thehighlander123

will a 4870 run ok without memory cooling

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PepsiLove

Should be sweet, but it would be better if it had them. My mate recently brought an ASUS 4870, when he put aftermaket cooling on it we found it had none, its been running sweet without them for awhile now so there not uber important, but safe>sorry.

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I remember reading a thread where someone had bought an aftermarket cooler that didn't come with ram-sinks and he was experiencing trouble. I'd play it safer than sorry, especially if you are overclocking, I have heard that GDDR5 gets hot.

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thehighlander123

i have a non reference design with stock mosfet cooling
im looking for some pretty substantial memory cooling

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There can be only one! help me find a case (less than 150 shipped) http://www.overclock.net/wanted/5291...ml#post6532218
Dual Loop:
custom pvc res=>DDC3.2w/xspc acrylic top=>DDC 3.2 w/xspc acrylic top=>Black Ice Extreme GTX 360(3xUK 3000's pulling)=>mcr 120=>Apogee GT (bowed)=>res

DDC Ultra w/xspc res-top=>RX360(3x pana Ultras pulling)=>enzotech nb block=>Dtek GFX 2=>res-top

xToaDx

I just hack sawed the mem sink off of the stock cooler, on my 4850, that is.

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mz-n10

thats not a bad idea. you have a picture of the hack job?

gurusan

Its fine without sinks, gDDR5 runs at fairly low voltage and does not really need sinks. That said, it certainly gives me peace of mind to put them on, and BGA sinks are quite cheap.

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Ricdeau

Does anyone know if those fit on a 4870 with a stock cooler? Man, if only there had been all these crazy savings on the 4870 when I got mine like there is right now I would have spent a little extra to get one with a nonreference cooler.

gurusan

Those wont fit with a stock cooler, the stock cooler normally covers all those components up.

TBH for the price that does not look that great either, the enzotech mosfet sinks will do a much better job cooling the VRMs. Some cheap thermaltake BGA sinks or something will do great for the gDDR5 chips as well.

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