Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
Hi Guys!
I'm the owner of a Leadtek Winfast A400 GT TDH (GeForce 6800GT AGP): http://www.leadtek.com/3d_graphic/winfast_a400_1.html. Does anyone know, if the CL-G0009 from thermaltake (http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/c...r/cl-g0009.htm) is able to cool sufficiently for a GeForce 6800GT card (without attaching any fans)? Do you by any coincidence know, if the CL-G0009 is compatible with this graphics controller, and has someone successfully used it with this card? Thank you for any help or suggestions. Best regards, Loke. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
I read a review, that says that if you use this cooler, you will STILL need
a fan around it inside your system. If not, you have a large massive heat radiator, most likely right beside you CPU. You will need to somehow get rid of the heat produced from the large heatsink. It doesn't all come off the little part that sticks outside the case. "GR" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Guys! I'm the owner of a Leadtek Winfast A400 GT TDH (GeForce 6800GT AGP): http://www.leadtek.com/3d_graphic/winfast_a400_1.html. Does anyone know, if the CL-G0009 from thermaltake (http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/c...r/cl-g0009.htm) is able to cool sufficiently for a GeForce 6800GT card (without attaching any fans)? Do you by any coincidence know, if the CL-G0009 is compatible with this graphics controller, and has someone successfully used it with this card? Thank you for any help or suggestions. Best regards, Loke. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
Thanks for the reply.
You wouldn't remember where you read that review, would you? The once I've read don't say anything about the need of an extra fan (But obviously you have to have some kind of airflow in the cabinet, to transport the heat away). But then they don't say anything about using it on a GeForce 6800GT either. Best regards, Loke. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
I read the same review.
Conclusion: Using this cooler will actually make your system HOTTER! Kind of ironic isn't it? Here is the review: http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/08/thermaltake_sch.html "GR" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the reply. You wouldn't remember where you read that review, would you? The once I've read don't say anything about the need of an extra fan (But obviously you have to have some kind of airflow in the cabinet, to transport the heat away). But then they don't say anything about using it on a GeForce 6800GT either. Best regards, Loke. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
Yup, that was the review.
"Big Chrome Pipes" wrote in message ... I read the same review. Conclusion: Using this cooler will actually make your system HOTTER! Kind of ironic isn't it? Here is the review: http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/08/thermaltake_sch.html "GR" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the reply. You wouldn't remember where you read that review, would you? The once I've read don't say anything about the need of an extra fan (But obviously you have to have some kind of airflow in the cabinet, to transport the heat away). But then they don't say anything about using it on a GeForce 6800GT either. Best regards, Loke. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:18:55 -0600, "Big Chrome Pipes"
wrote: I read the same review. Conclusion: Using this cooler will actually make your system HOTTER! Kind of ironic isn't it? Not really ironic, it just shows the reviewer either rushed the review and made a technical mistake, or doesn't understand that it is impossible for it to be "warming both the videocard and the case to almost nuclear levels." (author's words) The video card itself continues to produce same heat no matter which heatsink is installed. It will not make the case hotter, only any object(s) adjacent to the passive 'sink, _except_ the rare video cards that started out with an original 'sink that had a rear-exhaust ductwork (like early nVidia FX cards) that exhausted directly out of the case instead of inside. The typical X800 XT used in the review, does not have that kind of rearward-slot-exhaust 'sink as stock and so it is in this context, still invalid. Unfortunately anyone can write a product review. At least the author correctly identified that running that 'sink has the potential to shorten the card's life, which does tend to be more important than whether the northbridge or an adjacent PCI card was 5C hotter, since they typically run well under 5C from their upper threshold of stability. It's not hard to cool a video card, relatively quietly, inaudible from the outside of the system case. A $1 slimline heatsink and a 60x15mm fan running at 5V will suffice if you can sacrifice 1 PCI slot under the card to allow clearance. |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
Thank you all for the replies.
That review really doesn't recommend the CL-G0009. But I'm declined to agree with kony - To me it does seem a bit as if the reviewer has rushed through the review. I've read other reviews, which seem more thorough, and which give the cooler a better grade. That the system will be a few degrees ( 5) hotter than with the stock cooler is what I suspected. However the main reason for buying it is not to make my system cooler, but to make it more quiet. My Winfast A400 comes with a gigantic faning solution, which I would like to get rid of, since it's fairly loud. But I'd rather have a loud graphic controller, than one which doesn't work, because it got too hot! So basically I still haven't made up my mind about this. Isn't there anyone out there, who has tried to use the CL-G0009 with a GeForce 6800GT? |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
On 28 Oct 2005 07:08:10 -0700, "GR"
wrote: Thanks for the reply. You wouldn't remember where you read that review, would you? The once I've read don't say anything about the need of an extra fan (But obviously you have to have some kind of airflow in the cabinet, to transport the heat away). But then they don't say anything about using it on a GeForce 6800GT either. Best regards, Loke. The heat pipes transport the heat to the external cooling fins. Lots of video cards have had nothing but heat sinks w/o fans, and this is a huge heat sink with a mechanism to move the heat out of the case. Several motherboard mfgr's are using heat pipes on the northbridge chips lately as well. (Big Grain Of Salt: I own neither your video car, not this cooler. I am taking their advertising hype at face value.) .... |
Thermaltake CL-G0009 Schooner
Artic cooling does a 6800GT cooler
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40 thats really good for the 6800 range you must have a power connector on the Vid card (gigabyte passive cooling no good will not fit no power connector) and its quiet also. "GR" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Guys! I'm the owner of a Leadtek Winfast A400 GT TDH (GeForce 6800GT AGP): http://www.leadtek.com/3d_graphic/winfast_a400_1.html. Does anyone know, if the CL-G0009 from thermaltake (http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/c...r/cl-g0009.htm) is able to cool sufficiently for a GeForce 6800GT card (without attaching any fans)? Do you by any coincidence know, if the CL-G0009 is compatible with this graphics controller, and has someone successfully used it with this card? Thank you for any help or suggestions. Best regards, Loke. |
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