Since there were no aftermarket air coolers for the R9 Nano I made something myself.
Now normally a decent aftermarket VGA cooler will cost about €60. This mod costed me just €36, and I can always use the fan for something else.
Here is what I used. A 4-pins Gelid PWM VGA adapter, a Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-2000 and a so called 'fan bracket' which I ordered from somewhere in China.
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Good riddance!
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Sorry for the somewhat unclear picture, but you get the idea
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At this point I'm still doing some testing;
Idle temp is still between 28 and 31c, but now at just 420rpm (inaudible)
I left the settings 100% stock, did not make a profile yet. In this case the card will start to raise the fan speed at 75c.
The load temp after 10 minutes of gaming was 74c at auto fan speed, which in this case means the fan running at just 860rpm! The card was completely inaudible. Onto some more testing...
Tested the card at Fury X speeds (1050/500) with 20% power limit added. With these settings the stock fan would 'scream' at 2400rpm, with the Noctua fan it now does it at just 1150rpm and I still can't hear the fan above the other case fans. What a nice change!
If you have any questions or remarks let me know
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Now normally a decent aftermarket VGA cooler will cost about €60. This mod costed me just €36, and I can always use the fan for something else.
Here is what I used. A 4-pins Gelid PWM VGA adapter, a Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-2000 and a so called 'fan bracket' which I ordered from somewhere in China.
Good riddance!
Sorry for the somewhat unclear picture, but you get the idea
At this point I'm still doing some testing;
Idle temp is still between 28 and 31c, but now at just 420rpm (inaudible)
I left the settings 100% stock, did not make a profile yet. In this case the card will start to raise the fan speed at 75c.
The load temp after 10 minutes of gaming was 74c at auto fan speed, which in this case means the fan running at just 860rpm! The card was completely inaudible. Onto some more testing...
Tested the card at Fury X speeds (1050/500) with 20% power limit added. With these settings the stock fan would 'scream' at 2400rpm, with the Noctua fan it now does it at just 1150rpm and I still can't hear the fan above the other case fans. What a nice change!
If you have any questions or remarks let me know
