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Arctic Cooling or Zalman?
Name: Fuerza Date: May 1, 2006 at 16:58:29 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 1024 meg Product: kingston
Comment:
I'm trying to decide what is better for my ATI Radeon 9800 XT - a Zalman VF900-Cu or an Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 3 (Rev. 2)?? I'm looking for something that will not just stir up and recirculate warm air in the case - preferibly something that will pipe it out the back (I have extra slots to spare). Is there something better than the Zalman or the AC that I may be overlooking?
Name: TMP-Man Date: May 1, 2006 at 19:44:27 Pacific
Reply:
Arctic cooling is better for air circulation since it exhaust air hot at the back of the case slots whereas the zalman simply keep the hot air in the case. But if you talk about more efficent cooling, the Zalman VF900 will perform better than Arctic Cooling since it is cooper... If I were you, I'd whatever is cheaper...
TMP-Man
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Response Number 2
Name: heroedge Date: May 2, 2006 at 18:52:09 Pacific
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