Boosting internal cooling

Squalion

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Hi guys,

I was looking for some advice -

here's my current PC Spec

Case COOLERMASTER COSMOS 1000 SILVER SILENT CASE
Overclocked CPU OVERCLOCKED AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz @ MAX 3.80GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® M4N98TD EVO: DDR3, 2-Way SLI, SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DOMINATOR DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics Card 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX480 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 from 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk 750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
RAID (HDD 1 & 2) RAID 0 (STRIPE) (£9)
Power Supply & Case Cooling CORSAIR 1000W MODULAR PSU (HX1000) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£175)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£38)
Network Facilities WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

I wanted some more cooling for my Card - on FFXIV at max settings, the fan hits 70-80% and becomes noisy.

I was looking at the following

for my RAM -
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399

OR

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-123-CS&tool=3

for my GPU -
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-GD&tool=3

now for the Gelid GPU Cooler, i think you have to take the current GPU Case off, right? and just attach the power connectors? anyone know how difficult this is?

Also, would the RAM cooling be recommended? I'm not sure how many mobo power output slots i have available/left over as I have 3 Case fans connected the mobo for power, are there any more on this mobo? I'm not too sure what i'm looking for.

and last but least was looking at replacing the case fans, does anyone have any experience with the following?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=57&subid=4&sortby=priceDesc (I think I need 3 pin ones and was looking at these -)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-000-GD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-045-AK&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-036-AK&tool=3


Any input/suggestions would be welcome, thank you
 
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