hmm .. it can still fits a 25mm thick fan at the bottom of the cooler to provide maximum cooling ..

this is only needed if u are over clocking the card...

if not placing a 12cm fan near by the graphic card would be enough ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 .....

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

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

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 ...

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

@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 ...

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 ...

haha .. just a tip tie going though the fan screw hole opening and the ROM cage screw holes ... four edges need to ensure it doesn't tile the wrong direction ...

no trick .. just use what ever I have ... If I got tool here I would cut myself an acrylic or aluminum piece and use some L-shaped bracket to mount it nicely ...

@akachester

To be more precise, the base plat height has changed, Rev.1 base is further away from the fins while Rev.2 is closer.

So four rubber washer is needed to fill the gap when installing the cooler on Rev.2 ...

Thermal sticker on the Ramsink of Rev.2 is better than Rev.1 which would easily fall off upon initial installation.

@mcmicheal

Get a cheaper one AC Accelero S1 Rev.2 for about RM120

Cool and quiet ...

@mcmicheal

It's about RM60 at the LYP shop ... C-Zone if not mistaken ..

but no need to buy one just get a 9 to 12cm fan and placed right from the front to blow air through the card and exhaust through the rear end ..

that would be just brilliant enough ...

Really a big massive and bulky cooler ...

I take up more than two PCI slots ....

But at least it would performs better than stock cooler at lower noise ..

But I still prefer cooler with the blower style design that exhaust hot air through rear vents ..

@mcmicheal
Are u gonna get CM CoolVIVA Z1 in ur XQBOX Mini ??

The cooler should be too big for it ...

@ipcam88
Lack of Zalman product in MY is pretty common ....

hmm .... I was hoping it would be small rather than big ...

I really don't get the idea of having this Twin Turbo released when AC S1 is selling very well ..

Getting 3rd party cooler, for me often because I want to make it quieter loh.

if the stock cooler is quiet and wont let the card hit 85 on load (my own personal threshold value ), it would be fine loh.

So far I hardly come across any cooler that is quiet ... ICEQ4 failed for me ..

@atomik
hmm, probably u could do some quick review online of the temperature, compare it with yours to determine is there is anything wrong with your setup..

anyway, snap a photo of ur setup for us to make reference before suggesting anything further.