ZEROtherm GX700 Ceramic VGA Cooler - Retail

Deafening Silence

Reviewed By: on 4/4/2007

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Excellent. I can't even hear this thing running despite doing everything in my power to make all the rest of the components silent. Fits my two 7900GS cards wonderfully even though I was afraid it would be cutting it too close to have both in an SLI setup, there is adequate room for air to flow to the fan. Much lighter in weight then the stock cooler yet provides better cooling. Instructions were easy to understand. The heatsink compound included appears to be a very high quality item very similar to Arctic Silver which is a nice bonus along with the RAM heatsinks.

Cons: Size LOOKS intimidating but it fits just fine and has enough room for air to flow from the connector side of the card and into the fan.

Other Thoughts: Definitely worth the money.

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Quiet and cool

Reviewed By: on 4/2/2007

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Super quiet. Easy installation. Includes heatsinks for video memory. Reasonably priced.

Cons: Heatsinks can be a little tall and come in contact with the fan unit. The power connector on the fan is a 3 pin design which means you have to plug it into the motherboard or get a converter since most video cards have the 2 pin design on them.

Other Thoughts: The stock fan on my EVGA Geforce 7600GS sounded like an airplane and was very annoying. After replacing it with this HSF, I couldn't be happier. My case is silent once again and I can actually concentrate.

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Good Item

Reviewed By: Matt on 3/18/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great Heat-sink - Keeps my Radeon x1950 about 10 degrees cooler than the stock HSF did..

Cons: Memory Heat-sinks fell off after installation because the double sided thermal tape that comes with the item was utter rubbish.

Other Thoughts: Would have given the item 5 eggs, but the Memory heat-sink application tape was just complete garbage. Heat-sink works perfect though..

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Reviewed By: on 2/21/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: nice too get rid of the old noisey one works as advertised.

Cons: none

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Great Fan

Reviewed By: FB on 12/30/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Keeps your VGA card cool, even under heavy load I didn't see my eVGA 7600 GS core temp rise above 44 C (~111 F).

The stock fan this replaced had stopped spinning and allowed the temperature to rise up to 65 C (~150 F).

I'm really happy with my purchase, the product works as advertised, and for $12 after a 10 buck rebate this works extremely well.

Cons: The installation was troublesome since the screws this came with only fit one way. I actually had to remove the fan from the heatsink (It wasn't hard since the fan clips on and it's easy to put back) in order to be able to mount the heatsink correctly.

I couldn't use the included memory heatsinks since the fins from the VGA heatsink blocks most of the memory chips on my card.

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