Good Cooler for 8800GTS

Risingtide93

Risingtide93

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What's a good cooler for 8800GTS 640MB?

Or should I just keep the original HSF?

Because I would like to overclock it :)

By the way, the case is Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II (120mm Front and Rear)
 
I recommend the stock cooler. The reason it is so big is it isn't just cooling the core and memory. There are other heat points around the card that need cooling. The only coolers that can cool all these points are:

a) Stock cooler
b) Waterblocks
 
He's right, if you look at even the high end aftermarket coolers, they only cool have a contact plate on the gpu itself.
 
Yup. You'd have to buy ramsinks for the memory, the PWM MOSFETS (which will [most likely] require you to cut them up), and the little chip near the DVI ports. Possibly more points need to be cooled.
 
Look what I found :)

mcw60-G80-adapter.jpg


That's what you need to do, apart from the waterblock.
 
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is the stock cooler very noisy? it is because i remember for sapphire 1950 pro and diamond 1950 pro. the stock coolers are noisy as hell, i just can't stand it. after switching to powercolor's stock cooler ( i forgot what it is called ). it is actually very quiet!!!!
 
thealmightyone, where did you find that picture. I'd like to see more on it and where i could get the supplies. I also have the same cooling problem with my 8800gts but i have a 320mb. Its weird because i was at a computer store and there was a Lian Li case with a 8800gts 640mb running in it and it was completely silent. I don't know how they got it to be like that. I can't find anyway to slow down the fan and at the high temps it runs at, i wouldn't to :)
 
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AAAsnwbordr said:
main thing is, is that a 8800 card in that pic and if it is, where can i get that cooling?
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You need to have a water cooling setup.

The "black block thing" on there is Swiftech's Graphic Card Water Block (Can't remeber the exact name right now...:P) and the little copper blocks on there is Swiftech Ramsinks.
 
I found the picture on google image search. And the picture is of a 8800GTX, but the same principle applies to all cards - cool everything that the stock cooler touched.

I have no idea what heatsink you will need, as all high-end heatsinks use heatpipes, and it is highly likely these heatpipes will prevent you putting little heatsinks on some of the memory chips. A liquid cooling setup is easier, but more expensive.

A heatsink similar in design to the Zalman VF-700/900 would work, as you would only have to file a few of the heatsinks down. But, the VF-700/900 do not currently fit onto 8800-cards. If you do find a cooler that looks like this (where it raises up before opening out into fins), and is compatible with a 8800, that would work perfectly.
 
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