hahah .. .like LittleLinnet said ... the fan at the 5.25" slot is enough to keep the card at such temperature ...

I can't believe it myself .. but it does works that well ..

The reason I don't want to put the fan beneath the cooler because I want a smooth airflow direction ..

from intake through south bridge, gc and sound card then exhaust through the rear PCI slot ...

actually the soundcard is best kept as far away from the GC as possible...i remember reading somewhere that audio wise, the GC is the biggest 'noise' maker in a PC... cant remember where i read this..and i havent even bothered trying to test it....


actually if u put the soundcard above like shawty suggested, and add a low cfm fan on the pci slots ur airflow will be better man...itll help to make sure theres no heat trapped under the GC. (unless ur front fan is strong enough to push it out the back la)

but....doing that....will contradict with what i said to shawty above

hahha .. thanks for the suggestion men...

Believe it or not, the poor static pressure Noctua fan can pushes the air exhaust through the PCI slot opening.

I can feel it with my hands ... so no problem with airflow ...

I just don't want to place more fans and creates more noise ...

Overall temperature within my expectation .. so cheer ...

Really nice temp but wondering if compare to Zalman ZV9 with Fan which 1 will runs cooler.

hmmm ...... it could perform even better if I placed a fan at the bottom of the cooler ....

I'm not sure about ZV9 actual performance, but the double price would definitely not justify lack of two times performance increment ...

Another thing is this cooler definitely run quieter than ZV9 which is one of my key requirement when building a PC ....

I just have a pair of sensitive ear .....

my friend just bought a zalman like fan and install to his 1st batch palit 7300GT, the temp decrease a lot, from 53(idle), 72(max) dropped to 42(idle), 55(max), i'm really impressed by the result

but at the same time, i'm using galaxy 7900GS with the real zalman, i've remount my hsf with tuniq TX-2, but my temp seems to be worse than that, idle 51 and 65 max, is it because my card consume more power that's why the temp also higher?

of course .. ur card produced more heat than 7300GT dude ..

it uses more in the 3D mode or load condition ...

ah i finally found this thread..

Which cooler would you recommend for my Asus 8800GT(non TOP version).

budget is not really an issue. I read that Thermalright HR-03 GT is good(with a fan).

Any others?

I'm also looking for for third party cooler.

I think Artic Cooling Accelero 1 and 2 also will be another choice. One of the forumer also recommended Zalman FC-ZV9.

RECOMMENDATIONS PLZZZZZZZZZZZ................!!!!!!!

artic S1 or TR HR03 GT.

the TR HR03 GT is like 2-3 times the price of AC S1 leer.. lol.. which one better ah. some say S1 better than HR03 leer..

anyway my ori post is at this part of the forum. is it melted or is it like this? http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/610327

i got a HR03 Plus now, but it cant fit into my 3870.
gonna mod it.
also ordered a S1 from bata.
I'll do a comparison review once the S1 is here.

Performance wise, HR-03 GT definitely works better since it's designed by TR that often king of air cooling ....

but in term of price it can't be compared with AC S1 ...

AC S1 is really good but it just can't match TR ...

Doom...S1 does not come with RAM heatsink, does it? According to the pictures you posted, you didn't use any fans...may I know why? A single fan could add around 7-10°C difference and the noise is neglible...and you could add TWO fans to it...

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Added on January 15, 2008, 10:01 amOh, btw, according to PC-Zone's pricelist...they have Accelero S1 and its fans...

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 15 2008, 10:01 AM

AC Accelero S1 does comes with heatsink .. those are made of aluminum ..

btw if u are getting those make sure u get some thermal tape as well .. coz those stock thermal tape just won't stick for good initially unless u put a folded paper to slip between the ram sink and cooler itself ..

if not it might drop when first using it ...

Why would I need to put another fan below the cooler when I'm getting 36c to 49c of cooling result ...

I have a fan that is placed right in front of the card to provide adequate airflow ....

Photo speaks thousand of words ....





btw those turbo fans that mentioned by you are sold separately and I just don't think its' worth the money to buy it ..

basically it only provides small amount of airflow ....

This post has been edited by Doom: Jan 15 2008, 06:05 PM

You should read what Ianho recommended. Clean the whole RAM bit completely with alchohol or spirit or whatever it is that he used...then baru you apply the new RAM heatsinks.


Wow, how do you install the fan there?


Those Turbo Module are quite cheap, aren't they? RM40 for 2 fans if I'm not mistaken. That's roughly less than £7 over at UK. You can get other fans like the Vizo Propeller or something Or add your own 120mm or 92mm fans...But seems like you don't overclock at all, do you?
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@clayclws

I did read his review about the ram sink issue .. the thing is it just need some heat to melt the tape to stick on the ram properly...

so I don't bother to go with alcohol cleaning .. some how hard to find it around local store..

btw... I don't OC and don't see the point of OC ... coz it just doesn't yield to much of different in term of real time gaming .. 2 to 5 fps ....

That vizo cooler is one hell a noise maker ... I never go for VIZO fan for one reason ... absolute noise maker ....

besides, AC S1 is a cooler that works well with passive mod or minimal airflow .. so even though putting a fan below would just let it gain better result during load ..

I rather maintain healthy ambient temperature within the case by pushing all the hot air out asap.... putting a fan below the card would just cycle part of hot air within the case ...

I think you generalize Vizo too much. I've seen this Vizo Propeller working at Sri Comp and AllIT. It's silent.

It's silent ??? maybe our level of acceptance of silent is different...

I'd call it silent when it's tested during midnight ....where surrounding noise goes down to minimal..

Places like All IT and Sri Comp are so noisy most of time .. and for a fan that could grab a person notice required it to be as loud as 60dba ...

VIZO Propeller won't reaches that noise level coz it only goes up to 35 dba on full speed for 38 cfm .. so no one could actually hear the noise from the cooler in such environment...

I know it well cos I'm very sensitive to noise ... I would rate it quiet if fall below 30 dba and silent 20 dba ....

btw tested putting a fan below the cooler ... it doesn't seems to benefit much .... temperature still about the same .....

The reason is the 12 cm fan placed below the cooler has limited airflow due to existent of the sound card ....

So in my setup, having that Noctua 12cm fan would be enough ...

And...still, how did you mount your Noctua fan that way?