7900gs: alternative cooler?

[fritsk]

I am reading up a bit before putting a new system together. The 7900gs looks very attractive to me, but I am just a bit worried about noise, so I suspect I might want to replace the cooler.
Now, the 7900gs has a temperature controlled cooler as far as I know. Will it be possible to use this temperature control with alternative coolers(like zalman or thermalright)?

Thanks,
Frits

 

[archie123]

No mate it cant , they generally draw their power directly from the PSU although i could be wrong , however i can tell you from experiance that the Zalman can be run on 6v or 12v the first being slower but quieter , when i had mine on my 6800 i installed a switch to alternate between the 2 voltages , 12v for gaming 6v for dvd's etc.

But i think you'll be surprised how quiet the 7900 cooler is , its a very cool chip so the fan is rarely at "full tilt" before you buy aftermarket cooling give it a try on stock see what you think

 

[fritsk]

Thanks. I'll try one out first before ripping it apart
I suppose with the 7900gs being so new it is a bit too much to expect aftermarket coolers to fit right away.
Cheers!

 

[shabodah]

The 7800GT followed the same basic design as the 6800GT, and the 7900GT is basically just a die-shrink of the 7800, the 7900GS is a 7900GT with one "quad" disabled. Thus, MOST aftermarket GPU fans will work great on the 7900GS.

 

[archie123]

Thanks. I'll try one out first before ripping it apart
I suppose with the 7900gs being so new it is a bit too much to expect aftermarket coolers to fit right away.
Cheers!

theres plenty that will fit mate i thought oyu wondered if the temp/speed controller would work

 

[fritsk]

Yup, there's plenty that will fit, but if the temperature control doesn't mesh with an aftermarket cooler then what's the point? This should be a lot more flexible then setting a cooler to a fixed voltage.

 

[archie123]

yes mate as i pointed out , "try stock cooling first" however the Zalman is a silent beast