Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler
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Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler
Hello, I am fairly new to video cards and I'm hoping you guys can share your quiet cooling experience with me.
Anyways, I have a XFX 4870 X2 and its overheating a lot. I need to find a cooler for it so I can play Fallout 3 for more than 10 min at time...
I've been waiting for the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler for months now and they are finally available for pre-order. I'd ask how quiet it is but it hasnt been out yet.
I'm in a rush so I was wanting to know if I should wait for the AC 4870 X2 (arrives June 2nd) or get something like the Thermalright T-Rad2 instead which is readily available.
Thanks!
Anyways, I have a XFX 4870 X2 and its overheating a lot. I need to find a cooler for it so I can play Fallout 3 for more than 10 min at time...
I've been waiting for the Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler for months now and they are finally available for pre-order. I'd ask how quiet it is but it hasnt been out yet.
I'm in a rush so I was wanting to know if I should wait for the AC 4870 X2 (arrives June 2nd) or get something like the Thermalright T-Rad2 instead which is readily available.
Thanks!
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well, I have a zalman water cooling setup connected to my 3870 card. The card stays from 41 C idle (so ati reports in their thing) to like 48 Celsius on load. This is drastically better than stock. I can even overclock it from 777mhz to 850 mhz, and the ram from 1126 to 1280 and the temperatures on load move up only like 2 C at best. I am sure a 4870x2 probably goes up to 80's C on load, so maybe this cooler is super effecient.
I would trust that you made the right purchase. It looks difficult to install though. You have to balance it on two gpu's and make it all even. My multi waterblock from zalman had to contact all the ram, the vrm and gpu in a level manner. Getting all those parts to perfectly lie flat was really hard, like took me more than a half hour for just that, maybe longer just tweaking screws and applying loads of pressure.
I would trust that you made the right purchase. It looks difficult to install though. You have to balance it on two gpu's and make it all even. My multi waterblock from zalman had to contact all the ram, the vrm and gpu in a level manner. Getting all those parts to perfectly lie flat was really hard, like took me more than a half hour for just that, maybe longer just tweaking screws and applying loads of pressure.
Hmmmm, maybe I should rethink my whole approach. My goal is stability and silence so maybe I should just bite the bullet and go full water cooling.
I thought the Arctic Cooling VGA cooler was expensive but water cooling is a real investment. A high quality water block is apparently in the 150 to 180 range.
For example:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/ek-radeo ... ickel.html
I bet thats awesome though...
I thought the Arctic Cooling VGA cooler was expensive but water cooling is a real investment. A high quality water block is apparently in the 150 to 180 range.
For example:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/ek-radeo ... ickel.html
I bet thats awesome though...
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The gtx 280 version seems pretty widely available to me. HeatsinkFactory is where I got my 4870X2 and they have the GTX280 in stock here:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/arctic-c ... ooler.html
Frozencpu has them too but they are about 3 bucks more then HeatsinkFactory.
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/arctic-c ... ooler.html
Frozencpu has them too but they are about 3 bucks more then HeatsinkFactory.
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WC is definitely the best but, at least for me, this is install it and forget it. Where WC is constantly worry about it and make sure it's ok.chicabobo wrote:Hmmmm, maybe I should rethink my whole approach. My goal is stability and silence so maybe I should just bite the bullet and go full water cooling.
I thought the Arctic Cooling VGA cooler was expensive but water cooling is a real investment. A high quality water block is apparently in the 150 to 180 range.
I bet thats awesome though...