Cooler for HD4870

[msmth928]

Which cooler do you recommend for the HD 4870?

I just got my Mac Pro and while it's not dreadfully noisy, I can hear the gpu fan, it hums a bit.

I've seen the Thermalright T-Rad2 VGA Coolers - but are they any good for the Ati cards that ship from Apple?

Thanks in advance!

 

[gugucom]

I've seen a test with the Arctic Cooling dual Fan unit. That seems to work very well.

 

[aibo]

I've heard good things about the Accelero S1 Rev 2 (fanless).
Not sure if the mounts will cause any clearance issues in a Mac Pro. Space is pretty tight directly behind the card.

 

[iamcheerful]

Which cooler do you recommend for the HD 4870?

I just got my Mac Pro and while it's not dreadfully noisy, I can hear the gpu fan, it hums a bit.

I've seen the Thermalright T-Rad2 VGA Coolers - but are they any good for the Ati cards that ship from Apple?

Thanks in advance!

As aibo pointed out ...
Here's an article which you may like to check out too.
http://www.hardmac.com/articles/265/page1

An image borrowed from the site to show you the final outcome:

source: Hardmac / MacBidouille

 

[zmttoxics]

The GFXChilla has been on my 4850 since I bought the card when it came out. Does an excellent job, very well liked and the price is good. Same basic design as the Thermalright / Accelero, but can be found cheaper (mine was 25$ CDN after tax and shipping).

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=28504&vpn=KL-02&manufacture=Coolink