After market cooler on the 8600 GT XXX

procupine14

Ok so here's the deal. I recently purchased a nice 8600 GT XXX and I REALLY need to scrap the stock cooler. Its incredibly loud, annoying, and my card runs scarily close to the red on max load. The cooler im thinking about picking up is the ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2 I have heard good things through the grape vine but what do you all think? Also, is it worth it to purchase the ARCTIC COOLING Turbo Module Sleeve Dual VGA Fan as well? or should i just forget about that guy and get a couple of nice 80mm fans and use those instead? Keep in mind this card will most likely be holding (at the very least) a medium overclocking slightly higher than the numbers in my system specs (if it wants to that is )

temeteus82

If I'm not mistaken that cooler duo is designed for that passive cooler. So I recomend that AC's own fan duo.

procupine14

yeah it is made for it so I think ill just go with that. Really, to be honest, that little turbo fan module is pretty dirt cheap so its all good

Chaos

The Accelero V2 works well but I dont care for the turbo fan package. They work well, dont get me wrong, just flimsy construction of the fans and poor mounting for the fans

procupine14

yeah thats what i've been hearing a lot in my reseach. The turbo pack is cheap and cheaply made is the most common thing i hear. Also no fan grill or anything just open fans which also makes me a little leary.

Do you think a better option would be to buy two decent 80mm fans and attach them instead? Most likely I would get some low profile fans so as to save a little space if i can find them