Icy Vision 2 SLI pics

Ok guys ive put in my 2 icy vision rev 2 coolers, what a pain in the ass they where. First took my 1 hour 20 minutes!! instructions are poor. Second took me half hour ish. Anyway i have to say i was really worried about the spacing between the 2 cards in sli, talking 2mm. Doesnt seem to affect the temps though too badly to be honest. Anyway heres a few pics guys.


The LOUD horrible looking coolers that where on it, god i hated them.

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My motherboard spacing inside the antec 1200 on this z68 board. i was worried from the off , these things aint small.

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Here they are all fitted, aint the easiest thing ive ever done to be honest but enjoyed the challenge.

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Side view of these

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This is how much space i didnt have haha.

Anyway guys after setting it all up, the noise on 100 percent fan is really low, no more squealing WOOT. And the temps on idle for single top card was 20 degrees, load was 41 on crysis 2. Then i added both cards and the top card is running a little warmer, but i can imagine that normal with the lack of space.

All in all very happy with the change, hope this helps someone in the future. Be warned though changing the cooler can be really headworking haha

Nice one. What is the noise output on them like?

Mate they are about as noisy as my gentle typhoons, seriously quiet on 100 percent fan speed think the box says 26db or something

That is a tight fit.

Must be much quieter than stock cooler though even if there are 4 fans spinning at 2000rpm at least they are 80/92mm ones.

Quieter would have been the Arctic Accelero extreme plus 2 with it's three fans on pwm control. Still would occupy three slots but would have course be longer. If you are happy then great. Not much point going too quiet if you have 1850 GTs anyway.

Yeah mate i dont regret this, really happy with the change. Just ran a test on kombuster maxed out. And as i thought the temps are different big time. But top card even mostly blocked is only hitting 61. bottom shows how good these coolers are. 37 degrees. http://www.ozone3d.net/msi_kombustor/score_200.php?id=21685

I was looking at what coolers I'd need if i ever SLI'd my 470 (Currently using a the accelero xtreme plus one). So, this thread has helped a lot in that decision.

Thanks!

I currently have 2 of these passively cooling to GTX 460's, yep thats right I removed the fans so mine are 0db. I have these in a HAF 932 though so this helps a lot, top card hits low to mid 70's under 100% load quite acceptable.

good coolers!

yeah the top card does get hotter than the other, its to be expected. Runs bf3 on ultra without breaking a sweat, top card is hit 58 2nd card hit 41 after 3 hours on bf3. Delighted.

Bit of an overclock and tested again, all good http://www.ozone3d.net/msi_kombustor/score_200.php?id=21790