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best air cooler for 7950?

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8/19/12 at 5:18am
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i got my 7950 reference but my room is very hot so the card is also get hot.. plus i want to OC it smile.gif

what is the best air cooler for this card? i don't care about the noise, just temps

from what i read i saw there are the xtreme plus 7970, GELID ICY VISION REV2, and zalman vf3000f
which is the best?
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8/19/12 at 5:40am
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i got my 7950 reference but my room is very hot so the card is also get hot.. plus i want to OC it smile.gif
what is the best air cooler for this card? i don't care about the noise, just temps
from what i read i saw there are the xtreme plus 7970, GELID ICY VISION REV2, and zalman vf3000f
which is the best?

imo get the Arctic Accelero Xtreme 7970

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/detail/index/sArticle/502/sCategory/2182

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cooling/34809-arctic-accelero-xtreme-7970-vga-cooler/?page=3
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/arctic-accelero-xtreme-7970_5.html#sect1
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/zardon/arctic-accelero-xtreme-7970-cooler-review/7/

even when you max out the fan speed the noise is low. Even at 1150 Mhz you can keep your card at 60c with fans running at max speed as is shown in the xbitlabs review.
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