Graphics card just exploded

[Radec]

My graphics card exploded inside my case, opened it to find the fan on the card is naff, and one of the fins broke off.
I took apart the fan and the card seems to work fine still, but it will heat up like a pizza without a fan, so any ideas what i should do??

It was a Radeon x-edition 7870, wern't that bad really, handled games pretty well, it was just so noisy.

Should I just upgrade and get a new card?

Comments on what you would do would be nice, thanks.

 

[BriT]

Any warranty left on it? budget on new card?

 

[Hyburnate]

You'll probably have some warranty left however as you've fiddled with it it might not be RMAable. I would buy an aftermarket GPU cooler.

 

[Radec]

Nothing, bought the card from a friend a while ago.
No budget really. But the most demanding game I play is skyrim i think.

 

[MasterOC]

I'd just drop a 120 ish odd quid on a 270x , same card pretty much slightly better performing . Unless you wanna push up to a 280x I see no reason to spend more

 

[Doogles]

Spend £30 on a Gelid Icy Vision? It will be much cheaper than replacing it with another same level of performance card.

 

[Davedree]

Just buy either a replacement fan/ shroud off a known site. or diy with a 80-120mm fans yourself

 

[pandem0nium]

+1 for the icy vision (2). I had one on a 7850 and it turned it into an overclocking demon!

 

[Radec]

Thank you for the replies, I'll look into cooling it myself.

 

[Scougar]

Just buy either a replacement fan/ shroud off a known site. or diy with a 80-120mm fans yourself

Do this... strap a 120mm fan to it with cable ties temporarily until you can get a more permanent solution.