6600GT AGP cooler

[Applecrusher]

After a quick look around, I have noticed that there is no Artic cooling for the 6600GT agp...

So, what do you guys all recomend?

[Dark Horse]

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.p...ight=expertool

try this program, cuts out a lot of sound for a minimal temp rise.

[streetster]

i used rivatuner to set the fan speeds, makes it whisper quiet for 2d and then 100% for games.. may try 85% though as its the loudest part of my system

[Applecrusher]

Oh!! That would also be useful, whats a program like ATI Tray tools?

It should allow me to change everything on teh fly...

(I havnt got my card yet, it should arrive on friday )

[fuji]

Zalman VF700-Cu or AlCu are pretty good.

[Bulldog73]

Gigabyte do a silent pipe version with slightly higher clocks which I'm considering myself ... If air throughput in the case is sufficient should run fine...(if a little toasty)

[kempez]

Arctic Silencers are excellent

[icq3800846]

Now I'm not saying that the 6600GT is anywhere near as bad as a 6800T/Ultra/7800 but I would like to point out that it's not just about enough air flow over your graphics card to cool the GPU, but it's also about the amount of heat each component adds to the inside of your chassis.

During Far Cry (1600*1200 very high detail) my watercooled CPU still hits 45 degrees. My watercooling radiator hits 35 degrees, my Raptor RAID 0 drives each hit 50 degrees and my 7800GTX hits a worrying 80 degrees.

I have one 120mm intake and 2 x 80mm exhaust as well as an 80mm blow hole at the top and the usual two fan PSU to exhaust, but my system at full tilt warms the whole room.

Now I am a real advocate of fan control, OK I could only afford an Aerogate Gatewatcher, but set up right, I can have near silence for when I am just using the net, and the temp sensors crank the case fans up for when I am playing Far Cry.

Air cooling only goes so far, in my humble opinion, if you want to use high temp components AND have a quiet PC, the only option is massive watercooling, to move the heat outside the chassis so it can dissipate in the room you are in.

Now why have I said this? Well a 6600GT doesn't really generate that much sound (compared to some graphics cards) and it doesn't generate that much heat (compared to some graphics cards) but it still adds to the overall heat generation inside a chassis.

My advice, in my own humble opinion, is to employ a solution which EXHAUSTS the heat from the chassis, whether this is by cunning deployment of quiet add in PCi exhaust cards, or by replacement thermal solutions which replace stock coolers.

They may take up an extra PCI slot, but it's better than just shunting the heat elsewhere inside the case to heat up other components.