Fan for AGP HD3850?

Bodhammer · Sep 25, 2008, 01:48 AM

Can people give me some recommendations for a aftermarket fan for a Sapphire HD3850 AGP? The noise of the stock fan is a bit noisy. My GPU idle is 44C at 60% fan and 78C using Folding at Home GPU Client at 80% fan.

I'm thinking about the following:

Zalman VF900
Zalman VF1000
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev 2
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev 2 with Twin Turbo Fans
Vantec CCB-AC6[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]

I want quiet and cool. I don't want to spend a fortune as I will be replacing the system in the spring with a PCIe configuration.

Thanks,
Bod

mkk · Sep 25, 2008, 02:01 AM

The fanless Accelero S1 will do nicely. The extra fans are not necessary unless you want to overclock the card as much as possible.

I'm using a fanless Accelero S1 on my HD3870 card and I can overclock a little bit too. Before that I used a Zalman VF1000 but even with the fan at just 5V it was still a little bit noisy, and the VF1000 is not designed to perform well without a fan like the Accelero S1 is.

Tipstaff · Sep 25, 2008, 06:10 AM

I like the fact that Arctic also includes a long voltage regulator heatsink. While not needed for Nvidia cards it sure is handy for AMD ones, especially for cards like the HD3850. If the manufacturer used the stock reference cooler then it is actively cooling down the ram and the voltage regulators chips on those cards. Remove that cooler, and you lose that benifit of the cooler. With the Zalman coolers people just put the ram sinks on, completely forget about the voltage regulators, and over time they start having stablity issues.

Sep 25, 2008, 01:48 AM	#1
Bodhammer DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Fan for AGP HD3850? Can people give me some recommendations for a aftermarket fan for a Sapphire HD3850 AGP? The noise of the stock fan is a bit noisy. My GPU idle is 44C at 60% fan and 78C using Folding at Home GPU Client at 80% fan. I'm thinking about the following: Zalman VF900 Zalman VF1000 Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev 2 Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev 2 with Twin Turbo Fans Vantec CCB-AC6[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] I want quiet and cool. I don't want to spend a fortune as I will be replacing the system in the spring with a PCIe configuration. Thanks, Bod

Sep 25, 2008, 06:10 AM	#3
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	I like the fact that Arctic also includes a long voltage regulator heatsink. While not needed for Nvidia cards it sure is handy for AMD ones, especially for cards like the HD3850. If the manufacturer used the stock reference cooler then it is actively cooling down the ram and the voltage regulators chips on those cards. Remove that cooler, and you lose that benifit of the cooler. With the Zalman coolers people just put the ram sinks on, completely forget about the voltage regulators, and over time they start having stablity issues. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Sep 25, 2008, 02:01 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,481 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	The fanless Accelero S1 will do nicely. The extra fans are not necessary unless you want to overclock the card as much as possible. I'm using a fanless Accelero S1 on my HD3870 card and I can overclock a little bit too. Before that I used a Zalman VF1000 but even with the fan at just 5V it was still a little bit noisy, and the VF1000 is not designed to perform well without a fan like the Accelero S1 is.