Fan for FX 5200

[bickmade]

Okay I just bought a GeForce FX 5200 and I want to get a fan for it. Anyone know a good place to get one or is there a universal one I can get?

 

[cleeve]

Thermaltake crystal orbs are decent I guess.

But you'll probably get better results just by lapping your current cooler and using some Arctic Silver 2 instead of those miserable thermal pads.

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Radeon 9500 (hardmodded to PRO, o/c to 322/322)
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ (o/c to 2600+ with 143 fsb)
3dMark03: 4055

 

[TKS]

<A HREF="http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD01MjY=" target="_new">http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD01MjY=</A> for silent.

<A HREF="http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/heatpipe.htm" target="_new">http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/heatpipe.htm</A> and <A HREF="http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_Giant_II/" target="_new">http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_Giant_II/</A> for not so silent.

Little ol' blue orb (about 10US dollars) is <A HREF="http://www.vitalitycomputer.com/vitalitycomputer/aluminumvgafan.html" target="_new">here</A>

For info on these products above and pics: <A HREF="http://directron.com/gpucoolers.html" target="_new">http://directron.com/gpucoolers.html</A>

Hope this helps!

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TKS

 

[Patchworkblue]

I've heard that the orbs are pretty loud. I have a chenbro xpider case, my cpu fan is a volcano 11+ xaser edition (with manual control), and I have a 92 mm vantec stealth in the front of my case, and a 120mm stealth in the back. I would like to find a good heatsink/fan combo to slap on my 9800 Pro, but I need a quiet one as well. Any suggestions?

Women--can't live with them, can't have heterosexual same-species intercourse without them.

 

[cleeve]

Zalman heat pipe all the way, if quiet is what you want.

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Radeon 9500 (hardmodded to PRO, o/c to 322/322)
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ (o/c to 2600+ with 143 fsb)
3dMark03: 4055

 

[c0d1f1ed]

You WANT a fan? Why? I don't want a fan but my GPU gets too hot when I unplug it...

 

[JoeB]

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-- You WANT a fan? Why? I don't want a fan but my GPU gets too hot when I unplug it... --

ROFLMAO!!!

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whompiedompie

 

[Crashman]

Most heatsinks will hold a 40mm CPU fan using sheet metal screws. This is the BEST solution, it's quieter than a standard GPU cooler and works better also! Why does it work better? The passive cooler has a lot more surface area than the sinks on fan coolers.

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[c0d1f1ed]

What's so funny about that?