HD3870 aftermarket cooling

DanishDevil · Apr 12, 2008

Wow. That last one bashed the heck out of the DuOrb...

Honestly, I'd go VF1000. That thing's a beast, and while expensive, if you're going high-end air, Zalman is always a good way to go.

trt740 · Apr 12, 2008

DanishDevil said:
Wow. That last one bashed the heck out of the DuOrb...

Honestly, I'd go VF1000. That thing's a beast, and while expensive, if you're going high-end air, Zalman is always a good way to go.

not in this case Zalman is not very good.

jpierce55 · Apr 12, 2008

Paulieg said:
I'm trying to decide on an aftermarket cooler for my MSI HD3870, as the stock fan is driving me nuts. What are the options available for this card? I've been using Nvidia for so long, I'm kind of out of the loop on ATI coolers. I know the Accelero S1 and Duo orb work, but what others?

The Accelero S1 with this fan works great and quiet:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999144

PaulieG · Apr 12, 2008

Well, I decided on the Coolink Gfxchilla. It was $21, but $15 to ship from Canada. The only place I could find it for sale in the US was $40. Still, $36 for a good cooler is fine.

DanishDevil · Apr 12, 2008

trt740 said:
not in this case Zalman is not very good.

Could you expand on that rather than just making a claim?

Paulieg said:
Well, I decided on the Coolink Gfxchilla. It was $21, but $15 to ship from Canada. The only place I could find it for sale in the US was $40. Still, $36 for a good cooler is fine.

Let us know how you like it!

erocker · Apr 12, 2008

Excellent choice Paulieg! You may want to lap it right away though. I really like the fans on it, nice and thin, and heck if you wanted to you could put a couple bigger fans on it! Deffinitely one of the best looking coolers out there too. :toast:

PaulieG · Apr 12, 2008

DanishDevil said:
Could you expand on that rather than just making a claim?

Let us know how you like it!

You KNOW I will/

PaulieG · Apr 12, 2008

erocker said:
Excellent choice Paulieg! You may want to lap it right away though. I really like the fans on it, nice and thin, and heck if you wanted to you could put a couple bigger fans on it! Deffinitely one of the best looking coolers out there too.

Yeah, it's a good looking cooler. Hope it performs as good as it looks!

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HD3870 aftermarket cooling

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