How are you cooling your graphics card? got something special/different? show it off.

bear jesus · Nov 4, 2010

I just finished chopping off part of my 6870's vrm, ram, support plate thingy (yes very technical description there

) and it made me wonder what other people here are doing to keep their gpu cool and if anyone else is chopping things up :laugh:

I just did the pencil memory voltage mod while i had the card apart and will be running an industrial ducting fan with ducting to it to see how far i can push the overclocks here are some bad webcam pre install pic's.

The chunk i cut off

just begging for some industrial fan biased airflow :roll:

Now post some pictures of your cards and their cooling please

HalfAHertz · Nov 4, 2010

I have an intricate cooling solution consisting of a Rube Goldberg mechanism. It involves a monkey, a stack of bananas, a rubber belt, some pulleys and a fan. Unfortunately i have to change the bananas every few days because they go bad and start to stink. Once my monkey got sick and i had to blow the fan myself. Luckily it quickly got better and everything returned to normal.

Even tho my solution is much more awesome, I like yours more because it takes a lot less space and you don't have a monkey screaming at you and throwing poop when it gets mad.

bear jesus · Nov 4, 2010

HalfAHertz said:
I have an intricate cooling solution consisting of a Rube Goldberg mechanism. It involves a monkey, a stack of bananas, a rubber belt, some pulleys and a fan. Unfortunately i have to change the bananas every few days because they go bad and start to stink. Once my monkey got sick and i had to blow the fan myself. Luckily it quickly got better and everything returned to normal.

Even tho my solution is much more awesome, I like yours more because it takes a lot less space and you don't have a monkey screaming at you and throwing poop when it gets mad.

Yea that's special alright... but where are the pictures?

mad1394 · Nov 4, 2010

bear jesus said:
Yea that's special alright... but where are the pictures?

monkey threw poop at camera probably

BTW what do u mean by pencil memory voltage mod stuff?

streetfighter 2 · Nov 4, 2010

bear jesus said:
Yea that's special alright... but where are the pictures?

The monkey is camera shy.

Also one of the fan's mechanisms involves a concentrated beam of sterile neutrinos which, using a graviton field, triggers the stack of bananas. It's quite difficult to capture that with a traditional camera.

bear jesus · Nov 4, 2010

mad1394 said:
monkey threw poop at camera probably

BTW what do u mean by pencil memory voltage mod stuff?

darn monkeys

The pencil mod i mentioned is where you use a pencil to let more voltage past a resistor shown here for the 6870

Techtu · Nov 4, 2010

bear jesus said:
I just finished chopping off part of my 6870's vrm, ram, support plate thingy (yes very technical description there ) and it made me wonder what other people here are doing to keep their gpu cool and if anyone else is chopping things up

I just did the pencil memory voltage mod while i had the card apart and will be running an industrial ducting fan with ducting to it to see how far i can push the overclocks here are some bad webcam pre install pic's.

The chunk i cut off
View attachment 38779
View attachment 38777
just begging for some industrial fan biased airflow
View attachment 38778

Now post some pictures of your cards and their cooling please

You should post those pictures here Ghetto Mods

[Ion] · Nov 4, 2010

I'll try and get some pics of my setup later, but the basic idea is that I have my GTX260 as my primary GPU & the GTS450 as PhysX, and a Corsair 120mm fan (stock one from my H50) pushing air in over them

bear jesus · Nov 4, 2010

Techtu said:
You should post those pictures here Ghetto Mods

very good idea.

AlienIsGOD · Nov 4, 2010

i dont have something different per se, but i do rock a VF1000 on my HD4850.

bear jesus · Nov 4, 2010

AlienIsGOD said:
i dont have something different per se, but i do rock a VF1000 on my HD4850.

View attachment 38785

the vf1000 was awesome when it came out although tiny compared to whats available now *looks towards the thermalright shaman*

Your vf1000 seams to have different shaped fins to mine or at least the top one, i assume they changed the design at some point.

gunsmoke · Nov 7, 2010

bear jesus said:
I just finished chopping off part of my 6870's vrm, ram, support plate thingy (yes very technical description there ) and it made me wonder what other people here are doing to keep their gpu cool and if anyone else is chopping things up

I just did the pencil memory voltage mod while i had the card apart and will be running an industrial ducting fan with ducting to it to see how far i can push the overclocks here are some bad webcam pre install pic's.

The chunk i cut off
View attachment 38779
View attachment 38777
just begging for some industrial fan biased airflow
View attachment 38778

Now post some pictures of your cards and their cooling please

On my rig i have 120mm fan siting next two my g.p.u. blowing air at it
And iv toke the metel pci card plats out my p.c case for air flow near my g.p.u.

