PC Peripherals Arctic Cooling NV Silencer rev 3 making noise

[hippy2981]

I had got the AC NV silencer rev 3 in Dec 05 for my NVidia 7800 GTX and now the fan of that silencer is making a lot of noise. The fan is not detachable and so I would have to RMA or get a new one. Didn't check but is the same model still available? Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[hippy2981]

AC NV silencer 5 (rev 3) is discontinued. found this. is it worth it? reviews show that it's OK but not great.

Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X1 Fluid Dynamic VGA Cooling Fan with Heatsink - VGA Cooling

 

[hippy2981]

bump bump.

 

[_pappu_]

remove it and stick on a 80mm fan using zipties...thats what everyone here does

 

[hippy2981]

seriously. any ideas?

 

[_pappu_]

see the overclocking and modding thread....everyone does the same thing...
remove the cover of your cooler, and then using zipties, attach a fan right on top of the fins of the heatsink

something like this::
http://www.techenclave.com/rig-gallery/rigfullimage-3665.html

 

[hippy2981]

Got this.

Newegg.com - ZALMAN VF900 - CU LED 2 Ball VGA Cooling Fan/Heatsink - VGA Cooling

before (with new chipset fan installed)

cpu 35C/ 36

system 41C/ 47

gpu 43C/ 58

after ():

cpu 36C/ 41

system 44C/ 51

gpu 41C/ 56

 

[hippy2981]

is the cpu voltage normal? i remember it used to be 1.32V.

cpu 1.45 V

core 1.53 V

mem 2.62 V

 

[hippy2981]

bump bump.