Colling: Best cooling device for Geforce 6800?

[mmx]

I want to upgrade the cooling from my geforce 6800.

 

[beatle]

I'll assume you mean best air cooling, in which case I'd give the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 a nod.

 

[jjzelinski]

ditto the silencer. Man the thing is quiet! You might not realize how loud your current cooling is until you slap this one on. It also allowed be to squeeze almost 100mhz more out of my 6800NU's RAM.

 

[ddviper]

yup go with the silencer, i yet to get one for myself

 

[Slappy00]

koolance watercooling block for it

 

[CraigRT]

for air there is no other cooler. (literally)

NV5 silencer

 

[JBT]

NV Silencer 5

 

[Solema]

CraigRT is right. The NV5 Silencers is literally the ONLY GeForce 6800 cooler on the market. Get it.

 

[mmx]

i bought the nv 5, and one of the screws broke. it does cool as much as i though

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

I LOVE MINE! It sure is efficient AND quiet.

 

[Chopstick217]

Originally posted by: Slappy00
koolance watercooling block for it

Probably the best cooling for the 6800 right now.

 

[ViperV990]

So if I want a decent single-slot cooler for a 6800GT, I'm SOL?

Man, and I was dreaming about that Shuttle!

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: ViperV990
So if I want a decent single-slot cooler for a 6800GT, I'm SOL?

Man, and I was dreaming about that Shuttle!

You could try to get your hands on one of BFG's heatpipe ones... like from someone who replaced their's with an NV Silencer. But speaking from experience, it's not much better than nVidia's reference design. Mine gets up over 70 C while gaming with the core at 390 and RAM at 1050.

 

[ViperV990]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: ViperV990
So if I want a decent single-slot cooler for a 6800GT, I'm SOL?

Man, and I was dreaming about that Shuttle!

You could try to get your hands on one of BFG's heatpipe ones... like from someone who replaced their's with an NV Silencer. But speaking from experience, it's not much better than nVidia's reference design. Mine gets up over 70 C while gaming with the core at 390 and RAM at 1050.

The BFG dual-fan heatpipe heatsink is what I happen to have right now. I probably should have mentioned that in my OP. One of the fans is starting to fail and is making tons of noise.

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: ViperV990
So if I want a decent single-slot cooler for a 6800GT, I'm SOL?

Man, and I was dreaming about that Shuttle!

You could try to get your hands on one of BFG's heatpipe ones... like from someone who replaced their's with an NV Silencer. But speaking from experience, it's not much better than nVidia's reference design. Mine gets up over 70 C while gaming with the core at 390 and RAM at 1050.

Well, thats a dissapointment. One of the pluses of the BFG was its better than reference design hs.

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Originally posted by: beatle
I'll assume you mean best air cooling, in which case I'd give the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 a nod.

I second that. It's a piece of cake to install as well.

 

[302efi]

Uh..The stock cooler that comes on the card...At least then you still have your warranty...

Wheres Rollo when you need him?

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: 302efi
Uh..The stock cooler that comes on the card...At least then you still have your warranty...

Wheres Rollo when you need him?

As long as you remove the stock cooler carefully you can always put it back on. Ideally water would be best (my GT runs 43c under load and rock stable), but I understand that lots of people aren't ready for that sort of commitment.

BTW, from what I understand Rollo got a 2-week vacation.