Ghetto cooling

[Jelly Bean]

I plan on getting 2 Ippc nf-f12 and putting them on my gpu (R9 390 Gigabyte)

any reccomendations? should i do it? please respond to the poll.

 

Thanks!

[Nacho Marco Segui]

I would try it

[Jelly Bean]

 

4 minutes ago, Nacho Marco Segui said:

I would try it

Ok, those who voted no, please leave a comment saying why

[Totalimus]

Are you not satisfied with your current temps?

[v-raze]

1 hour ago, Jelly Bean said:

I plan on getting 2 Ippc nf-f12 and putting them on my gpu (R9 390 Gigabyte)

any reccomendations? should i do it? please respond to the poll.

 

Thanks!

People actually said no?

'ghetto' cooling is the best kind of cooling.

You can always replace the stock fans if it doesn't work out.

Make sure you post pics!

[Jelly Bean]

10 hours ago, Totalimus said:

Are you not satisfied with your current temps?

No, i am not, they get really hot and the fans are sooo loud

[Jelly Bean]

9 hours ago, v-raze said:

People actually said no?

'ghetto' cooling is the best kind of cooling.

You can always replace the stock fans if it doesn't work out.

Make sure you post pics!

I will! Thanks!

[Jelly Bean]

8 people posted no and 5 people said yes, can anyone comment and say why?

[Jelly Bean]

9 hours ago, v-raze said:

People actually said no?

'ghetto' cooling is the best kind of cooling.

You can always replace the stock fans if it doesn't work out.

Make sure you post pics!

What fans would you reccommend using? Are the nf-f12 ippc best for this?

[v-raze]

9 hours ago, Jelly Bean said:

What fans would you reccommend using? Are the nf-f12 ippc best for this?

They aren't a bad option- a bit expensive for my taste but certainly effective.

Which 390 is it? Is it a stock cooler or does it have the Windforce?

Generally you'd want a high static pressure fan like the NF-F12s, as you're blowing down into a heatsink and the air has to turn 90º to exit it- lots of resistance. I would suggest rigging some kind of ducting around the fans and heatsink to direct airflow the way you want it. The 390 puts out a lot of heat so assuming you started with a stock cooler you could preserve the rear-exhaust attributes with sufficient ducting.

 

Also, if you're comfortable with water cooling & have room in your case, the $45 you'd spend on two iPPC NF-F12s would probably be enough to buy a used 120mm AIO water cooler and RAM heatsinks instead. The Red Mod, as ziptying an AIO on an AMD GPU is known on the internet, isn't as new or novel as this, but it might be more effective.

[Jelly Bean]

3 hours ago, v-raze said:

They aren't a bad option- a bit expensive for my taste but certainly effective.

Which 390 is it? Is it a stock cooler or does it have the Windforce?

Generally you'd want a high static pressure fan like the NF-F12s, as you're blowing down into a heatsink and the air has to turn 90º to exit it- lots of resistance. I would suggest rigging some kind of ducting around the fans and heatsink to direct airflow the way you want it. The 390 puts out a lot of heat so assuming you started with a stock cooler you could preserve the rear-exhaust attributes with sufficient ducting.

 

Also, if you're comfortable with water cooling & have room in your case, the $45 you'd spend on two iPPC NF-F12s would probably be enough to buy a used 120mm AIO water cooler and RAM heatsinks instead. The Red Mod, as ziptying an AIO on an AMD GPU is known on the internet, isn't as new or novel as this, but it might be more effective.

I have a windforce gigabyte card, what do you mean by ducting?

I tried water cooling but couldnt find anything cheap for my card...

[v-raze]

1 minute ago, Jelly Bean said:

I have a windforce gigabyte card, what do you mean by ducting?

I tried water cooling but couldnt find anything cheap for my card...

Look on ebay for 120mm all in one coolers. You don't really need a bracket for them either, you can just use zip ties. Something like the H50 or H75, or you could even go 240mm if it'll fit in your case. American ebay has a few good options in your price range with minimal searching effort.

 

If you have the windforce card, and the cooler still works, that explains why some people may have voted no- the windforce cooler is already very good and pretty quiet, so it might not be worth the effort.

 

By ducting, I meant adding material to direct the airflow around the heatsink- like the plastic shroud does on many graphics cards. It keeps air flowing across important areas instead of letting it dissipate around the edges. If you've ever seen the plastic shroud inside an original Xbox 360 you'll know what I mean.

