What heat sink for a evga 7800gt and what paste?

[Pepsiboy700]

Ok i bought a evga 7800gt a little while ago and I wanted to know what the best/coolest (temp wise) hsf for it would be. Also which paste would i use to keep it cool.

[PZEROFGH]

VF-700cu or a NV5

im debating on this also. i just bought a 7800GT yesterday

AS5 defintely for thermal paste

[ilovesocks]

Originally posted by PZEROFGH
VF-700cu or a NV5

im debating on this also. i just bought a 7800GT yesterday

AS5 defintely for thermal paste

Agreed! Arctic Silver! As to whether the VF-700 or the NV Silencer will give you better temps, it probably depends on the airflow in your case. If you've got lots of fans to whisk the heat away from the graphics card, the VF-700 will probably be better, but if you don't have much exhaust air flow, go with the NV Silencer 5 since it expels the hot air out of the case right away instead of letting it accumulate inside. I think the NV Silencer 5 might be quieter, too.

[Pepsiboy700]

I was wondering cause whebever i want to oc my video cards it maxes out i think because of the card itself, not because of temps. So i wanted to know if those two additions would help temps and oc. I want to hit atleast 500/1200. Maybe 600/1300 if im lucky.....

[PZEROFGH]

hmm, i think your dreaming a little, maybe if you had water cooling you could

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Originally posted by ilovesocks
I think the NV Silencer 5 might be quieter, too.

Hmm... Disagree.

I own the ZF-700 or whatever it's called, and I can't even tell it's there. My 80mm fans are semi-noisy, and Zalman... I really cannot hear it, at all. It's silent. I took off my case side and tried to listen. It's just not even there.

Ryan

[ilovesocks]

Originally posted by FghtinIrshNvrDi
Hmm... Disagree.

I own the ZF-700 or whatever it's called, and I can't even tell it's there. My 80mm fans are semi-noisy, and Zalman... I really cannot hear it, at all. It's silent. I took off my case side and tried to listen. It's just not even there.

Ryan

Ah, well there you go!

[aspire.comptech]

I have the 7800gt and with stock cooling i was able to hit 530/1250 buuut it wasnt very stable and i was getting some blue screens and random reboots