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Passive cooling for a ATi 9500 Pro

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Operandi

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So I've gotten to the point where the loudest component in my box is fan on my retail 9500 Pro. I'd like to get a passive HS, all I've seen is this Zalman. Is there anything else I should be looking at?
 
I have a HP80A installed on my 9500 Pro overclocked a bit. I do have a 120mm fan running at 5V in the middle of my case, loosely blowing over the heatpipe. It's a lot of work to install, but is dead silent 🙂

Maybe look at Silencers as they're much easier to install and barely make any noise.
 
I hear ya, I have an aging 8500 and its really loud. Unfortunately Im SOL because there are no mounting holes for Zalman or other alternatives like Arctic Cooling...
 
If you've got 2" of space between your video card and you hsf, get the Aerocool VM-101. It's better and lighter than the Zalman when fanless and works great if you somehow get a 120mm fan to blow on it.
 
Well I guess I'll just go with the Zalman at some point, I was hoping there would be something smaller/cheaper but I'm guessing the chip produces too much heat.... oh well...

Any recommendations on where to pick one up cheap?
 
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