7970/50 Arctic Accelero Users

MOOGLEYS · 2 Mar 2013 at 14:41

I have just used some Arctic Silver ASTA-7G to fit all the sinks to my reference 7970. Good job I did a decent job as I doubt they will ever come off again..

I have not tried it yet as I'm loving my 680 to much at the moment but will try later.

I love the quote on the fitting instructions.

Precaution:
Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive is a permanent adhesive. Components you attach with Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive will
stay attached forever.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 15:24

Looks good Matt

Do you know why the wattage was different? Seems odd.

Any chance of a pic of the overall card with the best setup of sinks for me to follow? Unless you've already posted one....... I'm still half asleep

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 15:55

l33th3tr33 said:
Looks good Matt Do you know why the wattage was different? Seems odd.

Any chance of a pic of the overall card with the best setup of sinks for me to follow? Unless you've already posted one....... I'm still half asleep

Having now tested every possible Accelero heatsink setup, this is the best possible placement to keep vrm temps low. I highly recommend using arctic's permanent adhesive (the new glue that comes with accelero's as it should come off with some effort) on the vrm's. Keep tape/G1 for the vram chips.

~Mike~ · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:34

You know what you have to do now don't you Matt.

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:38

Mike306 said:
You know what you have to do now don't you Matt.

Win the lottery? I'm a tryin.

~Mike~ · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:46

LtMatt said:
Win the lottery? I'm a tryin.

I'm going to win the lottery.

As you like to fiddle so much, I think its time for you to get one of these on your card.

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:50

Mike306 said:
I'm going to win the lottery.

As you like to fiddle so much, I think its time for you to get one of these on your card.

That's the next logical step for my next rig but this one has plenty of life left in it yet. Once i can't max games out/run games smoothly at 1440p ill upgrade.

whyscotty · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:11

Well chaps, I've sold my babies to a fellow forum member.(seekdestroy)

It's been a pleasure but now I've returned to the green side

Gregster · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:13

whyscotty said:
Well chaps, I've sold my babies to a fellow forum member.(seekdestroy)

It's been a pleasure but now I've returned to the green side

Have a shower first to get rid of the smell and then we welcome you back with open arms

(Use Vim in the shower and plenty of disinfectant(maybe better to have two showers))

Uncle Petey · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:23

Someone defend us peasants from the AMD basher!

Uncle Petey · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:01

Anyhoo, good stuff Matt. I've only been telling you to use thermal glue for what seems like forever

Btw, got a spare enzo sink? I may require one

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:06

Uncle Petey said:
Anyhoo, good stuff Matt. I've only been telling you to use thermal glue for what seems like forever

Btw, got a spare enzo sink? I may require one

Yeah i wonder if the peter stuff is the same as the accelro uses, it looks identical. Provides a really good fit. Delighted with my new vrm temps.

Yeah if you need one drop me a trust.

Uncle Petey · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:13

Dunno if it's the same stuff. Did you do a test with it at all?
If it is like it, it'll dry in a rubber sealant kinda way. Not exactly, but very similar.
Definitely doesn't dry like cement.

tommybhoy · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:20

whyscotty said:
Well chaps, I've sold my babies to a fellow forum member.(seekdestroy)

It's been a pleasure but now I've returned to the green side

Gregster said:
Have a shower first to get rid of the smell and then we welcome you back with open arms

(Use Vim in the shower and plenty of disinfectant(maybe better to have two showers coz you won't have another for a while now your back to Nvidia))

Uncle Petey said:
Someone defend us peasants from the AMD basher!

Done!

Good luck Neil and I look forward to your future clash of the titans with greg.

Gregster · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:28

All good Jest and I expect it back

wazza300 · 2 Mar 2013 at 18:43

im sure the 8k series will lure you back to the red team

I heard they kick titans butt

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 19:37

whyscotty said:
Well chaps, I've sold my babies to a fellow forum member.(seekdestroy)

It's been a pleasure but now I've returned to the green side

You will be missed Scotty. You were the 'Good Guy' of the AMD'ers.

Gregster said:
Have a shower first to get rid of the smell and then we welcome you back with open arms

(Use Vim in the shower and plenty of disinfectant(maybe better to have two showers))

We are like hair. We get cleaner the less we wash, right lads?

wazza300 said:
im sure the 8k series will lure you back to the red team I heard they kick titans butt

That's what 8pack says. Knowing AMD it will be priced around £300-£450 as well so can *hopefully* expect a nice saving compared to a £850-£1000 titan.

l33th3tr33 · 2 Mar 2013 at 20:14

And I've just bloody got a new gpu. bugger. When shall we be expecting said 8K series?

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2013 at 20:16

l33th3tr33 said:
And I've just bloody got a new gpu. bugger. When shall we be expecting said 8K series?

October-December.

Uncle Petey · 2 Mar 2013 at 20:28

LtMatt said:
Right lads. Phew what a day yesterday. Disgruntled i trundled off to bed and watched a double bill of emmerdale and thought things through, like any man would. Dreamt all night about gpu coolers, paste, heatsinks and annoyingly that bloody arnie picture that pete posted a page back. Anyway i digress...

Ahh, that cracked me up