aftermarket cooling for 2 3870's

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Archangel

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well, the title almost covers it.. I'm lloking for 2 aftermarket coolers for my grafic's cards. doesnt really matter how big they are, as long as the bottom card will fit (so cant be thicker than 2 pci-slots)
and above all, I want to get the hot air out of the case right away. (out of the backside) Like the old NVsilencers did. anyone knows a cooler like this, please let me know! :)
 
zalmans vf1000 or vf 900 if it fits are highly recommended, I have used both with artic silver of course with amazing results.
 
alright, I couldnt find the exact model cooler i was looking for, so I took the next best thing I could find. Behold! :o

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Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 rev.2

you''re probably wondering how the crossfire bridges were going to fit... :P
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scissors are really handy ^.^ yea, gotta make it look a bit better, but for now it works. (and you cant see it due to that sidepanel fan anyways.)

after that I only had 1 more problem.. I noticed when I installed that cooler, that my Asus card (the red one) had a beeper on it, and I kinda wondered why. when I tried to startup the system the card started beeping at me! :O I mean, how rude.
turns out that when the fan isnt connected, some failsafe of the card shuts it down, have to look into that problem still. but for now I've solved it by jerry-rigging the fan to the end of the card. like this:
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wich is fine when I think about it, since its blowing the hot air out of the back of the case. (the coolers came with an open pci-plate each.

Idle temps: 36*C for the top one, 39*C for the bottom one. (measured in CCC)


(almost) Passive cooled Crossfire Setup! w00000 :D
 
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