Arctic Cooling..

Dustee · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:10

Ok soo i've been pondering and pondering over an upgrade on my gpu but have finally decided against it as its just not justifyable for many different reasons..

Soo back to where I was to start with.. I have a pair of Sapphire HD4870s in crossfire and well these things run damn HOT...!! and so the fans kick in which Sounds nothing short of a Jumbo Jet launchin itself out of my room.!!!!!!

Tempted by; Accelero Xtreme PLUS II - 1 for each card obviously.. anyone able to give these the recommendations of performance they claim to achieve..?

Grandmaster Fap! · 12 Feb 2012 at 20:11

That thing seems a bit extreme(haha) for that card, surely better coolers for cheaper than that. I have the Accelero twin turbo pro on my 6870, very cool and quiet but have no idea if it would fit a 4870.

Surveyor · 12 Feb 2012 at 20:25

Cheapish and cheerful:

Akasa AK-VC03-BLUV Vortexx NEO VGA Cooler

FYI Dustee, your signature could do with a tweak:

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Dustee · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:17

Castor said:
That thing seems a bit extreme(haha) for that card, surely better coolers for cheaper than that. I have the Accelero twin turbo pro on my 6870, very cool and quiet but have no idea if it would fit a 4870.

Bit extreme as may be but seriously these cards are ramping my case temps so much cos' theyre just blowin' too hot! and theyre LOUD when the fans kick in..

Besides .. i'd keep the stock coolers that i'll remove and replace them in the future when i take them out for upgrade and i'll likely fit these coolers to my new card(s) at the time..

Surveyor said:
Cheapish and cheerful:

Akasa AK-VC03-BLUV Vortexx NEO VGA Cooler

FYI Dustee, your signature could do with a tweak:

think it looks a; bit tacky (not a fan of the whole blue led / glow look..) and b; well i want to see noticable temp drops ideally..

As for the sig.. if you're implying to the res of 400x75 it originally was.. but when i linked it in; it kept cropping .. so i cut it down a touch

koooowweeee · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:24

Would be better selling the old card and adding the money you were going to spend cooling them and buy a new cooler quieter more power full single card

Surveyor · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:29

Dustee said:
think it looks a; bit tacky (not a fan of the whole blue led / glow look..) and b; well i want to see noticable temp drops ideally..

No problem, I just thought I'd throw it out there.

Dustee said:
As for the sig.. if you're implying to the res of 400x75 it originally was.. but when i linked it in; it kept cropping .. so i cut it down a touch

Your image would appear to be over the 20KB size limit and if you use an image all you're allowed to add is one line of normal or smaller sized text directly above or below and with no spaces between the image and the text.

Deception · 13 Feb 2012 at 06:38

I had the the Akasa Vortexx on my old 4870 and it made it a lot cooler compared to the stock one.

I also have the accelero Xtreme PLUS on my current 470 and yea, its very quiet and keeps the card very cool too

. Although make sure you got enough room between each card because these coolers are BIG!

Dustee · 13 Feb 2012 at 10:35

Deception said:
I had the the Akasa Vortexx on my old 4870 and it made it a lot cooler compared to the stock one.

I also have the accelero Xtreme PLUS on my current 470 and yea, its very quiet and keeps the card very cool too . Although make sure you got enough room between each card because these coolers are BIG!

With the current Setup i could easily slot another card between the 2 i have in crossfire now so assuming room isnt an issue to the size of these things.. i just wondered if they would live up to their expectations