5870, 3rd party cooler

radar19 · 1 Apr 2010 at 19:20

Having placed an order for a 5870, I'm wondering if theres any 3rd party coolers around since the stock cooler is rather loud.

Sycho · 1 Apr 2010 at 19:37

Artic-Cooling have some very good ones on their site, cost quite a bit think about £40 or so but they are very quiet and good.

radar19 · 1 Apr 2010 at 19:57

Sycho said:
Artic-Cooling have some very good ones on their site, cost quite a bit think about £40 or so but they are very quiet and good.

Are they on the store?

Sycho · 1 Apr 2010 at 19:58

radar19 said:
Are they on the store?

Sadly not, wish they was and i have no idea why Overclockers do not stock them.

Aedus · 1 Apr 2010 at 21:52

Question:

Removing the stock cooler, voids your warranty?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 1 Apr 2010 at 22:10

Depends what brand card. EVGA and XFX both allow you to fit waterblocks or 3rd party coolers i think.

up2nogooduk · 1 Apr 2010 at 22:17

I was thinking the samething, as it's gets so loud at 50%

Them coolers look great.

Ultim8 · 1 Apr 2010 at 22:37

Arctic cooling got roasted in recent reviews for VGA coolers so look before you buy at reviews im pretty sure it was custom PC and the arctic cooling killed there 5870 :S

Aedus · 1 Apr 2010 at 22:42

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Depends what brand card. EVGA and XFX both allow you to fit waterblocks or 3rd party coolers i think.

Alright, will have to have a look into it a guess.

Unless you know a link which has all their policies laid out to find easily which companies allow and which don't?

drunkenmaster · 1 Apr 2010 at 23:35

Ultim8 said:
Arctic cooling got roasted in recent reviews for VGA coolers so look before you buy at reviews im pretty sure it was custom PC and the arctic cooling killed there 5870 :S

Mostly CustomPC being tools, as they are basically.

The cooler is more than good enough for the core, however you really have to use a separate and decent VRM cooler. I still don't think CustomPC managed to kill their card within such a short space of time with the vrm cooler that comes with the Arctic cooling sink, they just screwed it up would be my guess.

You'd think the new version actually designed for the 5870 would come with a more substantial VRM sink, its not available yet, only just been officially announced, no reviews or stock anywhere yet.

The thing that makes it laughable is the current Arctic cooling sinks simply fit the mounting, they were out before the 58xx cards and fit it, they weren't designed for it. THeres a couple dozen reviews of the same sink showing VRM temps get very silly with the supplied cooler, yet CustomPC managed to not check other reviews, didn't use any common sense and killed their card.

Sycho · 1 Apr 2010 at 23:53

Ultim8 said:
Arctic cooling got roasted in recent reviews for VGA coolers so look before you buy at reviews im pretty sure it was custom PC and the arctic cooling killed there 5870 :S

I do not trust them at all, they rated some cpu coolers very badly that people use a lot here and are very good.

I am very sure arctic-cooling vga coolers are very good, i've looked at online reviews and i've seen good ones mainly.

Like here: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/07/24/arcticcooling-accelero-xtreme-4870x2-review/4

That one is more like the ones being released in april/may.

DavieJG · 1 Apr 2010 at 23:56

just get a cooler off a fermi card,

they're efficient and quiet.....lol

ste2005 · 2 Apr 2010 at 00:01

Sounds daft but why dont you order a vapour-x custom ish cooler on, and its on this weeks only.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:47

Aedus said:
Alright, will have to have a look into it a guess.

Unless you know a link which has all their policies laid out to find easily which companies allow and which don't?

Sorry i dont mate but a quick look on google should come up with the goods. I know my old EVGA card allowed blocks etc to be fitted and im pretty sure XFX do as long as you dont damage any stickers etc.

Temi_D · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:57

how about http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-007-PL&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787 ?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:49

For the cost of £50 and the hassle fitting you could just get a vapour-X.

Kharbyne · 2 Apr 2010 at 12:14

Asus are bringing out thier own non-referance model with a better cooler for the same price

radar19 · 2 Apr 2010 at 13:11

ste2005 said:
Sounds daft but why dont you order a vapour-x custom ish cooler on, and its on this weeks only.

Its £320, I found the reference Sapphire model for £270 on another site.

Sycho · 2 Apr 2010 at 17:47

radar19 said:
Its £320, I found the reference Sapphire model for £270 on another site.

Well it's worth it if you want a silent pc, not wish to change cooler yourself and very good temps.My temp is usually around 55c whilst gaming, 32c or so idle and that's with autofan only.

I can only really hear it if i raise fan speed to 60% or more.

Simon42 · 2 Apr 2010 at 17:57

Sycho said:
Well it's worth it if you want a silent pc, not wish to change cooler yourself and very good temps.

Exactly the reason I've ordered one

It's not that I have a problem changing coolers, but I've spent so much time on my current setup that I just want an easy life with the graphics card!