Aftermarket Cooling on the HD6870
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:27 pm
So, the new cards are out and it seems to me that they might be ideal in creating a powerful silent PC.
To my knowledge, never before have you been able to get so much performance-per-watt. The idle 19W is also impressive. (If I am wrong here, please correct )
Right, so I want to get one of these, but naturally it will have a loud stock fan on it. This will have to go.
I will need some sort of aftermarket cooling solution. I have looked into Arctic Cooling's Accelero Twin Turbo:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 2_&mID=379
...but there are many others that might work just as well.
My question is: Can you safely use an aftermarket cooler with the 6870? Also, is the one I have chosen compatible?
The answer is probably yes, but since this card is so new, I thought I'd make sure before I made the purchase.
PS> I have thought of the triple-fan http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 2_&mID=546, but space in my case is limited with this, and it's compatibility would be restricted by where the gpu is on the 6870. Does anyone have any pictures of a naked 6870?
To my knowledge, never before have you been able to get so much performance-per-watt. The idle 19W is also impressive. (If I am wrong here, please correct )
Right, so I want to get one of these, but naturally it will have a loud stock fan on it. This will have to go.
I will need some sort of aftermarket cooling solution. I have looked into Arctic Cooling's Accelero Twin Turbo:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 2_&mID=379
...but there are many others that might work just as well.
My question is: Can you safely use an aftermarket cooler with the 6870? Also, is the one I have chosen compatible?
The answer is probably yes, but since this card is so new, I thought I'd make sure before I made the purchase.
PS> I have thought of the triple-fan http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 2_&mID=546, but space in my case is limited with this, and it's compatibility would be restricted by where the gpu is on the 6870. Does anyone have any pictures of a naked 6870?