5870 Running a bit loud

[kram2803]

Hi my 5870 is kinda running loud and a bit hot and I was thinking of getting an aftermarket cooler for GPU can anyone suggest a good cooler?

I know upgrading it would be the best solution but I can still run my games on this GPU so not planning on upgrading it just yet.

 

[kram2803]

Thanks for your reply, gonna see if I can find that cooler. If there's any other good kit out there please do recommend

I haven't checked my GPU temp but I can tell its getting hot and loud at times when I'm playing my game.

Edit: Been thinking of removing the cooler and clean it properly and apply new thermal paste.

 

[kram2803]

Yep GPU is definitely hot its at 83 Celsius :/.

Is it easy to dismantle the cooler on this GPU? I have sapphire 5870.

 

[kram2803]

Go mad and water cool it ,
mine never went over 40c @ full load

Good idea, but I'd rather upgrade it than get water cool -.-

 

[kram2803]

is the fan bearing knackered if so get a new fan for about a tenner and replace along with some new paste . ive just done my 5850 in my lads pc and it idles@24 c with the fan@30 %

cheers

Not quite sure if the bearing is making the noisy i just think its running a bit hot so the fan is working as hard to cool it down. How big is this gpu fan i can replace it with?

 

[kram2803]

83° is fine if your card is under load?

Yeah it was under load, just re-applied MX-2 and dusted the heat pipe now will see how hot it will get after an hour or so of playing.

so far its at 55*C so and not making loud noise yet.

 

[kram2803]

Is it a reference card? I had two when they came out and can remember them sounding like a plane under load!

Yeah its a reference card, and yeah true its loud but now its quiet again .

@weewyum, I go to Winchester Uni ^^ just saw your location and this is completely out of topic >.<

 

[kram2803]

I had two XFX ones, both of them ran about that at load. It was just a relatively hot card compared to todays.

Couldn't agree more, but for my needs this card can still hander my games at high settings. I would watercool it but only if i can OC my whole rig but im only using 4570 i5.