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Old 04-02-09   #1 (permalink)
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Unhappy Ahh not sure which cooler to get! Your input is needed!

I have a 260 GTX 216 65nm card, and not sure which cooler to get...

I am looking at these two:

Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX 280
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...ath=2_&mID=237

Thermalright HR-03 GTX
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_pa...r_hr03gtx.html



I am wondering which would be better?
If I were to go with Thermalright, I would also get a Scythe S-Flex 1900rpm fan (please tell me if a good idea or not / suggestions of other fans).
I have also read that the AC isnt the easiest to install, and the voltage heatsinks are crap and actually turn out to be a increase in temperatures..
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The Thermalright is really good, I suggest you get the Scythe fan along with it. Thermalright makes one of the best coolers for NVIDIA cards. My friend had a HR-03 GT on his 8800GT and it was very cool.
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be advised that the HR will not allow for SLi on a 200 series card from what I've read...
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The Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 will only allow SLI if you have two slots between your PCI-e slots. So if you have 3 PCI-e i.e. one every other slot then both coolers are out.

I would go with the Arctic cooling just because of the crazy size of the Thermalright cooler.

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