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The Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer. Thanks go out to my friend Rodney over at the very popular <a href="http://www.svc.com/" target="blank">Silicon Valley Compucycle</a> (SVC) site where many of us get our mod supplies. Now wipe that drool off your chin Mod Boy, it's time to review Arctic Cooling's VGA Cooler!</p> <p> Quote from the Arctic Cooling's packaging: <blockquote> <p>"<i>The VGA Silencer draws cool air from inside the case and exhausts warm air outwards. this prevents the fan from recycling warm air to cool the GPU, which increases cooling performance.<br> Further the DHES (direct heat exhaust system) lowers the air temperature inside the case dramatically.</i>" </p> </blockquote> <p> It's obvious that this cooler / heatsink is leaps and bounds above any stock cooler I've ever seen, but the claim "lowers the air temperature inside the case dramatically," is quite a boast. Let's see if it holds true. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/1big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/1.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><b>General Specifications</b> <p>Specifications for the Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer from the manufacturer's <a href="http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/products/vga_silencer/">web site</a> are listed below. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/products/vga_silencer/" target="blank">Arctic Cooling's VGA Silencer</a> - Retail</li> <li><u>Overall Dimensions</u>: 185 x 84 x 34 mm</li> <li><u>Weight</u>: 278 grams </li> <li><u>Compatibility</u>: ATI 9500 - 9800 (including pro versions), NVidia Geforce 3 GTS </li> <li><u>Material</u>: Aluminum </li> <li><u>Rated Fan Speeds</u>: 1200 / 2400 RPM</li> </ul> <p><strong>Packaging:</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/2big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/2.jpg" alt="Evercool Magic Cooler Heatsink/Fan (HSF)" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Arctic Cooling's VGA Silencer arrived in a huge USPS Priority box. <a href="http://www.svc.com/" target="blank">SVC</a> packed it nicely into a big box of styrofoam peanuts and added a printed packing list. Definitely an A+ packing job.</p> <p><b>First Look</b>:</p> <p> Once the Arctic Cooler is out of the retail package, all kinds of goodies are seen. The VGA cooler HSF, an instruction pamphlet, a small syringe of thermal grease, a blue backer plate, a grounding plate, and a custom dual PCI plate with attached hi/low switch are included.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/3big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/3.jpg" alt="Evercool Magic Cooler Heatsink/Fan (HSF)" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Flipped upside down, Arctic Cooling's VGA Silencer looks menacing. That nice flat heatsink surface should give us some really great thermal transfer. Threaded holes are used when sandwiching the video card in between the heatsink and the blue backer plate and then again when bolting the whole thing together. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/4big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/4.jpg" alt="Evercool Magic Cooler Heatsink/Fan (HSF)" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>Arctic Cooling's VGA Silencer has a massive aluminum heatsink. A big enclosed fan draws air in from your case and then expels that heat out the back via the heatsink fins.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/arcticcooler/5big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/arcticcooler/5.jpg" alt="Evercool Magic Cooler Heatsink/Fan (HSF)" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p> The design of the Arctic Cooler's VGA Silencer is ingenious. All the wires are sleeved. 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