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First of all: thanks to SPCR for all reviews, articles and tests they have made. Because of them I was able to build my almost silent PC.
Only thing which is really loud @ the moment is my Graphics card - ATI Sapphire Radeon 5750.
I was looking to get Accelero L2 Pro, but according to some reviews its still very loud.
Also its seems Scythe Setsugen 2 doesnt fit me, because of high temps. OR am I wrong here?
Any suggestions???
Any help in this case would be great.
Thanks.

Accelero S1 Rev2. You probably won't even need to attach a fan. I've used it to cool both a 3870 and a 8800GT passively.

You might want to grab some other thermal tape though because the stuff they use is questionable. The RAMsinks usually stick ok after application with heat and pressure but the VRM heatsinks are another matter.

Will an Accelero Twin Turbo fit? The fans won't have to work as hard to achieve L2 performance.

Mine was plenty quiet.

Can anybody confirm Accelero S1 Rev. 2 will fit my 5750 without any modding?
Also I couldnt find my graphics card in Accelero TWIN TURBO Pro compatibility list...

Actually after doing some searching it looks like the DVI ports interfere with an Accelero S1 or Twin Turbo. I will have to read around some more and see if there is an alternative besides modification.

If the Setsugen fits, it surely would be able to cool this card adequately though. The 5750 uses 40W less power at load than a 4850. That's not a lot of heat to dissipate.

Just give the stock cooler a fresh supply of air with a side fan and you can turn the fan down to below 35%, that gives you an inaudible cooler even at load.

If I can do it with my 5770, then the 5750 should be a doddle

Manual fan control is not an option for me. Even set to 20% - lowest possible - i can still hear annoying noisy humming

Element wrote:Also its seems Scythe Setsugen 2 doesnt fit me, because of high temps. OR am I wrong here?

You might be probably wrong about temps: give a look here (just for example).

Just found out - Setsungen 2 doesnt fit my card, because of DVI ports.
Only options for me are now: Thermalright HR-03 Rev A and Thermalright V2 VGA cooler.
But after long research it seems nobody sells them anymore...
Cant belive its so hard to find cooler for my 5750.

Element wrote:Only options for me are now: Thermalright HR-03 Rev A and Thermalright V2 VGA cooler.
But after long research it seems nobody sells them anymore

I think that you may try to ask to Thermalright itself: IIRC sometimes they can ship directly to end user (or also find an international source for your needs).

There are more options. How about the Zalman VF900 or VF700. The 900 series in particular would be much better than stock 5750 cooling. It should be more than adequate to keep a 5750 relatively quiet.

http://www.zalman.com

Alternatively, you could just buy a different video card with quieter cooling instead of increasing your investment in that 5750.

Thanks I will have a look on Zalmans series aswell. I like this card and dont wanna change it. So far I been lucky and managed to find Thermalright HR-03 vga cooler.
Now my problem is which fan should I choose? No idea about this one, as card itself got 2 pin connector. Will card function if i run it without fan connected to card, but motherboard?

It will work fine without a fan connected to the card.

Another option is to Sell your 5750 to someone who doesn't care about silence and buy a Powercolor 5750 that comes stock with a fanless heatsink. Such as SCS3 or GoGreen

dhanson865 wrote:Another option is to Sell your 5750 to someone who doesn't care about silence and buy a Powercolor 5750 that comes stock with a fanless heatsink. Such as SCS3 or GoGreen

yup just go fanless 5750