what gpu coolers?

dale1uk

dale1uk

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which graphics cooler?

looking into getting a new cooler for my graphics card but what one should I go for? Been looking at the Arctic coolers and Zalman ones but what are the pros and cons of each of them.
I've read about poor reliability with the Arctic coolers and how loud, or should I say quiet, are they? Also what affects on case temps will I get with the Zalman coolers as they don't exhaust the warm air out of the case and how effective are they at 5v in the quiet setting?
Looking at getting 2, 1 for my Asus x850xt that has a Arctic cooler style cooler on it that blows the hot air out of the case but has a high pitched noise at low rpm and my bro's 6800 ultra that if I remember is single slot.
 
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not to fussed about getting much cooler as atm i idle at 34'c and hit 62'c max under load with mine clocked to xt pe speeds so I'm aiming to keep those sort of temps but reduce the noise.
 
nice idea, but wouldn't the fans be working against each other? the pci exhaust will be pulling air down and out but the Zalman would be trying to draw the air up and over the card,also dont really want to be adding any other fans allready got 2x120mm and 2x80mm fans with one of each sucking in and blowing out.
Any one with the Zalmans noticed an increase of case temps or am I just worrying about nothing??
 
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