Sapphire Radeon HD6870 Jet Plane Edition?

[igot6strings]

I think I must of got some jet plane edition when I picked up this card off ebay as the fan at 100% literally shakes my computer desk and sounds like a jet plane. I believe I have the reference cooler on there. I don't need extreme cooling but what do you folks think would be a good cooling option for this card whilst keeping a budget in mind? I'd like something $50 or less if possible. I don't mind used if anyone has one kicking around. Wife will castrate me if I spend any more on this damn computer this month.

[sswilson]

Something like this?

Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II VGA Cooler for NVIDIA and AMD Radeon 2X92MM 54CFM - Arctic Cooling - DCACO-V540000-BL

Lot's of other makes / models available as well....

Fans & Cooling COOLERMASTER, Arctic Cooling, Scythe, Noctua, BitFenix

[BigPhatPaulie]

Ditto on what he said but why is it running at 100%? folding?

[igot6strings]

I don't always run it at 100% even at 50% its louder than my 6770 was at 100%
Yes, I do fold but I usually have it around 55% and only when I've gone to bed for the night. Otherwise its too loud to be in the same room. 55% seems to be sufficient to keep the temps from climbing.

I've been looking at those acceleros its probably what I'll go for.
However I wish I could somewhere that sold this:
XIGMATEK

[BigPhatPaulie]

ah okay and the artic cooling solutions have always been excellent for the money. Another one to consider is gelids icy vision 2 for gfx cards. I had one and it cooled very effectively at a low noise cost

[Entilza]

Back in the day I got an arctic cooling for my 3870 it made it completely silent, I still use it today so I would recommend them...