i didnt know how.

-Thanks.

ArchAnGeL · 17 Oct 2006 at 07:13

the relevent arctic cooler should be fine.

They are pretty easy to fit.

Make sure you take antistatic precautions etc.
Remove std heatsink by unscrewing small screws and remove fan header
remove old themal gunk
apply new thermal gunk
fit new cooler and plug in fan header on card

DaveMac · 17 Oct 2006 at 10:29

Take a look at these :

Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)

Artic Cooling Accelero X2 Cooler (X1800/X1900 Series) (SY-002-AR)

Revoltec Graphic Freezer Pro (HS-000-RV)

Deception · 17 Oct 2006 at 11:48

Thanks a lot for the quick replies. Also, are the coolers rather easy to fit?

DaveMac · 17 Oct 2006 at 11:52

Yip, see post 2 should take 5 - 10 minutes tops.

spb251272 · 17 Oct 2006 at 12:32

If you get the Zalman, just be careful not to overtighten the thumbscrews, as this can damage your card.

FatRakoon · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:20

Something thats too often overlooked when cooling a PC is the case.

You can have some great cooling solutions yet suffer from temp issues because of a naff case...

Same the other way round. you can get away with murder by using a good case too!

Also try to get your cabling clean and tidy so there is plenty of good air flow through the case... Even a stock 80mm fan in the front and rear can do a fair good job as long as the air can flow through nicely.

pegasus1 · 20 Oct 2006 at 11:45

FatRakoon said:
Something thats too often overlooked when cooling a PC is the case.

You can have some great cooling solutions yet suffer from temp issues because of a naff case...
.

Very true, people often watercool their components in a case with poor airflow giving les than impressive results.
Ive dropped 8C CPU temp just by cutting a blow hole and inserting a 120mm sucking out.

Deception · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:07

Sorry to bring this up, but I have an old HiS X1600XT at my disposal and I was wondering if the cooler from that would fit on my X1800XT..