This VGA cooler any good?

[Ichigo]

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007170&cid=FN.806

I know Zalman is great for CPU cooling, but what about video cards?

 

[Nextman916]

I think they're pretty good, most people here would recommend arctic cooling to you though. Just out of curiousity what kind of card are you running?

 

[mcmikemc]

I have it and love it.

 

[Ichigo]

X800XL AGP flavoured.

Feels a bit hot to the touch, and want to see if it can OC anymore than on the stock heatsink, so I was thinking of this.

Goo/bad idea?

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

I have the AL flavor. Love it. Temps seem to stay pretty low and constant.

 

[RampantAndroid]

Awesome stuff....dropped my 6800Ultra load temps by 20C..... Very silent. I just bought one for my 7800GT, since my stock cooling fan died, and it will get me a greater overclock.

 

[Ichigo]

Are you guys using the thermal grease that came with it or other stuff?

 

[mwmorph]

good cooler. cools better than artic cooler but dosent exhaust hot air, which shouldnt be too much of a problem. just make sure it fits. on some video cards, you need to bend a cap or two out of the way.

 

[Munky]

Hell yeah it's good! Keeps the card in my sig at 55C under load, if that's not good enough, you'll need watercooling.

 

[Ichigo]

So to repeat my question, are you guys using the stock thermal grease that came with it? I have no need to shell out $10CDN on AS5 if I don't need to.

 

[Munky]

I used the stock grease on my other cards, and it worked well. Right now I'm using AS5, and it might make it a few degrees cooler, but even with stock paste it cools really well.

 

[Ichigo]

Fantastic. I'm gonna be picking this baby up soon then. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yes the Zalman is one of the best air coolers for VGA. It's tough finding Silencers here in Canada also - I had to order mine from BC (NCIX); otherwise I would've just driven over to Canada Computers .

I'm a big fan of using Arctic Silver 5- it cools better than the stock stuff and one tube lasts awhile, and multiple CPU/GPU applications.

If you're in Mississauga, there's a place called Liata Computers just south of Canada Computers (south of Mavis and Burnhamthorpe) that will sell you Arctic Silver 5 for 7.5, and probably give you a slightly better deal on the Zalman GPU cooler as well if you haggle politely with them . Best of luck!