anonymous.gamer

i am also wondering what is a good cooler for these cards.

the ac twin turbo worth getting for them?

Josh81

i'm looking up reviews now, i'm also interested in a cooler, but for my 4870


here is an amazing price on the twin turbo

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-TURBO


the turbo is basically the accelero s1 (which is a very good cooler) with 2 fans already installed on it

the accelero s1 is 25$ on newegg and the turbo is 24$ on ewiz...so yeah its a pretty nice deal

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skugpezz

twin turbo and accelero s1 rev 2worked great for my 4870 but get different ramsinks for vrms and ramchips

s1 rev 2 with 120mm fan


twin turbo

soth7676

*looks at skugpezz pics*... Yeah.. no freaking way will that twin turbo work with my crossfire set... I am glad to have gone with the zalmans... My VRM heatsinks arrive today.. so hopefully I can have one of my cards setup with the aftermarket cooler by tomorrow...

soth7676

ok my VRM heatsinks JUST got here... time to pull out the camera and start taking some pics...hehehehe

MGlBlaze

Okay, I pretty much said exactly that and someone told me I was wrong.

Josh81

i have the VRM heatsink from my sapphire stock heatsink, its one of those push ins..is it any good?


btw skug you can cut the ram heatsink and it will cover the entire ram instead of part of it

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MGlBlaze

I had the same problem with my S1R2s, but rather than grinding down the RAM-sink, I just bent the copper heatpipe a little. Seemed to work fine for me; they're not that hard to bend a little without doing any kind of damage.

Josh81

I'll tell you guys my temps in 1 week. (BLAST YOU UPS AND YOUR TERRIBLE SHIPPING)


Gonna be using the 4890 with a twin turbo, BUT i'm going to be using the stock plate that cools the memory and VRM's. Someone posted on another forum that his VRMS never got past 70c with the s1 and the plate

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DesertRat

But doesn't that just add to the awesomeness of the 4890? Or should I say F15 eagle?

I Personally wouldn't do that, but it's definitely more economical. The VRMs share the heat into the memory and other components. While separate heatsinks on everything will cost more and be a lil more hassle, if done properly should yield alot better temps for your memory and VRMs.

Another thing. The Vitac chip doesn't have direct contact w/ the heatsink normally AFAIK. It does however need some sort of active cooling since the fan normally pulls air right over it. I might suggest putting a small heatsink on that as well if there's clearance under the main cooler.

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