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Best cooling for my 8800gt xfx extreme?

187iNC-Xtreme

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whats the best cooling for my new 8800GT xfx extreme (i dont want to use water cooling tho!).. im thinkin freezing cold and silent!..

any help?
 

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the thermalright HR 03 GT with a high cfm fan would be your best bet, but its not out yet. you'll want to go with the hr 03 rev a instead.

welcome to the forums btw :) :toast:
 
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187iNC-Xtreme

New Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2007
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Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 6400+
Motherboard Biostar TF520-A2
Cooling Zalman Aero Flower AM2
Memory 2GB OCZ Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 1024MB) PC2-6400 800MHz / DDR2
Video Card(s) XFX GeForce 8800 GT 512MB DDR3 Extreme
Storage 160GB Excelstor SATA II / 250GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA II / 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16
Display(s) 19" Cibox C1905 Widescreen TFT LCD Widescreen / 5ms Response Time
Case Raidmax Sagitta - Black
Audio Device(s) Realtek ALC888 8+2-Channel HD Audio (on board)
Power Supply 650W CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Supply
Software Windows XP SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 64
Benchmark Scores @standard clocks Windows XP SP2 32-Bit 3d mark 2001 @ standard settings : 42629
WOW that was fast! cheers.. btw you think i will be ok playin Crysis @ high res.. see specs (my new setup) still waitin my GFX card!
 
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