8800 GT Coolers: Thermaltake DuOrb / Accelero S1 Rev. 2 / Zalman VF900 / TR HR-03 GT

[QuadFusion]

I was planning to get an after market cooler for my 8800gt. I was waiting on stock for ARCTIC COOLING Accelero S1 Rev 2 on Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186016) with ARCTIC COOLING Turbo Module Sleeve Dual VGA Fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186021). However, today I went to Fry's electronics and saw the Thermaltake DuOrb VGA Cooler (http://shop3.outpost.com/%7BAraGJWJFFi4UFrwwah18VQ**.node1%7D/product/5409529;jsessionid=AraGJWJFFi4UFrwwah18VQ**.node1? site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG) , and almost bought it. However, i wanted to do a liittle more research and see if I can get a cheaper price before I buy it. Newegg has it for $ 43 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106112), but the cheapest one I found was at etechsale.com (http://www.etech4sale.com/THERMALTAKE_VGA_COOLER_CL-G0102/CL-G0102/partinfo-id-394720.html) which happens to be a local store for me. But still I haven't made up my mind on which one to get. So i wanted to get your input before I buy one. Here are my Four options:

Thermaltake DuOrb (http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Cooler/VGAnCHIPnMEM/CL-G0102/cl-g0102.asp)
http://www.dvhardware.net/news/thermaltake_duorb.jpg

Accelero S1 Rev. 2 (http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=147) Cheapest Option ?
http://www.au-ja.de/bilder/quellenhinweis.php?pic=/bilder/cebit2007/arcticcooling-5.jpg

HR-03 GT (http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/vga/hr03gt/product_vga_cooler_hr03gt.htm?art=MTQyMywxLCxoZW50 aHVzaWFzdA==)
http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_images/vga_cooler/hr03_gt/big/hr-03-gt3-1.jpg

Zalman VF 900 (http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=145)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/35-118-001-02.jpg


DuOrb vs VF900 review (http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_DuOrb/pg3.html)

You can suggest any other coolers if you know of any good ones...

[cloned]

why not get a VF1000 if you can find it. it is a good deal quieter than the thermaltake and cools nearly as good.

i do have a VF900 on my 8800 GT and is works well but i only got it because i need quiet, i found it for cheap and i couldn't find a VF1000

if you are limiting yourself to the 3 you posted get the accelero one and put a 120mm fan on it using cable ties

[zanzabar]

i like the s1 its cheap withing a few tenths of a degree of the hr-03 and its 3 slot with fan and air room

[Nanometer]

Dual orb looks better, it get's my vote even if it loses a load test by 6 degrees C. In the end it doesn't matter. It's what looks good and performs decently well.

[non]

My vote goes to S1 and add 2 x 12 cm fan with cable ties. I dont mind ghetto looking style card

[xMrBunglex]

Dual orb looks better, it get's my vote even if it loses a load test by 6 degrees C. In the end it doesn't matter. It's what looks good and performs decently well.

the man has a point. the only downside to the DuOrbs as i see it is the Molex connectors. they really need 3-pin motherboard connectors with an optional Molex adapter. it's a pretty big downside to me. i don't want my fans running 100% all the time and i don't want to hook them up to my fanspeed controller (simply because of my custom wiring job and trying to keep things clean).

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/davedave01/anteccrossfire.jpg

[Aleki]

s1 :up:
currently running 33c idle, 44c load oc'ed 720/1800/975
my house is about a cozy 66-68f right now

[LagunaX]

My vf900 works fine for my bfg 8800gt oc oc'ed to 730/1800/2000.

Quiet and a deal off of ebay for $28 shipped refurbished by a zalman refurb guy called refurbdoc.

I don't think you could overclock an 8800gt much further than that without voltmods or bios volt changes anyways so a vf900 is cheap and will do the job just fine.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

S1 no competition.

Great sink, great price. I run my dual GT's with the 1.1V at 750mhz.

Only have normal case airflow, and loads at 58ish. Without the fan modules.

[KamuiRSX]

Here's some links to some tests for you.

DuOrb vs VF9000 CU LED: http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/Tt_DuOrb/pg3.html

DuOrb vs HR-03 GT: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=493

The HR-03 GT with a good fan is the best of all of them but it's huge and when I say huge....just look at the pictures and you'll see. The DuOrb is smaller and if you leave it on 100% of them, like I do, it's wonderful on eVGA 8800GT SSC.

[QuadFusion]

Accelero S1 wins, and bought one myself too...
Very impressive !!!