Graphics cooling

nffc · 25-10-2006, 23:38

Another opportunity for people to earn rep!

I'm looking for ways to cool my graphics card - AGP interface, PNY Geforce 6600.

It's not especially loud to begin with, but as the rest of my PC is quiet (Zalman massive jobbo HSF on the CPU, 12cm PSU fan, 2 ultra quiet 8cm case fans, passive Northbridge) then it's something that I notice, the hum isn't exactly consistent and can be quite distracting

I'd prefer passive cooling if possible - it's totally silent then, and one less fan to clean out when I attack the insides with compressed air! Something that's not gonna take about a day to fit and also not too expensive (so not water cooling unfortunately).

Any suggestions gratefully received and most likely (pending the need to slut it around a bit) will be rewarded with green rep

25-10-2006, 23:46

Zalman Fatal1ty fs v7 but read the warning http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/...x=173&code=013 I wouldnt trust passive cooling unless you screw a slow spinning 80mm fan to it

marky · 25-10-2006, 23:51

I would stick a pci exhaust in the slot closest to the gfx card

But then again thats another fan, you could allways drill a nice pattern of holes in the top

nffc · 25-10-2006, 23:52

I've seen it - looks interesting hanging off the edge lol! Will have to look at the card in more detail next time I do any spring cleaning (and the CPU HSF still hasn't been remounted and probably should be!).

I usually keep the next PCI slot free anyway

Cheers anyway mate

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Quote:

Originally Posted by marky

I would stick a pci exhaust in the slot closest to the gfx card

But then again thats another fan, you could allways drill a nice pattern of holes in the top

Hehe that would be louder

25-10-2006, 23:54

what use would an exhaust fan under a passive cooler be? to extract air there has to be air there and if theres nothing blowing over the heatsink then the exhaust will just inefficiently pull air out of the case.There should already be an exhaust next to the IO plate so a small one there imo wouldnt help much more than blowing kisses at the gfx lol lol

nffc · 26-10-2006, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

what use would an exhaust fan under a passive cooler be? to extract air there has to be air there and if theres nothing blowing over the heatsink then the exhaust will just inefficiently pull air out of the case.There should already be an exhaust next to the IO plate so a small one there imo wouldnt help much more than blowing kisses at the gfx lol lol

On this case there are holes but the rear fan is equidistant between the psu and the gfx. That's just where the hole is - whilst I suppose i could, i'm not really interested in drilling extra fan holes.

I also don't really see how an exhaust quietens my graphics card! :S

26-10-2006, 00:04

lol thats ok there then lol

marky · 26-10-2006, 00:47

Get the drill out, you know you want to

Gareth · 26-10-2006, 10:19

Get yourself some cooking oil... you know you want to.

http://www.ourmedia.org/node/27530

(actually, mineral oil is better cause it won't stink whereas vegetable oil will start to go a bit rancid after a few weeks

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