[Jelly Bean]

24 minutes ago, v-raze said:

Look on ebay for 120mm all in one coolers. You don't really need a bracket for them either, you can just use zip ties. Something like the H50 or H75, or you could even go 240mm if it'll fit in your case. American ebay has a few good options in your price range with minimal searching effort.

 

If you have the windforce card, and the cooler still works, that explains why some people may have voted no- the windforce cooler is already very good and pretty quiet, so it might not be worth the effort.

 

By ducting, I meant adding material to direct the airflow around the heatsink- like the plastic shroud does on many graphics cards. It keeps air flowing across important areas instead of letting it dissipate around the edges. If you've ever seen the plastic shroud inside an original Xbox 360 you'll know what I mean.

Its really noisy and i hit 77 degrees on rocket league D; ( really low performance needed game)

 

[v-raze]

17 minutes ago, Jelly Bean said:

Its really noisy and i hit 77 degrees on rocket league D; ( really low performance needed game)

Have you tried replacing the thermal paste? That might help a lot. I would see about going for a water cooled solution otherwise- if the windforce cooler isn't giving you temps you like, switching to different fans won't change the temperatures too drastically. If you aren't comfortable using zip-ties to mount an all-in-one cooler, you can always use a bracket like the NZXT Kraken or the Corsair HG10.

[Jelly Bean]

26 minutes ago, v-raze said:

Have you tried replacing the thermal paste? 

26 minutes ago, v-raze said:

Have you tried replacing the thermal paste? That might help a lot. I would see about going for a water cooled solution otherwise- if the windforce cooler isn't giving you temps you like, switching to different fans won't change the temperatures too drastically. If you aren't comfortable using zip-ties to mount an all-in-one cooler, you can always use a bracket like the NZXT Kraken or the Corsair HG10.

Its a new card, shouldnt have thermal paste problems, you mean like get a H60 and put the block on the heatsink?

No bracket supports my card.

[Morgan MLGman]

23 hours ago, Totalimus said:

Are you not satisfied with your current temps?

Gigabyte 390/390Xs are garbage, so I doubt he's satisfied.

 

13 hours ago, Jelly Bean said:

What fans would you reccommend using? Are the nf-f12 ippc best for this?

Remember to buy VRM radiators so you don't fry the power delivery system, which btw is cooled very poorly or not at all by the crappy Gigabyte cooler.

[Jelly Bean]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Gigabyte 390/390Xs are garbage, so I doubt he's satisfied.

 

Remember to buy VRM radiators so you don't fry the power delivery system, which btw is cooled very poorly or not at all by the crappy Gigabyte cooler.

Whats VRM radiators? I just plan on replacing the fans...

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, Jelly Bean said:

Whats VRM radiators? I just plan on replacing the fans...

that black thing for example:

 

Also, something to cool the VRAM would be nice

[v-raze]

27 minutes ago, Jelly Bean said:

Its a new card, shouldnt have thermal paste problems, you mean like get a H60 and put the block on the heatsink?

No bracket supports my card

Yeah, okay, figured. You can just use zip ties. And like @Morgan MLGman said, you should definitely add heatsinks to the RAM and the VRMs to cool them if you watercool it. There's a couple great forum threads over on Overclock.net detailing the process and compiling build logs, they've been doing it for years. The Mod and The Red Mod

 

I hadn't known the newer Windforce cooler on the 390s was bad- the Windforce cooler on my Gigabyte R9 290 is excellent.

[Jelly Bean]

40 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

that black thing for example:

 

Also, something to cool the VRAM would be nice

Do i need to do that if i just replace the fans? What about putting a CPU block on the current heatsink?

[RNGesusHatesMe]

im interested i recon why not owrse case u put it back together as was and use it as u did before 

[Morgan MLGman]

25 minutes ago, Jelly Bean said:

Do i need to do that if i just replace the fans? What about putting a CPU block on the current heatsink?

If you put a CPU AIO like the CM Seidon 120V on a GPU, you HAVE to get those heatsinks. They're cheap though.

It should look something like that, with the AIO cooler on the GPU itself:

[Jelly Bean]

On 6/15/2016 at 9:26 PM, Morgan MLGman said:

If you put a CPU AIO like the CM Seidon 120V on a GPU, you HAVE to get those heatsinks. They're cheap though.

It should look something like that, with the AIO cooler on the GPU itself:

Thanks! Where can i get them?

[Morgan MLGman]

1 hour ago, Jelly Bean said:

Thanks! Where can i get them?

Idk, ebay?

[Jelly Bean]

Thanks all for all the help, I opened the card and did some measurements, I'm in the USA atm for a visit, I ordered a H80 i v2 thick to here, should drive soon.

thanks again!