After Market VGA Cooler How to Not Void the Warranty

[malstrom]

are there any coolers that have exhaust ports going out the back?

 

[malstrom]

ok forget the Gigabyte it not as good as i thought i just love the design


Do i have to put the little Heat sinks on and how? will that make a big difference?

i want to be safe and not have to much crap on there just incase the card gos after a few years

i cant find the AC for my Card on Newegg i want it from new egg cuz im ordering more ram and some cleaning solution also i can get the Zalmen VF1000 for $38 off new egg thats a good Freakin deal

 

[OvrClkr]

Yea, get the zalman if you can only order from the egg......

 

[malstrom]

Found the AC though it was a different model But now im finding out if i get the Zalmen i basicly need to get the extra Ram sink package i didnt even want to put them on there now i have to find a cooler that will cover the whole card

would that be fine not puting the heat sinks on? or do i have to and should i get a Cooler thats going to cover the whole dang thing?

back to the dang drawing board

 

[OvrClkr]

Umm, didnt understand the question.....

 

[malstrom]

if i take my stock cooler off i heard that the V ram and other things on the Video card will get hotter because After market coolers don't have the best air circulation

and i did not want to have to stick a bunch of heat Sinks on my Card like look at the VF1000 its nice but you basicly have to get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118038

so i just want to know if there's A VGA cooler that will be like the stock one just bigger and better but will cool every thing

 

[OvrClkr]

Well yea, thats why card makers make sure the fan blows hot air out through the back and not into the case...

If you get the AC or zalman, the heat should not be an issue, unless you case has bad air circulation.. IF you have good intake and exaust fans you should be fine....

 

[malstrom]

i have a big freakin scythe fan pushing air straight out just for the VGA

but there has to be some card Coolers out there that cool the Memory modules as well without buying extra crap

 

[malstrom]

check this out thats the only thing i dont like VRM is important is it not?

so im guessing they have not made a custom Fit Cooler for the 4800's yet

are there any new VGA coolers coming out that i should wait for?

make sure i get the VRM cooled better and the Shader Core?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/twinturbo-musashi_12.html

 

[OvrClkr]

This is what I am trying to explain to you, if you want NO NOISE AT ALL you need a fanless heatsink... If you go with a Scythe or Turbo Twins you are just wasting your money, due to the fact they will emit the same noise as your stock cooler at 100% fan speed... so its a matter if you want 0 noise or keep the stock fan....

As far as upcomming coolers for the 4800 family I would not know, i dont use them....

 

[malstrom]

the fan on this card is high pitch at 100% i have a Ultra kaze that is suppose to be one of the loudest case fans out there and the little Fan on my Card is 4 times as loud no joke

 

[OvrClkr]

Well why is it loud @ 100% fan speed? are you gaming? watching high res movies?

If you are playing a game the volume should surpass any noise that is comming from the case... What is the exact reason you dont like the fan noise?

 

[malstrom]

this thing is loud man its like a freaking turbo jet lol

the highest i will turn the fan up to is 67% 47% is good but it gets so damn hot

http://paddy007uk.freeservers.com/4850/4850_installed.png

my only concern is it dont cover the whole card do you have any idea what the heat sinks are on top of in the back?

 

[OvrClkr]

How hot does it get? What is the temp at 67% fan speed?

 

[malstrom]

Fan speed at 47% 4892 RPM what i alwasy have it at cause any higher then 57% it gets to loud

GPU Temp 68c

Memio 70.5c

ShaderCore 68c

at idle

GPU is around 66c at 67%



i started a new thread http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/268021-33-4850-cooler

 

[OvrClkr]

That is waaaaaay to hot for a GPU @ 47% fan speed.... What is your room temp? 90F??? Must be hot in your room or you need a replacement (RMA) ASAP

 

[malstrom]

i think it is 90F i sweat just sitting here but it never gos above 92c under load and these cards are rated up to 110c i believe

 

[OvrClkr]

Yea if its 90f or higher in your room you need to start saving for a watercooling setup!!!!

 

[malstrom]

I do, Could you give me a link to a good full setup? im just iffy about water being in the same place as Electronics is there something like Veggy oil that wont ruin the PC if some how it drips on it?

My Card is at 70c Idle today its a hot 1"

 

[OvrClkr]

What is the most you can pay at the moment?

 

[OvrClkr]

Look at these first and study them...

http://www.xoxide.com/watcoolkit.html

 

[jeffrs]

Hi all.

I just got an RMA number for my Visiontek 4870. The card never was reliable, producing sporadic crashes, but progressed to causing the system to fail POST or filling the screen with red blocks.

Soon after I got it I replaced the heatsink / fan with the Koolance VID-487. I would recommend these water blocks although be really careful with the thermal pads. The ones supplied were not the right thickness. The motherboard is a Foxconn BlackOps so basically everything except the memory is water cooled to a radiator / fan mounted outside the house.

I'm hoping they honor the warranty but indeed there was no way to re-use the congealed thermal compound that came with the original cooler. I used Arctic 5 instead. Seems to me that is the only way they could tell the cooler was removed.

 

[malstrom]

ok after waiting 2 weeks for my VGA cooler cause new Egg shipped me a Open Box item when i first got it.. it had nothing but the cooler

So finally got the Correct one

Now i have a Question Should i use the Thermal Grease they Give me? or should i use the Arctic Silver i have?

 

[OvrClkr]

Use AS and test the temps.... There is really not a big difference when you compare both but in this case it would be wise to start off with the Artic Silver.......

 

[malstrom]

Ok the Power Section of my Card will be Exposed is that ok? i have picked these up from radio Shack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102857
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103344&siteID=2wBon5.FR6I-H8uNk.dgdQSwSHjbIQFwpw

I dont think the Double Sided Tape will be good cause it only gos up to 200F/93c

Whats is the called at the End of my Card where the power Parts and Chips are Voltage Regulators? http://paddy007uk.freeservers.com/4850/4850_installed.png

Take a look this Guy covered His up with more Zalman Heatsinks http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4530/52076053vg6.png&imgrefurl=http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php%3Ft%3D17890020&usg=__pRCHJ2L967U_p8W3I589hNUwCCI=&h=480&w=464&sz=1227&hl=en&start=18&tbnid=j70clsnWaS8y0M:&tbnh=129&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dati%2B4850%2Bnaked%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff