[proplays]

ok, so i just got the EVGA GTX 570 HD, and was going to get the Zalmon VF3000F, but noticed on reviews that it doesnt fit on the EVGA HD version. neither does the Arctic one. what will fit on my card and in my pc because i dont have that much space. heres a pic...

if there are no coolers that will fit that card or in that case i will get this... Thermaltake Overseer RX-I VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower and GIGABYTE GA-P67X-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard. and i would get the Thermalright Shaman for the cooler. would that fit? i would also have a sound card my graphics card a normal fan a harddrive a cpu and cpu cooler 6gb ram dvd drive and psu and some other minor stuff. thanks.

[coastie65]

Hi and welcome to the forums. I am running the GTX 560Ti and so far haven't found a need for a cooler. I haven't seen temps above around 53C on that thing, but I do have some pretty good air flow with 1 120mm case fan in the rear ( exhaust ) 2 120mm in the Top ( exhaust ) and a 200mm in Front ( Intake ). The case is a Cooler Master 912 HAF ( Mid Tower ) and plenty roomy. You do look to be a bit tight on space in there and with a larger case and better air flow, you should be fine.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 21 February 2012 - 01:09 PM

[waldojim]

If those third party coolers are telling you they won't work specifically with the EVGA 570, then it is because EVGA is using a non-reference design. You will have to look for something that doesn't "fit" the cards. Meaning a universal cooler. The problem is that I don't remember any universal solutions that will tackle the 570 better than your OEM. Beyond that, you are looking straight water cooling. That won't be worth the effort considering the limited size of your case, and the cost involved.

[Deploythelight]

Its a bit tight for an aftermarket cooler as they usually bigger than stock cooler.

[LiveBrianD]

I don't see why you need aftermarket cooling on it anyway. Given your tight case (looks like micro-ATX), you shouldn't overclock much with the limited airflow there, and if you don't overclock, the stock cooling is definitely more than sufficient. My evga 550ti doesn't get above ~50C when I play games, and I recall coastie's evga 560ti is the same way. The fan is only running at 30% the entire time btw (according to msi afterburner), so I can probably overclock it quite a bit while keeping the temperatures at acceptable levels (however, I have a mid-tower atx case, and my gpu isn't as high end of a model, so it doesn't generate as much heat in the first place and will likely stay cooler than yours with the extra ventilation).

By the way, it looks like you have an audio card and wifi card below it. If you can, switch those two. Otherwise, the audio card is blocking a bit of the airflow for the card's fan. That said, it's not a big deal.