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Take a good long look, you probably won't recognize it after the big transformation.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/6big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/6.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>After removing a couple of pins and expansion rods the old heatsink came right off. The old thermal grease cleaned up with some alcohol and cotton swabs. <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/7big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/7.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> <p>The VGA Silencer comes with a custom dual slot PCI plate, so the old plate will have to come off of the card. <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/8big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/8.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> <p>The instructional pamphlet says that leaving the grounding plate off may cause system crashes; therefore you better put this one on. The dual PCI plate with attached switch goes on over this grounding plate. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/9big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/9.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>After removing the plate apply the thermal paste per manufacturer's (included) instruction pamphlet. I also applied a thin layer of thermal grease to the heatsink and buffed it out. This helps fill any imperfections on the heatsink surface. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/10big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/10.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Carefully match the heatsink to the card and gently flip the whole assembly upside down. Line up the blue backer plate, drop in the bolts, and tighten them down snug. Be careful! <strong>Over tightening these bolts could crack your GPU core.</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/11big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/11.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Viola'! We have essentially doubled the size of this graphics card by adding a massive heatsink. This thing is huge! Forget about that first PCI slot under the AGP card. Arctic Cooling's VGA Silencer uses both of those slots, which is OK by me. If you're running an AGP graphics card, it's preferable to leave that PCI slot open anyway. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/12big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/12.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Here's a shot of the exhaust end of this behemoth. This is a huge design improvement over OEM.</p> <p> The switch has two settings, hi or low. The 1200 RPM low setting was absolutely whisper silent. The high fan setting at 2400 RPM was just barely louder than that. Anyone striving for a quiet PC should definitely consider this solution. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/12big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/13.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Once this card is installed, you get a better idea of how that exhaust port looks after it has bullied it's way into your PCI slot. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/14big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/14.jpg" alt="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" title="Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/index.php"></a> <a href="arcticcooler/index.php">Previous (Introduction)</a></td> <td><div align="right"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/arcticcooler2.php"></a> <a href="arcticcooler/arcticcooler2.php">Next (Testing & Conclusion)</a></div></td> </tr> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer"> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer