Replacement HSF for Zotac GTX 970?

[whm1974]

A while back I took out my Zotac GTX 970 due to rebooting, losing single to Display, or logging out. Now I just had the thought of maybe I just need the HSF replace instead.

 

However since these things are custom to the Card, I'm quite sure it is not easy to find a suitable replacement or even all that easy to remove the old one...

 

So what do I do? MY GTX 760 /w 4GB does work enough for the games I'm playing 2560x1600 but sooner or later I need to get a new card.

[LIGISTX]

2 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

A while back I took out my Zotac GTX 970 due to rebooting, losing single to Display, or logging out. Now I just had the thought of maybe I just need the HSF replace instead.

 

However since these things are custom to the Card, I'm quite sure it is not easy to find a suitable replacement or even all that easy to remove the old one...

 

So what do I do? MY GTX 760 /w 4GB does work enough for the games I'm playing 2560x1600 but sooner or later I need to get a new card.

Did you actually verify it was an overheating issue? If it is, simply repasting it may be all you need. Just take the heatsink off and remove old thermal paste (on the GPU die only, can reuse the thermal pads) and apply new better paste. If it was not actually an overheating issue....... the card just could have let the smoke out

[whm1974]

3 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Did you actually verify it was an overheating issue? If it is, simply repasting it may be all you need. Just take the heatsink off and remove old thermal paste (on the GPU die only, can reuse the thermal pads) and apply new better paste. If it was not actually an overheating issue....... the card just could have let the smoke out

Well the card works fine as long as I'm not gaming. It is a single fan Zotac GTX 970. But good idea with the paste. So I leave the pad on then?

[aDoomGuy]

I would first verify that it is due to temps and then if it's just the fans you need you can get them easily off ebay.

 

Here

 

Here

 

And here

 

Just search for Zotac 970 fan replacement

 

Or you can even get a broken card as donor card for the full heatsink and fans. I got fan replacements for my Asus HD 7850 back in the day after one of the fans exploded.... but replacement worked fine, card was good as new.

[LIGISTX]

1 hour ago, whm1974 said:

Well the card works fine as long as I'm not gaming. It is a single fan Zotac GTX 970. But good idea with the paste. So I leave the pad on then?

Just because it works when not gaming doesn't mean its a thermal issue. Use MSI Afterburner to check GPU temps.

[whm1974]

2 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Just because it works when not gaming doesn't mean its a thermal issue. Use MSI Afterburner to check GPU temps.

That will work for Zotac brand cards?

[LIGISTX]

6 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

That will work for Zotac brand cards?

Yes, its just a program made by MSI, it works for all cards, nvidia or AMD, by any manufacturer. 

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, LIGISTX said:

Yes, its just a program made by MSI, it works for all cards, nvidia or AMD, by any manufacturer. 

Thanks. I'll check later tonite.