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MSI R6850 "Dual Fan Edition"

Fan was delayed - the pack of 20 akasa pins I ordered were mis-stocked, fan and some other pins should be in tomorrow. Will let you know how I get on, worst comes to the worst I'll probably do the same and connect it up to the motherboard!
 
humax said:
Did you take the MSI fans off first,before you put the other fans on
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yup, theres a couple of catches holding the frame/fans onto the cooler, clicked them off and it comes off so you can get to the 4 pin connection on the pcb.

when i get chance i might run cable ties around the outside of the fans to hold them together a bit better.
 
Same story as mp260767 - the 4 pin socket on the graphics card is definitely non-standard, so I've cable tied mine to the heatsink and plugged it in to a motherboard header now too.

Running Battlefield 3 on ultra at 1440 x 900, at a max temp of ~60 degrees (With one 92mm fan) in blissful near silence :D
 
JonSmith said:
My MSI 6850 OC power edition has a single 92mm fan and the temps are fine, so I say you only really need one.
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yeah seen the 1 fan editions, mine had 2 so thought i'd try 2 :).

could cut it down to one as long as i can get it positioned right over the chip.

humax said:
Nice one,does the fan blow on to it or does it suck off
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i've set mine up to blow onto the cooler, just seemed better to try and cool it over removing air from the card.
 
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Yeah, I would say one is fine. As mp260767 says, I've positioned my one fan in the middle of the sink over the top of the GPU chip.

That said, I've also left it at default clock speeds for now - I'm imagining it'll get pretty toasty at higher rates. I'd definitely go for a two fan setup on it if you are planning on clocking - possibly even the default fan!
 
Hey up I had mine delivered yesterday and after opening I checked to make sure mine wasn't the same and it isn't send it back I have full control over it an all 4 wires are there
 
Emcjames2 said:
Hey up I had mine delivered yesterday and after opening I checked to make sure mine wasn't the same and it isn't send it back I have full control over it an all 4 wires are there
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sounds promising, can you confirm you hear the difference when you use afterburner to set the fans to 10% and 100% ?

not doubting you, but my wiring looked pretty solid but afterburner had no effect :(.
 
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