Deleted member 74752 · Nov 7, 2010

Early efforts from long ago with two 110cfm fans... :laugh:

Nowadays the cards are so powerful I find little need to even overclock them for gaming purposes.

LAN_deRf_HA · Nov 7, 2010

I cut the stock vrm/ram heatsink on my 470 to fit around the icy vision, then I stuck the vrm/ram sinks that came with the kit on top just to make it more badass. Can see the little ones in between there.

pantherx12 · Nov 7, 2010

Cooled my cards with all sorts.

Alpenfóhn Heidi on xfx 5770

Twin turbo on hd 3850,

HR-03 plus on HD3870, my 3870 screamed with this cooling it, got huge overclocks : ]

And Neo vortex on 3850

[/IMG]

T-rad2 on 3850, I fitted this cooler to a lot more cards, was brilliant, hence passive 3850 fully overclocked with lower load temps than stock cooler

Swamp Monster · Nov 7, 2010

HD 3650 AGP on self-made water cooler in my other/old PC. Yes I know - Cable management is awful :eek:

Mussels · Nov 7, 2010

accelero S1 with 140mm fan

BUCK NASTY · Nov 7, 2010

How about a 3400rpm Delta 113cfm fan hovering above a cluster of Fermi cards?

T3RM1N4L D0GM4 · Nov 7, 2010

Radeon HD3850 + Zalman VF900-CU

Perfect silence and great cooling @ min speed

JATownes · Nov 7, 2010

I just have a Zalman VF1000 on one 4850, and hacked apart the factory (single slot) cooler to cool the ram/VRMs. On my other 4850, I have an non-reference MSI 4890 cooler attached to it. Works like a charm. Sorry, no pics yet, I am not at home, on my phone ATM. (love my droid x). I will post pics when I get back to the house.

Mussels · Nov 7, 2010

T3RM1N4L D0GM4 said:
Radeon HD3850 + Zalman VF900-CU

Perfect silence and great cooling @ min speed

http://img.techpowerup.org/101107/IMG_0038.jpg

i get dead silence too

love it.

the only noise in my system is the PSU fan and the hard drives, and they're both fairly quiet (but definitely not silent)

pantherx12 · Nov 7, 2010

my 3850 had one of those on, I took it off because performance was to low and noise to high lol

bear jesus · Nov 7, 2010

So many awesome setup's

Widjaja · Nov 7, 2010

Accelero Twin Turbo on HD4850.
Very satisfactory cooling bar the poor thermal adhesive and slight modding i had to do to a VRM and RAM cooler.

Patches O'Houlihan · Nov 11, 2010

LAN_deRf_HA said:
I cut the stock vrm/ram heatsink on my 470 to fit around the icy vision, then I stuck the vrm/ram sinks that came with the kit on top just to make it more badass. Can see the little ones in between there.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7290/p1000756bq.jpg

Hey LAN, how are the temps with the Icy Vision? I thought about picking up the Zalman VF3000F from Directron.com, but would like a cheaper alternative.

System Name	Gaming temp// HTPC
Processor	AMD A6 5400k // A4 5300
Motherboard	ASRock FM2A75 PRO4// ASRock FM2A55M-DGS
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-D1284 // stock phenom II HSF
Memory	4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance // 4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance low profile
Storage	64gb sandisk pulse SSD and 500gb HDD // 500gb HDD
Display(s)	acer 22" 1680x1050
Power Supply	Seasonic G-450 // Corsair CXM 430W

System Name	penguin
Processor	R7 5700G
Motherboard	Asrock B450M Pro4
Cooling	Some CM tower cooler that will fit my case
Memory	4 x 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz
Video Card(s)	IGP
Storage	ADATA SU800 512GB
Display(s)	27' LG
Case	Zalman
Audio Device(s)	stock
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-620GM
Software	win10

System Name	Gaming temp// HTPC
Processor	AMD A6 5400k // A4 5300
Motherboard	ASRock FM2A75 PRO4// ASRock FM2A55M-DGS
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-D1284 // stock phenom II HSF
Memory	4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance // 4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance low profile
Storage	64gb sandisk pulse SSD and 500gb HDD // 500gb HDD
Display(s)	acer 22" 1680x1050
Power Supply	Seasonic G-450 // Corsair CXM 430W

System Name	MSI GT72S 6QE
Processor	Core i7 6820HK
Motherboard	Intel Sunrise Point CM236
Cooling	2 fans
Memory	2x 8 GB SO-DIMM DDR4-RAM (2133 MHz)
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M - 8192 MB
Storage	1 ssd 3 hard drives
Display(s)	17.3 inch 16:9, 1920x1080 pixel, LG Philips LP173WF4-SPF1 (LGD0469), IPS, Full HD
Case	??!!!
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC899
Power Supply	most beautiful brick you have ever seen

