Evercool Nighthawk VGA Cooler VC-F117 Review

Rob Williams · 09-06-2005, 10:11 PM

There comes a time, when a stock video card cooler just doesn't cut it. To get lower temps or better overclocks, you need specially designed coolers to help you achieve what you need. Evercools Nighthawk VGA Cooler, like all others, promise to offer superb cooling, for a great price. Let's dive right in.

As always, read the review here first, then discuss it here. Comments, questions and flames in moderation are welcomed. We love suggestions as well

Regeneration · 09-06-2005, 10:42 PM

I tried many solution like these but water cooling seems to be the best. Normal Air cooling is not effective when the room temperature is high.

Rob Williams · 09-07-2005, 10:23 PM

As always, I agree. I have a couple WC kits to test around here, so I really want to see how much of a difference it makes with overclocking.

I'm hoping lots.

Greg King · 09-08-2005, 01:10 AM

Water cooling is obviously better for obvious reasons but nothing conventional will get you below ambient. I mean you could place your reseviour in a bucket of ice water, should lower your temps a bit but not enough to cause condensation but thats really not practical due to the fact that no one wants to worry about a bucket of water, its all about astetics with me. I am done rambling..........

09-06-2005, 10:11 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Evercool Nighthawk VGA Cooler VC-F117 Review There comes a time, when a stock video card cooler just doesn't cut it. To get lower temps or better overclocks, you need specially designed coolers to help you achieve what you need. Evercools Nighthawk VGA Cooler, like all others, promise to offer superb cooling, for a great price. Let's dive right in. As always, read the review here first, then discuss it here. Comments, questions and flames in moderation are welcomed. We love suggestions as well __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

09-07-2005, 10:23 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	As always, I agree. I have a couple WC kits to test around here, so I really want to see how much of a difference it makes with overclocking. I'm hoping lots. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

09-08-2005, 01:10 AM	#4
Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	Water cooling is obviously better for obvious reasons but nothing conventional will get you below ambient. I mean you could place your reseviour in a bucket of ice water, should lower your temps a bit but not enough to cause condensation but thats really not practical due to the fact that no one wants to worry about a bucket of water, its all about astetics with me. I am done rambling.......... __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

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09-06-2005, 10:42 PM	#2
Regeneration NGOHQ CEO Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 27	I tried many solution like these but water cooling seems to be the best. Normal Air cooling is not effective when the room temperature is high.