[vtech1]

well this all started when i bought this card and i was so happy to finally own an up to date piece of hardware and after a while i got annoyed with the fans blasting even at 12%. So i decided to find an aftermarket cooler and found non that i liked or they were too expansive for me so then i did some searching on google and found a pic of what looked like a 4850x2 with 2 80mm case fans on it and thought id give it a shot and im surprised it ACTUALLY WORKS!!!

LOTS of pics, sorry for the quality as i used my phone

 

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[DesertRat]

Pics arent the greatest quality, but that's a pretty win mod. doesn't even look all that ghetto.

If you're willing to spend some money you can get 2 Zalman VF900s and mount them aswell.

 

[vtech1]

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Originally Posted by DesertRat Pics arent the greatest quality, but that's a pretty win mod. doesn't even look all that ghetto. If you're willing to spend some money you can get 2 Zalman VF900s and mount them aswell.

the whole point of this mod is to save that 80 bucks for say rent? lol

EDIT: tell me what u guys think of it, its very quiet now

 

[zomgiwin]

thats awesome

what sort of temps gain did you get?

 

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Originally Posted by zomgiwin thats awesome what sort of temps gain did you get?

well it slashed 6c ,i had it at 55c before now its at 49c

 

[DesertRat]

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Originally Posted by vtech1 the whole point of this mod is to save that 80 bucks for say rent? lol EDIT: tell me what u guys think of it, its very quiet now

Budget mods that work as predicted or better are the best.

 

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Originally Posted by DesertRat Budget mods that work as predicted or better are the best.

i totally agree thats why i went ahead with it and the best thing about it is i can reverse the process and back to stock if i wanted to rma it or something

EDIT: i forgot to mention it took me about 4-5 hours to complete this mod because i didnt really have the proper tools and i didn't want to snap this card in 2

 

[vicious_fishes]

did you put some decent paste on the coolers whilst you were at it ?

and do you run the fans at minimum or ?

 

[reiben05]

lol may i ask.. what fans were u using?? i wish this would work with my HD4870x2 =(..

 

[chadamir]

^^^^They look like antec tri-cools

Awesome Job dude! Inspirational.

 

[Aaron_Henderson]

Looks almost stock once it's put back together. Nicely done man, nice idea too.

 

[skugpezz]

nice job! can you overclock any higher? what are your temps like?

 

[rpm666]

Very nicely done.

 

[vtech1]

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Originally Posted by vicious_fishes did you put some decent paste on the coolers whilst you were at it ? and do you run the fans at minimum or ?

yes i put some mx-2 on em ,u can see it in the pic

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Originally Posted by skugpezz nice job! can you overclock any higher? what are your temps like?

i didnt oc it yet...the temps are better then i expected 10% cooler and yes these are antec tri cool 3 speed fans ,im running 1 at low and the other at med

EDIT: i will refine this thread when im not half asleep but i used 1 Flathead screwdriver 1 mx-2 paste 2 antec tri-cools 2x 2 feet of dmc 3842 string (cotton) and 4.5 hours of work

also please rate this thread if you can

 

[M3T4LM4N222]

Doesn't even look as ghetto as it is..and it works better than stock ftw

 

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Originally Posted by M3T4LM4N222 Doesn't even look as ghetto as it is..and it works better than stock ftw

right now the loudest thing is the cpu cooler followed by my cheetah ,i cant even hear the 4850x2 anymore ,its like Xmas in July xD

 

[Chucklez]

Nice mod, shoudl have done that to mine. But they look great man nice job!