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Inexpensive Aftermarket AMD Graphics Cooler

iamdarkyoshi
By iamdarkyoshi
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My brother needs a new graphics card cooler. I made a bodgesink using an old dell heatsink and a 3d printed shroud, but I was limited on the size due to the fact that his motherboard has a soundcard right next to the card. The original heatsink went over 100 degrees within 5 seconds of benchmarking. A bit too warm.

My heatsink (which is a blower style configuration, but using a standard fan) stays at about 85 degrees under full load, and the fan is really loud. The problem is that the graphics card can be a maximum thickness of 2 slots. The existing heatsink does not go very far in the horizontal or vertical directions, so surface area is limited on my custom heatsink.

Does anyone know of a CHEAP aftermarket cooler for this HD6870? He was hoping on around 25 bucks. We arent doing any serious overclocking, as it was a really cheap card, which is an HIS brand.

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Does anyone know of a CHEAP aftermarket cooler for this HD6870? He was hoping on around 25 bucks. We arent doing any serious overclocking, as it was a really cheap card, which is an HIS brand.

The Arctic Accelero L2 is a good choice. I had one on an HIS HD 6870 myself and it worked very well. Practically inaudible even at max fan speeds.

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You could see if arctic makes a cooler for it, they probably do.

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The Arctic Accelero L2 is a good choice. I had one on an HIS HD 6870 myself and it worked very well. Practically inaudible even at max fan speeds.

 

 

You could see if arctic makes a cooler for it, they probably do.

 

Aren't they 2.5 slot coolers?

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Aren't they 2.5 slot coolers?

 

 

I think so, I'm not entirely sure. You'd have to do further research.

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The Arctic Accelero L2 is a good choice. I had one on an HIS HD 6870 myself and it worked very well. Practically inaudible even at max fan speeds.

That one looks like it would work, and if it is too thick, I could use my existing setup that blows air in from the side and it comes out the other side. I just wish my personal crossfired 7950s would do that. They just re-heat the expelled air...

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