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Garfieldus
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Today both fans on my GTX 560Ti gave up so I had to DIY new cooling solution :D 

 

http://i.imgur.com/W9RoTpW.jpg

 

Temperatures are still bit hot so I'm thinking about exposing whole cooler by removing outer cover and failed fans. This GPU been really great for me and I plan to retire it with either 1080 or 980Ti later.

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1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

You know zip ties are a thing?

Sadly I don't have any at the moment and stores are already closed.

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2 minutes ago, Garfieldus said:

Today both fans on my GTX 560Ti gave up so I had to DIY new cooling solution :D 

 

http://i.imgur.com/W9RoTpW.jpg

 

Temperatures are still bit hot so I'm thinking about exposing whole cooler by removing outer cover and failed fans. This GPU been really great for me and I plan to retire it with either 1080 or 980Ti later.

Remove the stock air cooler, and get a beefy CPU cooler ziptied onto it...

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Care to post some pictures for some more context? :P

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Try the intel stock cooler on it. Just for fun see how it does.

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2 minutes ago, Garfieldus said:

Sadly I don't have any at the moment and stores are already closed.

D:

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6 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Care to post some pictures for some more context? :P

Well there isn't much more context here, I took a front case fan and put it on top of 2 cigarette packs above the PSU so it could blow air on GPU :D 

 

It worked, GPU stopped overheating and shutting itself down but the temperatures on load are still ~90C so atm I'm in the process of removing MSI cover and failed fans from the cooler itself so I could get more air flowing through.

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3 minutes ago, Garfieldus said:

Well there isn't much more context here, I took a front case fan and put it on top of 2 cigarette packs above the PSU so it could blow air on GPU :D 

 

It worked, GPU stopped overheating and shutting itself down but the temperatures on load are still ~90C so atm I'm in the process of removing MSI cover and failed fans from the cooler itself so I could get more air flowing through.

That would probably help. It might be fun making a cardboard shroud to direct airflow as well :)

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16 minutes ago, Ryoutarou97 said:

Try the intel stock cooler on it. Just for fun see how it does.

If I had a way to secure it to the GPU I would :D 

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5 hours ago, Garfieldus said:

If I had a way to secure it to the GPU I would :D 

Three options for you:

 

1. Tape (these are in descending order of stupidity, btw)

2. Zip ties when you can get some

3. Don't do it

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My build is fully operational, but won't be posted until after I get a GPU in it and the case arted up.

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step 1 get rid of the new/extra crap. step 2 use the force

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