After market coolers and warranty?

[dacca]

hey everyone, just bought a xfx hd4870 got a great price off ebay auction so very very happy, just wondering as i cant find anything specific about it on xfx's site (maybe im not looking in the right place though) so yeah my question is, does xfx provide warranty if you change the stock cooler on their cards? and also if they do can anyone recommend a good cooler for me please?

 

[ahslan]

I highly doubt they'll still offer the warranty if you alter their cooling solution....

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

I'm not sure if the warranty is transferrable. You may want to look into that.

 

[daedalus685]

I highly doubt they'll still offer the warranty if you alter their cooling solution....

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You are incorrect.

XFX will cover cooling modification, overclocking, etc.

I don't think they cover bios modification, but I'm not sure.

They 100% cover cooling mods though, provided when you need to return the product you provide the origional cooler, and don't physically break anything when you switch them out.

Also, xfx offers double lifetime warranties. They are transferable to a second party, provided teh first party filsl out the online form.

Please guys, this is all stuff you can look up on newegg or xfx's webpage... don't answer if you have no idea..

 

[dacca]

ah that sucks a bit but i understand why, i know i should be directing these questions more towards xfx, but it always takes so much longer to get an answer from big companies than forums, do you know if they could fit it and offer a warranty still?

 

[daedalus685]

ah that sucks a bit but i understand why, i know i should be directing these questions more towards xfx, but it always takes so much longer to get an answer from big companies than forums, do you know if they could fit it and offer a warranty still?

You are covered, don't worry.

 

[dacca]

wow really? thats great thanks for that, here is what i am thinking of getting for it http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=28084&tid=frooct any thoughts on this? i hear akasa are the ones to go with, but any insight would be appreciated

 

[coozie7]

Good cooler, it has been given some excellent reviews but, if you have the stock cooler like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150395

I suggest you simply open the Control Centre and set the fanspeed manually to about 35-40%, it worked perfectly on mine, even Furmark did not push the temperatures over 80C and games seldom got it over 65!

 

[OvrClkr]

It's common sense to just use any cooler you want, if anything happens to the card all you have to do is remove the aftermarket cooler and reinstall the factory cooler and RMA.....this only works with XFX and BFG cards.......

Btw, you shouldnt have any issues with the stock cooler to begin with, just up the fan speed.....

 

[dacca]

i hear its a bit loud though? i have my pc on over night and i live in a box basically, my pc is pretty much completely silent how loud is that card for you guys?, that is the cooler i got think now i have looked into it i will go with xfx in future to, really like their warranty policies

 

[OvrClkr]

Well, it is loud if you are playing games and want low temps... but when you sleep the fan speed should be at 0% meaning it should not bother you at all.....

Its kinda funny when peeps mention "LOUD" as a con..... When you game the "Game Volume" surpasses any noise that comes from the PC. Unless you play w/o any volume whatsoever.....So in all, any noise that comes from a video card should not be an issue at all.....

 

[dacca]

thats cool man, i didnt mind the gaming volume cuz as you say this is not even remotely an issue FPS over silence i just meant that my mrs has had 2 ati based cards in her pc and i noticed stock coolers are loud on em even when idling, compared to my gtx which is completely silent

 

[OvrClkr]

If a video card makes to much noise at idle (0% fan speed) it must be VERY dirty or VERY old........and yes it would make sense to get an aftermarket cooler...

 

[dacca]

ok man, thanks for your help everyone

 

[ahslan]

well you learn something new everyday....