best 7950 cooler?

[SpaghettiBatman]

who makes the quietest cooler for the 7950? 

[mgsstar]

The HIS IceQ X2 7950 and the MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 are great quiet coolers.

[ericlee30]

I would have to say the Sapphire Vapor-X http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202003

or the HIS IceQ X2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161429

have the best 7950 coolers on the market, then I would say the MSI Frozr 3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667

would be 3rd in line

[BlackOutCrisis]

MSI is the best in my opinion but the HIS IceQ is also a pretty good one.

[Jmjam]

Based off personal experience the Gigabyte 7950 windforce is quiet. Can't say its the quietest as I do not own the others. 

[samuel]

windforce 3x is the best, check out the reviews!

[Matsy]

the gigabyte windforce 3x.

Can't even hear it before 30% fan speed.

And you won't even need to make it go any faster :)

[brownninja97]

Vapor x as the windforce is very long. The windforce is better but its way to long for me.

[Sergeant Acorn]

I have a twin frozr iii 7950 and it runs pretty quiet

[OneGun]

I have two HIS ICE QX2 7950s in Xfire and they are very quiet and run cool.

[everything count to life]

Defiantly the HIS IceQ X2

[That Norwegian Guy]

the gigabyte windforce 3x.

Can't even hear it before 30% fan speed.

And you won't even need to make it go any faster :)

 

Shame it's sooooo ugly...

[Matsy]

Shame it's sooooo ugly...

 

The PCB I'm guessing?

Yeh....but, meh :P

[SkilledRebuilds]

There are also different revisions of cards that come out..

 

My 7950 Windforce 3 styled, is a lot quieter, cooler and does not ramp up fan speed as fast as another two different 7950's from gigabyte I used in other builds.

 

No where near apples2apples, mine tops out at 59*c on load, the latter cards going all the way up to 76*c under load.

Looking at the bios's, the cards that are newer has an updated bios with more voltage and a higher stock clock.

Mine was also voltage unlocked, since changed on their newer ones to be locked from the get go.

 

Setting mine to mimick the voltage and core clock of the later revisions it was STILL cooler under load by more than just margin of error, still 14*c cooler.

 

Not even the SAME cards can be compared "at times" due to different revisions released.

 

Windforce 3 based 7950's are now louder than they once were.

I recommend non-windforce cards now like the sapphire. I also hate the blue PCB, but in my case it looks black through the window.. Thank god.. Blue is fugly

[That Norwegian Guy]

The PCB I'm guessing?

Yeh....but, meh :P

 

No the fans and shroud made out of wafer-thin semi transparent toy plastic... And the PCB I guess, now that you mention it  :P

[dylandylandylan]

I don't know what qualifies as quiet, but the asus direct cu II version is definitely audible haha 

[Timmyfox]

Alternatively there is always the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme or Accelero Hybrid 3rd party coolers which is generally better performing and quieter than any of the aforementioned.

[nickpc]

MSI Twin Frozr 4

[BlackOutCrisis]

MSI Twin Frozr 4

They don't make a twin frozr 4 for the 7950. Only a twin frozr 3

[Art Vandelay]

the HIS IceQ performs surprisingly well in reviews. It beat out the MSI twinfrozr and some others. It's a blower design, so if you're going SLI, it is the absolute best cooler available. I wish more companies would put effort into good blower coolers.

[Jebonia]

<p>powercolor pcs+. You literally  can't hear the fun until it hits 50% WITH the side panel open and 60 with it on (haf 912). My max temps are 63c  with ambients of 22-24c. If i cap the fan speed to  .I also have a 1200mhz on the core clock and 1475 on he mem clock. Has dual bios and one of the cheapest. Good 6+2+1 voltage regulation. Also a matte black pcb. So if you have a gigabyte motherboard, dont get the windforce. Get the power color pcs+.</p>