It's just works
07/10/2009
This review is from: ZALMAN VF1000 2 Ball VGA Cooler
Pros:
Works wonders. My 9600GT now idles @32C-35C. That's lower than my OC DualCore CPU. That's ridiculous. Idle used to be 55C. With this cooler Furmark puts it at 57C LOAD. It's ridiculous. Gaming doesn't even break 50C which is lower than the stock cooler's idle! Oh yeah and I have the fan turned up to 100% and I can't hear it over anything else and my PC is very quiet. Don't even bother installing the fan controller. Just plug it in the MB and run it @ 100%.
Cons:
T-shooting an unrelated issue one day, I disconnected the fan speed controller to open the side of my case. I forgot to hook it back up and turned the PC on. After 15 minutes I randomly checked temps and saw 60C on the card. I got lucky this heatsink is so efficient. Normally a card will burn itself out without the fan. Not so with this thing. However it isn't idiot proof so don't be an idiot and try running it without the fan.
Overall Review:
I used to tab out of games and check to see how high temps were on the card and they'd regularly be 70-85C. I'd have to manually bump up fan speed to be comfortable. Now I have no worries. Peace of mind is worth way more than I paid this awesome, good looking, great performing, and completely silent cooler.
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- Jason T.
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