cooling for for 7300se/7200gs video card...

My son has a 7300se/7200gs video card and it runs way hot. What would be a good cooler to put on it? I've looked on newegg but not sure what to get.

its fine man. whats temps are you talking?

I would get him a 7600GT or something... They're only ~$90 now... Instead of putting a new cooler on it..

between 80 and 90 degrees Celcius. My son is a 12 yr old and not that high of a gamer, YET!!!

It originally didn't come with a cooler just the heatsink. I don't have the money to spend on a new card. Card is only a few months old anyway.

Nothing too extreme, this is the most universal looking one I found... To find one exactly for the 7300 models, the cupboard was pretty bare....



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835110109

You can also get "PCI coolers". Basically a fan that fits in the open expansion slots. That might work...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811999154

Very basic, no mods required for the card. As long as the card has no fan, it should work pretty well. You could even maybe put some tape around the fan/card to help keep the air right around the heatsink and perhaps increase efficiency

Thanks, I forgot all about those. I think i'll give that a try first.

just leave it, they are meant to get hot, and when it finally dies ina few years you can get a new card with the 20$ you saved.

That's not too bad, my card gets into the 80's during gaming (a x850pro running off a huge passive heatsink). It's not really worth the trouble of getting a new heatsink.