[SOLVED] Cooling an NVidia GEForce card....

**WereBo** · 05-10-2008, 05:09 PM

Allo folks

My PC has an NVidia GeForce 8400 GS which, with it's own built-in fan, runs between 50C-54C.

I tried reading up on several heatsink/fans that could fit, but I got a bit overloaded with specs and fittings for multiple cards. 'X' cooler will fit this and that card, but not another one, but 'Y' card has better specs, but.... - and so on

Can anyone recommend a good quality budget-priced fan that will definitely fit this card, ideally available in the UK?

**Underclocker** · 05-10-2008, 11:08 PM

50~54C is fine, don't worry about overheating. If you're intent on replacing it, go with a quality heatsink and fan combo from either Arctic Cooling or Zalman.

**emosun** · 05-11-2008, 03:25 AM

Yea , 8400 doesn't really need anything better then the stock cooler.

**WereBo** · 05-11-2008, 05:03 AM

Righto then, either someone mentioned, or I read somewhere that 50C-55C was getting a bit close to the upper-end tolerances for this card, so I wuz wondering about cooling it down a bit.

I clean the PC internals about once a month (Mrs WereBo is very much into 'textile crafts' which produce enough dust-bunnies to populate a small planet

), so that helps to keep the overall temps down.

Thanks guys, that's saved me some money that can be spent on other worthwhile stuff

05-10-2008, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,594 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	[SOLVED] Cooling an NVidia GEForce card.... Allo folks My PC has an NVidia GeForce 8400 GS which, with it's own built-in fan, runs between 50C-54C. I tried reading up on several heatsink/fans that could fit, but I got a bit overloaded with specs and fittings for multiple cards. 'X' cooler will fit this and that card, but not another one, but 'Y' card has better specs, but.... - and so on Can anyone recommend a good quality budget-priced fan that will definitely fit this card, ideally available in the UK? __________________ Sanity is for 'normal' people.

05-10-2008, 11:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Underclocker Just passing by. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 824 OS: XP Pro SP3 x86 My System	Re: Cooling an NVidia GEForce card.... 50~54C is fine, don't worry about overheating. If you're intent on replacing it, go with a quality heatsink and fan combo from either Arctic Cooling or Zalman. __________________ Everest CPU-Z GPU-Z HWMonitor Real Temp Core Temp OCCT ORTHOS Memtest86+

05-11-2008, 03:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,087 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Cooling an NVidia GEForce card.... Yea , 8400 doesn't really need anything better then the stock cooler. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

05-11-2008, 05:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,594 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Cooling an NVidia GEForce card.... Righto then, either someone mentioned, or I read somewhere that 50C-55C was getting a bit close to the upper-end tolerances for this card, so I wuz wondering about cooling it down a bit. I clean the PC internals about once a month (Mrs WereBo is very much into 'textile crafts' which produce enough dust-bunnies to populate a small planet ), so that helps to keep the overall temps down. Thanks guys, that's saved me some money that can be spent on other worthwhile stuff __________________ Sanity is for 'normal' people.