GTX 970 Reference Cooler?

[Kingslayer Kyle]

Hi there,

 

I have a GTX 970 but it has a pretty boring cooler design and I think that it could look a lot better especially because my case has a window,

 

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy an aftermarket cooler? I do like the look of the NVIDIA reference cooler design that glows up green on the Geforce GTX logo but I don't think they sell them separate and that would mean actually buying a new card which is not what I'm looking for.

 

Does anyone know any good coolers that i could buy that would look a lot better in my case and maybe give me better temperatures?

 

I know the Artic ones have issues with the VRAM overheating due to not having good contact so that has put me off it.

 

Any help would be appreciated.. thank you

 

Here is my current card and what it looks like in my system:

 

 

[TheSLSAMG]

No one sells the coolers from what I know, though asking around the smaller system builders doesn't seem like a terrible idea. CyberPowerPC, IBUYPOWER, Digital Storm, Falcon Northwest or Origin PC may be able to help. I don't know that it would even work though since that card does not have a reference PCB (it's too short.)

[Kingslayer Kyle]

No one sells the coolers from what I know, though asking around the smaller system builders doesn't seem like a terrible idea. CyberPowerPC, IBUYPOWER, Digital Storm, Falcon Northwest or Origin PC may be able to help. I don't know that it would even work though since that card does not have a reference PCB (it's too short.)

 

Yeah I'm aware that the PCB is pretty short which sucks, But it's worth asking, It just looks pretty dull, I have actually considered buying a new card but then I would have to sell mine and have no GPU until i got a new one

[TheProfosist]

BestBuy is your one and only place, if they still sell them.

[TheSLSAMG]

Yeah I'm aware that the PCB is pretty short which sucks, But it's worth asking, It just looks pretty dull, I have actually considered buying a new card but then I would have to sell mine and have no GPU until i got a new one

The bigger deal with cooling a GPU with an aftermarket cooler is the VRMs, not the VRAM, just to add. The card you have already has a dedicated heatsink for the VRMs, so if you could find a downdraft cooler that would fit over it and deliver fine airflow to it, you should be fine. There are a few aftermarket coolers out there worth considering, including the Raijintek Morpheus (though I'm not 100% sure if it is compatible with 900-series cards) and the Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo III.

[Kingslayer Kyle]

The bigger deal with cooling a GPU with an aftermarket cooler is the VRMs, not the VRAM, just to add. The card you have already has a dedicated heatsink for the VRMs, so if you could find a downdraft cooler that would fit over it and deliver fine airflow to it, you should be fine. There are a few aftermarket coolers out there worth considering, including the Raijintek Morpheus (though I'm not 100% sure if it is compatible with 900-series cards) and the Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo III.

 

It was quite a while ago when i did the research on the Arctic coolers but i knew there was some sort of cooling flaw somewhere which put me off buying one, Do you know if the Twin Turbo III has the same issues by any chance?

[Kingslayer Kyle]

BestBuy is your one and only place, if they still sell them.

 

I'm from the UK unfortunately so that would probably not be an option for me  :lol:

[arniks8]

Maybe an AIO bracket and corsair H55/H60 might do the trick.

[TheProfosist]

I'm from the UK unfortunately so that would probably not be an option for me  :lol:

Could alwasy ship you one though it wont be cheap