Vega 56 reference blower replacement

[porina]

Had a Vega 56 in reference blower design since it came out, and I suspect it is losing some stability from heat. While I could tinker with voltages and things, I think I'm overdue looking at replacing the cooling solution on it, but to what? Are there still aftermarket alternatives? I'm struggling to find anything so far... I will consider water, air, and hybrid solutions.

[Jurrunio]

I know Raijintek Morpheus II can fit, but you're not having any other PCIe expansion cards after installing that (3 slots just with the heatsink, more with fans)

[porina]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I know Raijintek Morpheus II can fit, but you're not having any other PCIe expansion cards after installing that (3 slots just with the heatsink, more with fans)

Thanks for suggestion. Looks like that would only cool the core area, not other things?

 

Seeing if I can find any water blocks that fit it at moment, might have found one but need to check my exact model to be sure. 

[ch3w2oy]

I honestly wouldn't put much money into it.. Sell it and upgrade for a nice air cooled Vega 64 for about the same price as this is going to cost you.. 

 

Here's a dumb expensive solution.. 

 

There are cheaper AIOs you can put on it as well, just search Google for Vega 64 Waterblock.. 

[TVwazhere]

5 minutes ago, porina said:

Thanks for suggestion. Looks like that would only cool the core area, not other things?

I believe the cooler comes with individual heatsinks you place on memory modules and the mosfets/chokes, much like you'd put thermalpads on them for a water block. 

[porina]

24 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

I honestly wouldn't put much money into it.. Sell it and upgrade for a nice air cooled Vega 64 for about the same price as this is going to cost you.. 

Me and selling things never happen. All that would mean is I'd end up with a Vega 64 in addition to existing 56. And I really don't want another heater.

 

24 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

There are cheaper AIOs you can put on it as well, just search Google for Vega 64 Waterblock.. 

You think I haven't tried? I'm currently looking at some full cover blocks which I can use with existing kit I already have.

[DildorTheDecent]

32 minutes ago, porina said:

not other things?

Comes with several heatsinks

[ch3w2oy]

7 minutes ago, porina said:

Me and selling things never happen. All that would mean is I'd end up with a Vega 64 in addition to existing 56. And I really don't want another heater.

 

You think I haven't tried? I'm currently looking at some full cover blocks which I can use with existing kit I already have.

Tried what? Using one or searching for one? lol

 

 

Just trying to help..

[porina]

Just now, ch3w2oy said:

Tried what? Using one or searching for one? lol

Searching. Was hoping for some more solid suggestions, not go Google it. Appreciate the effort but sell and replace isn't my thing.

[Stefan Payne]

Here how Accelero would be:

https://imgur.com/gallery/qG5J3

[ch3w2oy]

Just now, porina said:

Searching. Was hoping for some more solid suggestions, not go Google it. Appreciate the effort but sell and replace isn't my thing.

Sorry..

 

I would try a kit like this.. I like water for some reason..

 

https://www.ekfluidgaming.com/ek-fluid-gaming-a240r

[GrockleTD]

@porina see if arctic has anything, i know they make some GPU heatsinks

[GrockleTD]

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga.html

[Quadriplegic]

If your card is reference, this should fit:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BYKSKI-A-VEGA-FE-X-Full-Cover-Graphics-Card-Radiator-use-for-AMD-Radeon-Vega-Frontier/32824235355.html

Or if you fancy something fancier:
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-radeon-vega-acetal-nickel

 

[porina]

57 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Here how Accelero would be:

https://imgur.com/gallery/qG5J3

I'm not so into custom mods these days...

55 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

I would try a kit like this.. I like water for some reason..

 

https://www.ekfluidgaming.com/ek-fluid-gaming-a240r

I knew they did a kit like that but couldn't find it. Thanks for the link, at least I have a name now. This is interesting if not a cheap solution, but 

47 minutes ago, Grockle88 said:

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga.html

None of them seem to list Vega compatibility.

41 minutes ago, Quadriplegic said:

If your card is reference, this should fit:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BYKSKI-A-VEGA-FE-X-Full-Cover-Graphics-Card-Radiator-use-for-AMD-Radeon-Vega-Frontier/32824235355.html

Or if you fancy something fancier:
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-radeon-vega-acetal-nickel

Thanks for suggestions. I didn't manage to find the ekwb one myself earlier, the ones I did find were all out of stock.

 

Ok, thanks all. Lots of suggestions to look at in more detail.

[ch3w2oy]

I was going to buy that kit when I had my liquid Vega 64.. You might even see a good bump in preformance.. I spent over $500 on my custom loop so that's a pretty good budget alternative, IMO... 

[porina]

Just now, ch3w2oy said:

I was going to buy that kit when I had my liquid Vega 64.. You might even see a good bump in preformance.. I spent over $500 on my custom loop so that's a pretty good budget alternative, IMO... 

I'd really hope water would give a significant boost, as with the current cooler you see the clocks drop like a rock which doesn't help when trying to competitively bench it. 

[ch3w2oy]

27 minutes ago, porina said:

I'd really hope water would give a significant boost, as with the current cooler you see the clocks drop like a rock which doesn't help when trying to competitively bench it. 

Yea I don't like the reference cooler.. I never even tried my VII  with the air cooler lol.. Water cooled, it's a sick card that gives me the same or similar performance as my 2080 did.. 

[Vorde]

I have a Vega 64 that's a reference styled blower card that sounds like it's turning into a jet engine whenever I play games that push it.

I was thinking of modifying it and taking the shrouding off of the heatsink fins and just zip tying Noctua fans to it (I don't care too much if it's ugly)

Does anyone have any experience with modifying blower cards or any AIO or Fan solutions to keep temps and noise down? 

Any ideas or solutions that don't require $300 or more for liquid cooling? Thank you!

[IAmAndre]

On 5/16/2019 at 8:32 PM, porina said:

I'm not so into custom mods these days...

I knew they did a kit like that but couldn't find it. Thanks for the link, at least I have a name now. This is interesting if not a cheap solution, but 

None of them seem to list Vega compatibility.

Thanks for suggestions. I didn't manage to find the ekwb one myself earlier, the ones I did find were all out of stock.

 

Ok, thanks all. Lots of suggestions to look at in more detail.

Reviving this old thread. What did you end up doing? I'm kinda sick and tired of my Vega being noisy when gaming.

[porina]

5 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

Reviving this old thread. What did you end up doing? I'm kinda sick and tired of my Vega being noisy when gaming.

Nothing. I just stopped using the Vega 56 anywhere I cared about noise.

[Whiro]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

Nothing. I just stopped using the Vega 56 anywhere I cared about noise.

Well you still can sort it out ... I think. Not sure how vegas are build but if you can strip out the shroud and just leave the heatsink, you can always attach some case fan to the heatsink, I’ve done it before and worked really well

[IAmAndre]

I'm personally too lazy/busy to make a mod so I think the best solution is to put the case away from me, like on the floor, an extra table, or a sound proof closet.

[jerzymaczewski]

Hi. I did something simple. I replaced the stock fan with new one from Aliexpress. There are "buzzing" fans and "silent" ones. It's hit or miss situation, so i tried 3 different models. Now I have much more quiet vega 56 blower style card. This model did work for me https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/32831903604.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.40d05c0fEyQB3I. It's a little less tall than the original fan, but it seems to keep stock air flow parameters.

 

It's running Folding@Home 24/7 and the noise is much more acceptable. 

 

EDIT: I cannot give You guys any guarantee of spectacular success. The trick did work for me and for my gaming and computing preferences. I did not perform any complex tests of this solution yet,  just daily workloads. And of course if You break Your GPU during disassembly process - don't look at me