Anything quieter than a VF900?

crispyfish · Post by **crispyfish** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:59 pm

Title says it all... I only have one slot free *below* my 7600GT. The slot above the card is occupied, so the HR-03 is ruled out. Currently I'm using a VF900, but it's by far the loudest component in my box. I'd love to use an Accelero S2, but who knows when that's coming out (if ever)? For now I'd settle for something not so loud... anything quieter out there?

tehfire · Post by **tehfire** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:11 pm

A VF-900 with a fan swap

Honestly, I think this is your best bet. I ripped off the custom backing on the stock Zalman fan ::cringe:: and superglued it to an old Panaflo...works great on my 7600GT. It protrudes about 7mm past the top of the HS, so this may take up 2 slots.

derekchinese · Post by **derekchinese** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:43 pm

accelero s2 is supposed to be out by end of this month. I want one too. I agree though, for now just do a fan swap. NO fan may work too!

Derek

Lawrence Lee · Post by **Lawrence Lee** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:10 am

VF900 = perfect candidate for fan-swap.

crispyfish · Post by **crispyfish** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:45 am

I think you guys missed the part where I only have one slot free below the card.

(Otherwise I'd definitely consider a fan swap, as I happen to have some extra Nexus fans lying around...) I did try turning the fan off, and the temp shot up over 80C!

derekchinese: Where did you hear about the release date for the S2? The last I heard, they said it would be released by end of March, which obviously didn't happen...

tehfire · Post by **tehfire** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:39 pm

Have you tried taking the fan off the HS and then suspending one of those Nexuses you have above the card? Just a suggestion...

floffe · Post by **floffe** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:25 pm

crispyfish wrote:I think you guys missed the part where I only have one slot free below the card. (Otherwise I'd definitely consider a fan swap, as I happen to have some extra Nexus fans lying around...)

Well, that's why you're supposed to SWAP it, i.e. take the old one off and put another 80mm fan in there, like this

MC FLMJIG · Post by **MC FLMJIG** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:39 pm

Darn... Doesn't seem TOO hard... I just sold my Vfoo too

crispyfish · Post by **crispyfish** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:12 am

floffe wrote:
crispyfish wrote:I think you guys missed the part where I only have one slot free below the card. (Otherwise I'd definitely consider a fan swap, as I happen to have some extra Nexus fans lying around...)
Well, that's why you're supposed to SWAP it, i.e. take the old one off and put another 80mm fan in there, like this

Look closely at those pics -- when you swap the fan on a VF900, the new fan extends farther out than the stock fan... it ends up taking another slot. See here and here.

floffe · Post by **floffe** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:05 am

Ah, so you need to swap it with an 80x15 fan not to lose another slot. I see.

derekchinese · Post by **derekchinese** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:26 pm

On artic cooling's site there is a press release saying that the accelero s2 will hit shelves at the end of may.

Derek

klankymen · Post by **klankymen** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:23 am

The only other option I Could think of would be to sell it and buy the single slot passive version of the card by gigabyte....

Bluefront · Post by **Bluefront** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:01 am

I had a Zalman cooler on my X800 card.....it was noisy and took up the adjacent pci slot. This DIY mod keeps the card much cooler, cools a HD at the same time, and does not use up an extra slot. Can't beat it......too bad you cannot go out and just buy one. I suspect such a heatsink arrangement could be used on many GPUs.......never seen another one though.

SebRad · Post by **SebRad** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:42 am

Hi, how are the temps of your 7600. If they're good then maybe you can just slow the VF-900 fan down some more. I have a factory fitted one on X1950pro and I use ATI Tool to reduce the fan speed to "9%", the lowest it will go apart from 0%. Keeps the idle temp ~55C and is very quiet, quieter than average 3.5" HDD. I think ATI tool can work with some NVidia cards, if you're running the VF-900 with a fanmate is it turned right down? You can add a second fanmate in series to allow even lower fan speeds too.
Good luck, Seb

crispyfish · Post by **crispyfish** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:38 am

Actually I went ahead and bought a passive 8600gts... but thanks for the suggestions!