8series air coolers - Overclock.net

spartacus · 07-17-08

I have a XFX 8600GT. The little 40mm fan on it is monstrously loud..It overpowers 2 120's, 4 140's, and the cpu cooler, and I can't stand it. The fan doesn't have adjustable speed. Here's the options I have thought of so far to fix it.
1. Buy a different heatsink/fan for it. Most of the ones i see are for 8800's though. Will any of them work? I'm looking for cheap and effective here too.
2. Build a new heatsink and slap a big ol fan on it. My dad has a bunch of heatsink stock from the company he works at. I was going to find a massive piece, replicate the bolt hole pattern from the 8600, and throw a big quiet fan on top.
3. Sell it and get an 8800 or something better. I can afford a better card, but I won't use that much horsepower for quite a while.

I'm kind of stuck on this one. Anybody have any other ideas? What's the best option. thanks everyone.

JEK3 · 07-17-08

Just turn the fan off. Or, tape over all the little slots so no sound can escape.

Seriously, though, can you post a pic of the hole pattern?

**TaiDinh** · 07-17-08

I'm not sure if you can do this with the 8600 series cards, since the heat sink is smaller than the 8800 series. This is what I did to my card. Maybe you'll get some ideas from it. Just make sure you directly check your temperatures upon start up.

It is a lot quieter and I received a 9C load temperature drop.

brettjv · 07-17-08

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Originally Posted by TaiDinh

I'm not sure if you can do this with the 8600 series cards, since the heat sink is smaller than the 8800 series. This is what I did to my card. Maybe you'll get some ideas from it. Just make sure you directly check your temperatures upon start up.

It is a lot quieter and I received a 9C load temperature drop.

Dude that is such teh AWESOME modz!

You can't *even* tell it's not totally stock.

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