HD 5850 replacement cooler

[flown]

Hey, I am new to this forum, so I hope that I've posted this at the right  place... If not, sorry.

 

I've got a little problem with a broken GPU cooler (reference design) for my HD5850. The fan is still rotating, but in an annoyingly loud way.

I don't want to buy an expensive new graphics card since I plan to spend the money on a new PC in maybe a year or two but I need a silent machine now.

I just wanted to hear if you guys can recommend any super cheap cooling solutions for my card since I am having trouble to find a fitting cooler for less than the price of a new GPU or if you think that it's cheaper to just get a super cheap new card. And if so, which one for under 50$ would you recommend?

Thanks a lot 

[Gunjob]

I think you can get a faulty HD5850 off ebay for that, find one with a dead GPU but working fan, thats your only option for that price other than taping a 120mm fan to the card. @flown

 

Ninja edit: Or the Arctic Accelero L2 Plus, didn't know it was that cheap. 

[Lord Pantaloons]

Arctic Accelero L2 Plus

 

http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga/accelero-l2-plus.html

 

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Plus-VGA-Cooler/dp/B005I9IM4E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396689310&sr=8-1&keywords=arctic+accelero+l2+plus

[brownninja97]

Hey, I am new to this forum, so I hope that I've posted this at the right  place... If not, sorry.

 

I've got a little problem with a broken GPU cooler (reference design) for my HD5850. The fan is still rotating, but in an annoyingly loud way.

I don't want to buy an expensive new graphics card since I plan to spend the money on a new PC in maybe a year or two but I need a silent machine now.

I just wanted to hear if you guys can recommend any super cheap cooling solutions for my card since I am having trouble to find a fitting cooler for less than the price of a new GPU or if you think that it's cheaper to just get a super cheap new card. And if so, which one for under 50$ would you recommend?

Thanks a lot 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelid-Solutions-Vision-CrossFire-Compatible/dp/B009S1OO4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396689470&sr=8-1&keywords=5850+cooler

 

That cooler is supported, maybe one of the arctic coolers will work, im not too sure, i would recommend that you upgrade however, a 7750 can best your card and its not much more and it runs on fairy dust, honestly its like 40watts 

[xToFxREAPER]

Hey, I am new to this forum, so I hope that I've posted this at the right  place... If not, sorry.

 

I've got a little problem with a broken GPU cooler (reference design) for my HD5850. The fan is still rotating, but in an annoyingly loud way.

I don't want to buy an expensive new graphics card since I plan to spend the money on a new PC in maybe a year or two but I need a silent machine now.

I just wanted to hear if you guys can recommend any super cheap cooling solutions for my card since I am having trouble to find a fitting cooler for less than the price of a new GPU or if you think that it's cheaper to just get a super cheap new card. And if so, which one for under 50$ would you recommend?

Thanks a lot 

personally i think i would just get a cheap 750ti. ive seen them for as cheap as $130 but that depends where you live.

[brownninja97]

On the other hand you could go passive but you will need space, a lot of it.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-Accelero-Graphics-Cooler/dp/B0063VTXFS/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=04R85RAPCBBP6QJBYTJ0

[flown]

Arctic Accelero L2 Plus

 

 

http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga/accelero-l2-plus.html

 

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Plus-VGA-Cooler/dp/B005I9IM4E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396689310&sr=8-1&keywords=arctic+accelero+l2+plus

 

This looks promising... But do you think that it will deliver similar temperatures than my preinstalled cooler? I am not that experienced when It comes to that kind of stuff.

 

To the posts that recommended an upgrade: Thanks for the suggestions, but I don't want to spend that much right now and I don't really need my pc for games at the moment. It is mainly a facebook/youtube machine (I know, it's sad). If I can't fix my 5850, I would need a REALLY cheap card like, for example the GT610? It doesn't need to run Star Citizen, It would just need to play HD videos.

My next post will hopefully be about my next, more high techy build

[Lord Pantaloons]

This looks promising... But do you think that it will deliver similar temperatures than my preinstalled cooler? I am not that experienced when It comes to that kind of stuff.

 

To the posts that recommended an upgrade: Thanks for the suggestions, but I don't want to spend that much right now and I don't really need my pc for games at the moment. It is mainly a facebook/youtube machine (I know, it's sad). If I can't fix my 5850, I would need a REALLY cheap card like, for example the GT610? It doesn't need to run Star Citizen, It would just need to play HD videos.

My next post will hopefully be about my next, more high techy build

Their site says it can deal with the heat so I would imagine that it does, if you don't think it can however there are slightly more expensive and better versions available. I don't think it would be necessary though as that card should put out much heat.

[flown]

Such silence. many cool. Wow.

Thank you guys