Graphics Cooling - 8800GT

Ranek405

Ranek405

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Hey guys

I have an Asus 8800GT that I've finally decided needs the annoyingly loud fan replacing with something that makes little or no sound at all.

I have never replaced a graphics card heatsink/fan before and therefore have no idea what I should be looking for, or any thing extra I should be doing when it comes to actually replacing stuff. So, any help and info you guys can give me would be great :D

Just looking at OcUK I've picked out the following:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-ZA&tool=3

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787

Keeping in mind that I do play a lot of the latest games for long periods of time, which would be better?

Cheers :)
 
I have the same card, and ran it with the stock cooler for very little time. I changed it to a Thermalright
When running with a fan this thoroughly beat the stock cooler. When running passive (so silent) it does fine as long as there is some airflow in your case. In my matx case with a single fan it got hot quite fast.

Since then I've changed to this
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Which inevitably is rather better
 
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How easy it is to fit is dependent on the cooler you go for, Zalman are usually great. I would recommend an actively cooled heatsink as the 8800GT kicks out a fair bit of heat.
I think the Asus 8800GT has a rather tall mosfet/pwm heatsink that may foal with a larger gpu cooler, not an issue though as the heatsink can be removed and normal bga ram sinks used in place of it :)
 
Ah, I forgot that part. The instructions are very good for both. The thermalright is very straightforward to fit on one side, and a little more fiddly on the other. Easiest to fit with it wrapping up and over the card, occupying the slot above the card. More difficult when hanging down, occupying the two slows below the card. It's big :)

The ek block is very easy to fit, but the rest of water cooling doesn't really qualify for easy.

Can't comment on Zalman. They're well respected but I haven't used any of their products yet.
 
The VF-100 is not up to cooling something as powerful as an 8800GT so I would just forget that. I would get the VF-1000, its a bit cheaper than the other one you picked and exactly the same design. You might need to shop around for it though, Ive got one on my 8800GT and it does a great job. Overclocked and over-volted but never goes above 70oC in my SFF even in ridiculous ambient temps.

Hawker
 
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 running passive on an overclocked 8800GT which is folding 24/7 and the current temps on it are...

...58C

With the stock cooler it was hitting 90C
 
Sell your 8800gt, get a 4850 cost about the same as getting a new cooler, but you get better performance and a new warranty!
 
wbc1 said:
Sell your 8800gt, get a 4850 cost about the same as getting a new cooler, but you get better performance and a new warranty!
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That all well and good, but it doesnt solve the opps noise issue though. Something like the Accelero S1 setup on his GT will be a more silent solution than the reference cooler that comes fitted to any cheap 4850 card.

But as far as a simple cost effective upgrade is concerned, your suggestion is sound :)
 
Just make sure you have enough room for that cooler and if you are going to run it passively make sure you have plenty of air circulating around the case.
 
I would try it passive then, just keep rivatuner monitoring temps in the back ground while your having a good gaming session. If temps seem stable then your sweet :)
 
I have one 80mm fan (and the psu) on my work pc and the S1 rev2 keeps my OC'ed 8800gs at 53c load 24/7 passively. You don't need lots of fans to make passive cooling work - just single path air flow, with your HS chained along the path. (with the side off it hits 80c)

It's one big HS - highly recomended
 
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