Aftermarket cooler for Asus HD6850

rocsen · 18 Aug 2011 at 20:25

I'm looking for an aftermarket cooler that won't take up more than 2 slots including the card.

This one looks like it might fit but not sure if it supports the 6850
http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/vga/002/scvms1000_detail.html

Are there any others?

Thanks

Tealc · 18 Aug 2011 at 20:31

The Setsugen 2 is compatible but you'll need something to cool the VRM. 6850 is tricky as it's not top end and therefore doesn't attract that many solutions.

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:33

Accelero Twin Turbo Pro is apparently compatible, just ordered one for my 6870 as the stock cooler is omgwtfloud.

Schizo · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:34

Castor said:
Accelero Twin Turbo Pro is apparently compatible, just ordered one for my 6870 as the stock cooler is omgwtfloud.

let me know how you get on with this cooler.

your right about the fan being loud

ill do this to mine once i see someone else get that cooler

rocsen · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:41

Castor said:
Accelero Twin Turbo Pro is apparently compatible, just ordered one for my 6870 as the stock cooler is omgwtfloud.

How many slots does it take with the card?

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:43

schizo said:
let me know how you get on with this cooler.

your right about the fan being loud

ill do this to mine once i see someone else get that cooler

Will do, had to read up a lot to make sure it would fit as i have the xfx black edition. from what ive seen, it works fantastically, not bad for 20 quid

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:46

rocsen said:
How many slots does it take with the card?

From what i can see, no more than the Scythe but obviously check the dimensions to be sure

rocsen · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:59

Looking at the photos it takes about 3 slots

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/22/accelero-twin-turbo-pro.html

Think the Scythe Setsugen only takes 2. Very expensive tho :-(

Problem is I'm running crossfire and my cards are right next to each other.

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:03

Thats a shame as it's a great cooler, i cant think of any that are thin enough for your needs, hopefully someone else does.

rocsen · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:37

Can these aftermarket fans ever connect directly to the card fan connector?

I see the Setsugen has an external fan controller which takes up a pci slot. Not exactly ideal.

Tealc · 18 Aug 2011 at 23:13

Mine does (Thermalright Shaman) but I had to solder and create the wiring myself. The Arctic Accelero does, or at least the Xtreme does, I'm not sure of the Twin Turbo.

Depending on how the Setsugen fan controller is wired it may be possible to hook it up to at least the motherboard or a fan controller.

Most graphics card fan controllers are PWM based so you'd need a PWM fan to work off the signal, or use a PWM to DC converter circuit.

Schizo · 19 Aug 2011 at 07:38

Castor said:
Will do, had to read up a lot to make sure it would fit as i have the xfx black edition. from what ive seen, it works fantastically, not bad for 20 quid

i haven't seen it that cheap.

would i need to buy the vrm cooling kit ?

Arctic Cooling VR001 RAM & Voltage Regulator Heatsink Set for Accelero

Tealc · 19 Aug 2011 at 08:48

Looks like the Twin Turbo does indeed have the fan controlled by the graphics card PWM. It also comes with adaptors for PSU running at different voltages too.

Shame it's three slots really from the OPs point of view.

I may be way off here but doesn't the Prolimatech MK-13 support two slot spacing when the fans are placed in the horizontal plane?

Again expensive and you have to supply your own fans. -- £40 each.

Grandmaster Fap! · 19 Aug 2011 at 10:17

schizo said:
i haven't seen it that cheap.

would i need to buy the vrm cooling kit ?

Arctic Cooling VR001 RAM & Voltage Regulator Heatsink Set for Accelero

The cooler comes with ram and vrm heatsinks, although because of the difference between the reference card and ones used by XFX ect, i'd do a bit a digging just to make sure the sinks do actually fit your card

Schizo · 19 Aug 2011 at 10:49

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18301805

ive got this card.

Grandmaster Fap! · 19 Aug 2011 at 10:54

schizo said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18301805

ive got this card.

Same as me, cooler has the vrm sinks we need

Schizo · 19 Aug 2011 at 11:06

Castor said:
Same as me, cooler has the vrm sinks we need

look's like ill be getting a new cooler as well then

rocsen · 19 Aug 2011 at 12:22

Tealc said:
Looks like the Twin Turbo does indeed have the fan controlled by the graphics card PWM. It also comes with adaptors for PSU running at different voltages too.

Shame it's three slots really from the OPs point of view.

I may be way off here but doesn't the Prolimatech MK-13 support two slot spacing when the fans are placed in the horizontal plane?

Again expensive and you have to supply your own fans. -- £40 each.

Looks like it's just too big. The card + Asus cooler is about 38.5mm and the MK-13 is 43.5mm excluding the card
Something like that would be ideal though with top mounted fan.

Thanks for the suggestion

rocsen · 21 Aug 2011 at 12:32

Tealc said:
The Setsugen 2 is compatible but you'll need something to cool the VRM. 6850 is tricky as it's not top end and therefore doesn't attract that many solutions.

Looks like this might be the only option. How would you suggest cooling the VRM's? I probably won't be able to fit a side case fan because the heatsink is already so high.

beninfluence · 21 Aug 2011 at 13:26

rocsen said:
I'm looking for an aftermarket cooler that won't take up more than 2 slots including the card.

This one looks like it might fit but not sure if it supports the 6850
http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/vga/002/scvms1000_detail.html

Are there any others?

Thanks

I've got this cooler and it's really good. If it's turned down it's very quiet but still cools well. If it's turned up the cooling is superb. Got my card massively overclocked and it bearly even breaks a sweat, even in Furmark!