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is there a 4870x2 after market cooler? - thats either designed for it, or works just as well as being one? they tend to get a lil hot, seems to be GRID that takes the most out of it i find.
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4870x2 after market cooler
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I'd like to see a quiet cooler for the 4870X2. Come on Zalman!
I'd buy that for a dollar!
(Which will be worth about £50 by the time somebody releases one)
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two hr-03's only works if you cut one up significantly as its two wide to sit on the core nearest the back of the case.
You can fit one hr-03 and the other top thermalright sink, it sits kind of underneath the hr-03. Expensive though.
Simply take the shroud off(needs removing the whole sink) redo the paste on the cores as its normally crap, disconnect the fan and stick a silent 120mm fan onto the heatsinks with zipties. Zalman 120mm fan, £5, use the included resistor to knock the fan speed down to silent, or connect to a fan controller if you have one. Either way, mine runs at something like high 30's idle, mid 50's early 60's load depending on the game. Stock sink not quite(with fan set to maybe 55%) i'd get late 60's early 70's load, with stock fan quieter at around 40% it would easily hit 90c under load.
Only seen about 1 person across various forums who got bad temps with a single 120mm fan tbh, guessing thats more to do with bad contact/paste they put on the core.
You can fit one hr-03 and the other top thermalright sink, it sits kind of underneath the hr-03. Expensive though.
Simply take the shroud off(needs removing the whole sink) redo the paste on the cores as its normally crap, disconnect the fan and stick a silent 120mm fan onto the heatsinks with zipties. Zalman 120mm fan, £5, use the included resistor to knock the fan speed down to silent, or connect to a fan controller if you have one. Either way, mine runs at something like high 30's idle, mid 50's early 60's load depending on the game. Stock sink not quite(with fan set to maybe 55%) i'd get late 60's early 70's load, with stock fan quieter at around 40% it would easily hit 90c under load.
Only seen about 1 person across various forums who got bad temps with a single 120mm fan tbh, guessing thats more to do with bad contact/paste they put on the core.
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Only one I have ever seen comes with I believe an Asus that has three fans on it.
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Surely there is a demand for quiet cooling the 4870x2! I'm sure if a company designed such an amazing after market air cooler they would make a decent profit.
How long does it have to be before we see one?
How long does it have to be before we see one?
only seen watercooling kits no regular air 
I would personaly make a custom cooler
using two Akasa Vortexx NEO's
Taking the heatsinks & modding them to fit the pcb
Then make a vacumed formed cover with a 120mm fan mounting.
Then have a delta for benching & noctura for day to day
using two Akasa Vortexx NEO's
Taking the heatsinks & modding them to fit the pcb
Then make a vacumed formed cover with a 120mm fan mounting.
Then have a delta for benching & noctura for day to day
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