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Old 07-02-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default What cooler for 8800GT?

I got a 8800gt and I was wondering what is the best 3rd party cooler? I got about a half a foot of space between my graphics card and the bottom of my case? I've seen the Accelero and the hr-03. Which one should I go for? I got around $100.
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if you spend $100 on a vga cooler most of OCN will slap you

don't spend more than $50 on an cooler, anything past that won't really give you better performance.
what case do you have?
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The Zalman VF900 should be perfect for you. It only costs 37 bucks.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001
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I wasn't planning to spend all $100. I was just setting it as the limit. For my case, I don't know what make and model it is, but its a medium sized tower.
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ok why do you need a better cooler? What are your temps?
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Its not temperature thats really the issue its more of the noise. My fan gets really loud when I'm gaming.
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Ok look for a passive cooler!
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I will look at newegg for a passive cooler then give you the link!
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Here you go. Click here!
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Thanks CorryBasler and everyone else, but I think I am going to go with the Zalman VF900. I read a couple reviews like:
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/revie...0/index4.shtml
and it seems the Zalman is very quiet and cools better than the accelero

EDIT: Turns out the VF900 doesn't support 8800.
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