System Name	Gaming temp// HTPC
Processor	AMD A6 5400k // A4 5300
Motherboard	ASRock FM2A75 PRO4// ASRock FM2A55M-DGS
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-D1284 // stock phenom II HSF
Memory	4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance // 4GB 1600mhz corsair vengeance low profile
Storage	64gb sandisk pulse SSD and 500gb HDD // 500gb HDD
Display(s)	acer 22" 1680x1050
Power Supply	Seasonic G-450 // Corsair CXM 430W

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
Display(s)	Acer ED273 27" VA 144hz Freesync \|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB w/ Romer G tactile keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

System Name	OLD SCHOOL
Processor	E6300 1.8 Gig
Motherboard	ASUS P5VD2-X rev 0501
Cooling	air
Memory	1 x 512 ddr2 1 x 1024 dd2
Video Card(s)	ATI hd 3870 PCI-E
Storage	200 Gig ide/ 160 ide / 80 ide / 160 sata
Display(s)	samsung
Case	Thermaltake Armor Case VA8000
Audio Device(s)	on bored
Power Supply	560w silverstone
Software	win 7 32 bit
Benchmark Scores	no time for benchmarking

System Name	Obelisc
Processor	i7 3770k @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling	H110
Memory	16GB(4x4) @ 2400 MHz 9-11-11-31
Video Card(s)	GTX 780 Ti
Storage	850 EVO 1TB, 2x 5TB Toshiba
Case	T81
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	EVGA 850 T2 80+ TITANIUM
Software	Win10 64bit

System Name	My pc
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling	Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory	16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage	2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s)	Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case	Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply	650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse	Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard	Generic mechanical keyboard
Software	Windows ten

System Name	Zen2600
Processor	Ryzen 2600
Motherboard	MSI B450-A Pro MAX
Cooling	Captain120EX
Memory	2x8 GB Patriot Viper Steel 360000 @3400MHz [18-19-19-39-80] DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire RX5700XT Nitro+ @stock
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVME
Display(s)	LG 32GK850F
Case	NZXT H440 EnvyUS
Audio Device(s)	Custom HP AMP + Sennheiser HD380
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 650w
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	ElE Game1
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-4130 @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M5A99X Evo
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory	8GB GSkill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 Strix @ 1503Mhz Core
Storage	Corsair Force 90gb SSD/ WD Caviar Blue 750gb
Display(s)	ASUS 24" IPS
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec TP750 80+
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

System Name	NERV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard	ASROCK B450M Steel Legend
Cooling	Artic Freezer 33 One + 2x Akasa 140mm
Memory	2x8 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2993 MHz
Video Card(s)	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Storage	Crucial Mx500 500GB + 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung C34H892
Case	CM Masterbox Q300L
Audio Device(s)	ALC892 + Topping D30
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Mouse	CM Mastermouse Lite S
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	No bech, only game!

System Name	Mr. Reliable
Processor	Ryzen R9 5950x
Motherboard	MSI Meg X570s Ace Max
Cooling	D5 Pump, Singularity Top/Res, 2x360mm EK P rads, EK Magnitude/Alphacool Blocks
Memory	32Gb (4x8Gb) Corsair Dominator Platinum 3600Mhz @ 16/19/20/36 1.35v
Video Card(s)	MSI 3080ti with Alphacool Block
Storage	2 x Corsair Force MP400 1TB Nvme; 2 x T-Force Cardea Z340; 2 x Mushkin Reactor 1TB
Display(s)	Acer 32" Z321QU 2560x1440; LG 34GP83A-B 34" 3440x1440
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL; Synology DS218j w/ 2 x 2TB WD Red
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis Pro+
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 850G3
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V2
Keyboard	Das Keyboard 6; Razer Orbweaver Chroma
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name	El Senor Guapo
Processor	Intel i7-860
Motherboard	Asus P7P55D Evo
Cooling	Thermalright Venomous-X, 2x AC-F Fans in Push/Pull
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 8GB (F3-12800CL9D)
Video Card(s)	GTX 570 OC w/ Gelid Icy Vision Rev. 2
Storage	Crucial M4 64GB
Case	Lian-Li PC-7FNW w/ Arctic Cooling F exhaust fan
Audio Device(s)	Onboard VIA VT1828S
Power Supply	Seasonic X750
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

How are you cooling your graphics card? got something special/different? show it off.

New Member

New Member

New Member

New Member

WCG Team Assistant

New Member

Vanguard Beta Tester

New Member

New Member

Deleted member 74752

Guest

Attachments

Freshwater Moderator

4P Enthusiust

The Lurker

Freshwater Moderator

New Member

New Member