Looking for: Asus GTX1070 ROG STRIX Heatsink assembly/Fan Assembly

SoupyCat · 4 Nov 2020 at 12:38

hoping someone can help me, im looking for the daisy chain fans for an asus rog strix 1070, or the entire heatsink assembly, ideally in the uk for postage.

be it from someone who watercooled their 1070 and has no intention to use the air cooler again, or one from a dead card, since i don't really want to wait a month or longer for 3 fans from china, since mine are failing and id like to get it fixed asap.

any help is appreciated. TIA

t31os · 5 Nov 2020 at 15:33

You can't solicit secondhand sales outside the members market here, so that popular secondhand market website is one avenue to take. Another avenue to consider if it's proving a nightmare to source the particular fans(for any sensible amount of money) is to consider removing the fan shroud from the GPU(should be a few clips and/or screws), so the heatsink remains and installing a PCI slot fan holder under the GPU (essentially a bracket for holding case fans under the GPU) and plonking 2x 120 or 140mm fans on it.

SoupyCat · 5 Nov 2020 at 15:38

ive checked the secondhand market website, and its around £30 + the month or more wait time for 3 fans, pulled from used cards in seemingly poor cosmetic condition, or potluck condition at least.

i was more hoping someone would be generous enough to say ''thats an old card now, i have 3 fans laying around you can have'' as to stick within the rules, and since id like to vertical mount it, the bodge fan fix is well and truly out of the window. sure, its an older card, but im not loaded and i cant afford the 3xxx series nvidia cards or the latest AMD variants, so im trying to make do with what i can find... probably going to end up having to pay the £30 from china

t31os · 7 Nov 2020 at 03:37

Given the situation you find yourself in, wouldn't it be easier to forget vertical mounting it so you can solve the issue sooner?

Had to bodge one of my old cards when all the fans(triple fans, very similar kind of thing to yours) died one after the other, wish i'd realised the PCI fan holder solution at the time as i just cable tied two 140mm case fans onto the card(with the shroud removed), looked pretty bad but ran cooler and quieter than it ever had before.

SoupyCat · 7 Nov 2020 at 08:40

t31os said:
Given the situation you find yourself in, wouldn't it be easier to forget vertical mounting it so you can solve the issue sooner?

Had to bodge one of my old cards when all the fans(triple fans, very similar kind of thing to yours) died one after the other, wish i'd realised the PCI fan holder solution at the time as i just cable tied two 140mm case fans onto the card(with the shroud removed), looked pretty bad but ran cooler and quieter than it ever had before.

how did you wire the fans to the card? straight 12v or soldered onto the cable that uses the cards power? if i absolutely have to use case fans, id at least like the fans to use the fan curve, or be off if not needed

Joxeon · 7 Nov 2020 at 08:52

SoupyCat said:
how did you wire the fans to the card? straight 12v or soldered onto the cable that uses the cards power? if i absolutely have to use case fans, id at least like the fans to use the fan curve, or be off if not needed

You wire them to the motherboard. The downside being the fan control tied in with the Gpu which I think you can get around with software or just run the fans at like a static 60-70% which would still be cooler than the Gpu fans running at 100%.

SoupyCat · 7 Nov 2020 at 08:54

i mean 2 of them are currently always set to 50%, since they both work fine like that, and it isnt TOO loud, i just wanted to try keep the aesthetic of the card

Joxeon · 7 Nov 2020 at 08:56

SoupyCat said:
i mean 2 of them are currently always set to 50%, since they both work fine like that, and it isnt TOO loud, i just wanted to try keep the aesthetic of the card

It just gives you a temporary option and buys some time for you to try source a replacement cheaper/better quality.

t31os · 7 Nov 2020 at 19:11

SoupyCat said:
how did you wire the fans to the card? straight 12v or soldered onto the cable that uses the cards power? if i absolutely have to use case fans, id at least like the fans to use the fan curve, or be off if not needed

The fans i used where fractal case fans, they ran quiet at full speed and i had them hooked upto the fan controller on the case (set to medium initially, but found the noise levels unnoticeable at max, so left them maxed out). Fractal fans are aren't really high performance, but they were hands down beating the cooling the card came with.

In my case, i don't think i'd have had enough connections for the fans on the motherboard alongside the case fans, so were it not for the fan controller i'd probably have powered them off molex and voltage modded them if they were on the noisy side full tilt (that's basically what the fan controller is doing, just with a switch on the end).