Zalman VF3000F GTX480 Graphics Card Cooler

Coming from a referance cooling solution: At max fanspeed (bearable noise) this knocked 10 degree's C off both idle and max temps (in Kombustor).

Nice to have a proper VRM and vRAM heatsink included.

Highly recommended.

Only issues are thermal paste is good but a bit thick for spreading, and its a shame the cooler has a seperate hardware fan controller (you can't use Afterburner).

Originally I bought this to upgrade my stock cooler on my gtx 460 as it was irritating the hell out of me, I had done some research that had listed this particular model to be compatible with the gtx 460 too but sadly it wasn't. I had to mod the cooler to fit onto my 460 but in the end I prevailed and it works fine (just without the ram coolers)

The Cooler itself is sleek and good looking, it has a stylish green glow from the fans and comes with its own thermal paste. The build is definitely of good quality and lightweight (So wont cause much strain on the card)

In most cases the temps dropped by around 25-30 Celsius under stress and around 15 when idle, another great bonus of the cooler is the fan controller which means I can now run my graphics card on silent always!

The only disadvantages of this cooler that I can think of is the fan controller is bulky and poorly designed, it doesn't suit the excellent design of the cooler and feels out of place. If you have a case with a acrylic side panel make sure you have somewhere to hide the controller or it will look pretty ugly (It isn't attached to the cooler)

Also changing the fan speed changes the green led's intensity on the fans (Makes sense) although it would have been nice if it didn't as a nice bonus, as running the fans on silent gives a poor glow

Overall 4/5, I wouldn't have reviewed as I am aware the cooler isnt fitted on the correct card however there is only one other review