Customized Heatsink on MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 460

vnhill1981 · Feb 20, 2012, 03:17 AM

Recently upgraded my GT 430 to a MSI Hawk Talon Attack GTX 460 that I picked up off of eBay for a good price. The card runs great, but 1 of the two fans did not run. I know I could've filed a complaint, but figured that since I got it for a great price, I would make do. Now I know I could've just bought a replacement fan, but wanted to take it a little further. First thing I did was grind the fins down just a little so that I could place 80mm fans on it (which prevents the cover from going back on, but since the card is installed upside down this wasn't an issue for me). Since I was planning on adding more blue LED's under the GPU anyways, I figured why no just buy 80mm blue LED fans. The fins were widened just enough so that the 80mm fans were pressured fitted, but not so much that the blade would bind. Problem was the edges of the fans facing the center wanted to pop out. I built a 1.75" bracket out of aluminum so that the two fans could be attached to each other and then bent the aluminum upward so that it covered some of the damage from grinding the fins. I then placed a scorpion auto emblem on the bent piece just to dress it up a little. It is stuck on with double sided tape, which is nice, because I can remove it if I want to and replace it with another emblem. The fans were connected to a molex connector and ran straight to the PSU. I like them at 100% and they are quiet. I think it turned out OK and I am happy with it for now (until I can replace the whole heatsink with the one from GELID that runsa 92mm fans). Here are the pics:

erocker · Feb 20, 2012, 03:41 AM

Nice but does the card run at PCI-E x16 in that bottom slot on that board? I'm pretty sure that's a x4 slot.

m1dg3t · Feb 20, 2012, 03:56 AM

Nice mod! Should increase the performance of that HSF 10 fold

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Nice but does the card run at PCI-E x16 in that bottom slot on that board? I'm pretty sure that's a x4 slot.

Another thing i noticed is that they would be fighting the PSU for air, that big 140 pull's a lot more air than those 2 80's. I'd bump them up to the top slot if i was you

Jeffredo · Feb 20, 2012, 08:07 AM

ghetto mods ftw!

yangwangbrock · Feb 21, 2012, 03:52 PM

Cool mod! Do like!

Feb 20, 2012, 03:17 AM	#1
vnhill1981 Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 83 (0.16/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Customized Heatsink on MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 460 Recently upgraded my GT 430 to a MSI Hawk Talon Attack GTX 460 that I picked up off of eBay for a good price. The card runs great, but 1 of the two fans did not run. I know I could've filed a complaint, but figured that since I got it for a great price, I would make do. Now I know I could've just bought a replacement fan, but wanted to take it a little further. First thing I did was grind the fins down just a little so that I could place 80mm fans on it (which prevents the cover from going back on, but since the card is installed upside down this wasn't an issue for me). Since I was planning on adding more blue LED's under the GPU anyways, I figured why no just buy 80mm blue LED fans. The fins were widened just enough so that the 80mm fans were pressured fitted, but not so much that the blade would bind. Problem was the edges of the fans facing the center wanted to pop out. I built a 1.75" bracket out of aluminum so that the two fans could be attached to each other and then bent the aluminum upward so that it covered some of the damage from grinding the fins. I then placed a scorpion auto emblem on the bent piece just to dress it up a little. It is stuck on with double sided tape, which is nice, because I can remove it if I want to and replace it with another emblem. The fans were connected to a molex connector and ran straight to the PSU. I like them at 100% and they are quiet. I think it turned out OK and I am happy with it for now (until I can replace the whole heatsink with the one from GELID that runsa 92mm fans). Here are the pics: Attached Thumbnails

System Name:	Antec 300 Build
Processor:	Intel i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz with Antec H2O 620
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-M PRO
Cooling:	Antec H20 620 w 2 x 120mm Cougar Vortex fans
Memory:	2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card:	MSI GTX 460 Hawk Talon Attack
Hard Disk:	Samsung 500GB
Optical Drive:	HP 1260i-24x DL DVD±RW/CD-RW, LG-12x Blu-ray DL DVD±RW/CD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	HP w1907
Case:	Antec 300
Sound Card:	RocketFish 5.1
PSU:	Rosewill Capston 650W (80 Plus Gold)
Software:	Microsoft 7 Professional
Benchmarks:	x264 Benchmark HD v4.0 1st Pass: 188 FPS 2nd Pass: 38 FPS Intel Burn Test @ Max setting: 123 G

Processor:	Intel i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz 1.256v
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Water
Memory:	2x4gb Patriot Viper 2133mhz 10-11-10-25 2T 1.55v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 7970 1125/1575 1.14v
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128Gb / Corsair Force 3 120Gb / Samsung 240Gb / 2Tb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acheiva Shimian 27" IPS 2560x1440
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	NZXT Hale90 1Kw
Software:	Windows 8 x64

System Name:	m1dg3t \| DeathBox
Processor:	3570k \| q9550 @ 3.77 1.325v BIOS
Motherboard:	Asrock z77e iTX \| p5q Dlx 2301 BIOS
Cooling:	Custom Water \| D-14 & HR-03gt
Memory:	Samsung MV-3V4G3D \| OcZ RpR 2g x 4 @ 1067 2.2v
Video Card:	MSi 7950 tf3 \| Asus 5870 V2 @ 900 / 1275
Hard Disk:	Adata sx900 256Gb / WD2500HHTZ \| WD 1001 FALS x 2
Optical Drive:	As Needed \| LG ch12 BD
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ gw2750hm \| 46" Sharp Quatron
Case:	BitFenix Prodigy \| Antec Fusion Remote MAX
Sound Card:	Onboard > Yamaha HTR 6290 \| Xonar HDAV1.3 > Yamaha DSP z7
PSU:	Ocz mXp700w \| Ocz zx850w
Software:	Win7 Home \| Xp sp3 & Vista ultimate
Benchmarks:	Epeen!! Who needs epeen??

System Name:	Modest Box
Processor:	Phenom II X4 980 BE @ 4.0 Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A79T Deluxe
Cooling:	XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
Memory:	DDR3 PC3-10666 8GB
Video Card:	ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II
Hard Disk:	640GB WD Caviar Black
Optical Drive:	Sony CDRW/DVD ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2412M
Case:	Lian Li PC-A05NB
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek HD
PSU:	Seasonic X560
Software:	Windows 7 64 Bit

Feb 20, 2012, 03:41 AM	#2
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,926 (12.78/day) Thanks: 2,787 Thanked 12,299 Times in 7,822 Posts System Specs	Nice but does the card run at PCI-E x16 in that bottom slot on that board? I'm pretty sure that's a x4 slot.

Feb 20, 2012, 08:07 AM	#4
Jeffredo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 633 (0.27/day) Thanks: 156 Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts System Specs	ghetto mods ftw!

Feb 21, 2012, 03:52 PM	#5
yangwangbrock Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 62 (0.13/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts System Specs	Cool mod! Do like!

System Name:	Maximus
Processor:	Intel I7 2600K
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus Extreme - Z
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 16 GB LP
Video Card:	Asus HD 6970 Direct CU II
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128 GB SSD; Patriot Wildfire 120 GB; Western Digital Black Cavier 1 TB
Optical Drive:	LG BD RW & LG DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	3 x Dell 2412M
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar Essence STX
PSU:	Corsair AX 1200
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

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