Help Palit

[sedativeaxis]

Hi, I have a Palit R700, one of the fans has broken and the card is out of warranty, I really want to avoid the extortionate repair costs by sending it back if I can! Does anybody know of anywhere to get a replacement fan or full fan housing? I have already been in touch with Palit and they told me they do not supply replacement parts. I have also searched all over the Internet for any means of getting hold of a part with no luck.
Its no fun playing my games on the lowest graphics setting and most of them wont run at all I'm definitely not taking the risk of running it with only one fan!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sedativeaxis]

No, I will have a look around and see what I can find, there must be aftermarket coolers for the card as it is basically a Radeon HD 4870 X2 which has been over-clocked by Palit and a new cooling system installed.

Thanks for the info, are there any aftermarket solutions that you would recommend that are not needing a water cool system?

 

[sedativeaxis]

Thats the one Surveyor!

 

[sedativeaxis]

Thanks for your help, I will see what I can get my hands on. It seems I am going to be paying through the teeth whatever I do as most reasonable priced coolers seem have been discontinued due to the age of the card!
I will not give up on this monster! ha ha!

Thanks again for everyone's help in this matter.

 

[sedativeaxis]

Thankyou so much, I will hunt one down even if it takes me a week!

 

[sedativeaxis]

Did I say a week? I meant a year... ha!
Hopefully with a new cooler I may even be able to get access back to the three sata ports blocked off by the three slot monstrosity!

 

[sedativeaxis]

The Accelero cooler is 3 slot as well

Never mind, i have done without them so far, I can make do with 2!


What do you think about fitting a regular pc fan on top of the card? would the cooling be sufficient enough for me to play my games until I manage to find a proper solution? Or is it going to be too far away from the heat sink?

 

[sedativeaxis]

Give it a go.

You'll soon find out if the temperatures are too high.

You probably need a fan similar in size to the existing one so that it blows down through the hole in the cooler, if you see what I mean.

Yeah I have one the same size, just a couple of extra holes to drill as the mounting holes don't match up, I'll just try it and hope for the best

Thanks again for all your help!

 

[sedativeaxis]

sounds like a fun project, maybe it will be a 4 slot beast when you have finished

Yep, Its a 4 slot beast alright, good job I have a big pc case
To be honest, the card actually runs twice as cool since this botched job! Happy days!!!!