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Nice temps, Scythe Musashi is king.

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SporkofdooM

sweet, I was just wondering this myself the other day.

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OpTicaL

Too bad we can't keep the stock plate on the 5870 as some have reported.

I wish they came out with a aftermarket aluminum heat plate to cool the RAM and VRMs.

Indeed and people where complaining about "only" 2 heatpipes.

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Shadowclock

Musashi for sure but it still has issues cooling the VRM and there is no way to fit any extra heat spreaders on them with the Musashi installed....hmmmm....definitely need an official aftermarket cooler. The VRMs heating up on a solid overclock would have me way too worried.

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Jarhead

Not being sure where the VRMS are on this card, it looks like the Musashi could be used to pin some modified copper heatsinks on them, but would have to be very careful about the height.

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Thermalright might do another one like they did for the HD4800 series.

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Just stick mini heatsinks on there.



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Shadowclock

I believe they did that in their review and it didn't help much...although I was having a tough time reading it so I could be wrong. In any case if your going with the Musashi the mini-heatsinks would have to be very short as there is little to no room available.

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Nick911

I have a solution instead of a suggestion,wait till I'm done with my testing of the 5870 and my style of cooling then decide if it is not going to work.

Notes:

Zalman VF 1000: The testers are idiots, they didn't use the cooler for the VRM's that Zalman produced like this: http://www.cooltechpc.com/ctpc/image..._installed.jpg , sure you might have to drill a bigger hole to fit it over the area but modding is what we do! Maybe that I'm going to cool my 5870 like that ^_^(gota stay tuned)

First off, the musashi can cool fine, just need some type of metal on them and you will be fine. Overclocking? Doubt it

Accelero S1: WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!!!!!!! You are supposed to use a R2 S1!!! That will fit and work! Also it comes with VRM cooling! That really ticked me off when I saw that. http://www.overclock.net/hardware-ne...ork-gfxmod.jpg that is how it is done!

Man, I should been there to help them with this since they have no clue lol. Watch my solution will work.

Lastly, I'm glad to see the http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...front_full.jpg (were the white sticker is) I know know full well that it needs to be cooled properly. The card can be cooled efficiently, just have to be creative.

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