Best aftermarket cooler for a GTX 280?

LiveOrDie · Apr 1, 2010

Well i cant hold it off any longer after a hour of game play my cards will overheat then my PSU will turn off, so i need 2 aftermaket coolers to drop my temps down at lest till the end of the year, i looking at these two

Xigmatek Bifrost Cooler
or
Arctic Cooling Accelero TWIN TURBO Pro

mab1376 · Apr 5, 2010

I had the Xigmatek Battleaxe (the bifrost's predecessor) on my 8800GTS (G80) and it lowered my idle temps from 55c to 40c. Xigmatek definitely makes an excellent product.

sneekypeet · Apr 5, 2010

Id go with the TT Pro myself. This was testing on a lowly 250, I think the money is better spent with AC this time around

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3075/arctic_cooling_accelero_twin_turbo_pro_gpu_cooler/index.html

Page #7 has the temperature comparrisons.

The Bifrost is a SilenX failure with their fans on it

LiveOrDie · Apr 5, 2010

yer ill be going for the Arctic Cooling GTX model one

Yukikaze · Apr 5, 2010

Live OR Die said:
yer ill be going for the Arctic Cooling GTX model one

The VRM cooling on that one isn't good from what I know.

LiveOrDie · Apr 5, 2010

umm whys that because there not touching the heatsnick?

gumpty · Apr 5, 2010

I have the AC Xtreme GTX for my 285 and can vouch for it. It is very cool and quiet.

Yes the VRM and memory cooling for it look a bit rubbish. I couldn't use them for my 285 anyway (different layout), so just bought some zalman heatsinks for them and away we went. Although AC did tell me that they weren't necessary anyway - they say it is safe to use it without them as the fans blow down onto the components.

Erm ... it's a pretty big heatsink though. Might want to double check the measurements if you are going to be using them in SLI.

LiveOrDie · Apr 5, 2010

yer they look big but says there ment for sli so should be all good

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Best aftermarket cooler for a GTX 280?

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