Zalman VF700-CU

[rainbow6six]

Does anyone on here use the Zalman VF700-Cu with their 7800GT?

Been looking at it and seems quite good but wondered what someone with it would say?

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Hi

Welcome to the forums

I've been using it with my X800Pro since Christmas and I'm rather impressed with it. It's very quiet on 5V and it does a decent job of cooling the card

I've uploaded a few pics (all 800x600 and less than 200kb)

Removal of stock heatsink

Close up of core

Pic of memory chips and core

Pic of back after fitting Zalman back plate and memory heatsinks

Pic of front with memory heatsinks fitted

Finished fitting Zalman cooler

Graphics card fitted back into case

 

[Hunders]

I have one on my GT.. It's ace!

 

[Dutch Guy]

What is the core temperature under heavy load at 5V, is it about the same as the retail heatsink but much quieter?

 

[ajgoodfellow]

It's both cooler and quieter

Didn't see it go about 54 degrees after an hour of rthdribl maxxed out at full screen (monitored the temps on the second monitor, run off a seperate graphics card)

 

[Dutch Guy]

Wow, impressive, makes me wonder why manufactureres keep on using the crap stock coolers when for a little more they can fit such a cooler.

 

[rainbow6six]

Cheers for the info! Sold!

 

[Dutch Guy]

Cheers for the info! Sold!

err. don't you mean Bought!

 

[Logsi]

Great cooler, 5v never goes over 50 for me and thats on 580/580 from 520/560, the ram sinks really make a difference.

I saw this on a website and its a x850xt, its a saphhire, i went on there website and theres not this card on there but ti clearly looks like a zalman or very much like it.

 

[Reiver]

Can the zalman be connected to a fan controller?

 

[Zefan]

It's a 3 pin so yes, comes with a molex adapter too.

 

[Reiver]

It's a 3 pin so yes, comes with a molex adapter too.

cheers. Looks like i'll be getting one as well.

 

[tbz_ck]

I've got mine on a fan controller (5V to 12V) Its practically silent at 5v and fairly low noise all the way from 7 to 12v. I tend to turn it up when I've got my headphones on during gaming, and turn it back down for 2D work. It's nice having the control over it !!