GIGABYTE GTX 680 SuperOverclock WindForce 5X Pictured Some More

btarunr · Apr 30, 2012, 05:43 AM

Unveiled earlier this month, GIGABYTE's GeForce GTX 680 SuperOverclock has been an attention magnet thanks to its WindForce 5X cooling solution, which you'll either love or hate. Coolaler.com got to spend some time with this card, more importantly, to dissemble it. The cooler is found to occupy 3 expansion slots in your system, which isn't exactly new, no thanks to ASUS and its DirectCu II solution. The entire volume of card's cooling area is occupied by a gigantic heatsink.

At the base of WindForce 5X cooling solution is a vapor-chamber plate, which draws heat from the GPU and memory chips. This plate makes contact with five 8 mm-thick copper heat-pipes. These pipes pass through the gargantuan heatsink in a closed loop. There are five 40 mm fans arranged on top of the card to ventilate the heatsink. These fans occupy extra space on the top-side of the card, since as we mentioned, almost the entire volume of the cooler's space is occupied by the heatsink. The back side of the card was also shown, fitted with a back-plate, with as many as four NEC Tokin proadlizers peeking out of a cutout. Other components on the back side are hard to make out.

Source: Coolaler

theonedub · Apr 30, 2012, 06:13 AM

At least fix the stickers on the fans so that the Gigabyte logo is oriented correctly when viewed installed in a case.

Capitan Harlock · Apr 30, 2012, 06:14 AM

very cool but for me the right name is super brick xd looks like a semipassive but with 5 littlefans xd

bear jesus · Apr 30, 2012, 06:14 AM

Now i see that it's both heat pipes and a vapor chamber i am quite curious how well the heatsink its self performs.

PopcornMachine · Apr 30, 2012, 06:17 AM

Interesting design. Very curious as to how well this one cools and how quiet it is.

But still wouldn't want a 3-slot card.

Hayder_Master · Apr 30, 2012, 06:18 AM

GIGABYTE GTX 680 Wind Noise 5X

HossHuge · Apr 30, 2012, 06:19 AM

So they want to blow hot air directly into the motherboard?

CoreDuo · Apr 30, 2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HossHuge

So they want to blow hot air directly into the motherboard?

The way I understand it, the fans pull heat away from the card and towards the side panel where one or more fan slots would typically be in such a configuration.

m1dg3t · Apr 30, 2012, 06:28 AM

Fugly. I have 1 fan that size in one of my rig's and it SCREAMs! I can imagine what 4 sound like

btarunr · Apr 30, 2012, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

So they want to blow hot air directly into the motherboard?

The fans are pointing outward.

CoreDuo · Apr 30, 2012, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m1dg3t

Fugly. I have 1 fan that size in one of my rig's and it SCREAMs! I can imagine what 4 sound like

Yeah, they're the same kind of blowers typically found in rackmount servers.

m1dg3t · Apr 30, 2012, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CoreDuo

Yeah, they're the same kind of blowers typically found in rackmount servers.

It's where I got mine lol

rooivalk · Apr 30, 2012, 06:36 AM

I think it would be nicer if they're using bigger and fewer fans like Zalman ZM-80C HP

and maybe add slider to the fan similiar to razer imperator side button mechanism, so it's still could be SLI-ed.

wickerman · Apr 30, 2012, 06:52 AM

I agree with rooivalk, I can't imagine why anyone would want to add 5 of those horrible little noise makers to their case, those fans are likely to be louder than the stock unit. Granted the heatsink carries a lot more surface area and nothing would stop you from ripping those stupid fans off and rigging up a few 120s along side...but why on earth did they thing this was a good idea

I'm always willing to pay a premium for a better cooler, but the first box on my checklist is of improvements over the reference design is noise levels. If this is actually louder than the reference design, I really won't consider it as an option.

Huddo93 · Apr 30, 2012, 06:57 AM

In my opinion, this is one of the ugliest GTX 680 cooler designs to date.. It isn't even a full cover design!.. On top of that, if those 40mm fans are anything like the old ones i used to have once upon a time, they will be loud as hell. Now gigabyte.. I understand you wanted to stand out, but this is just ridiculous.

grammaton_feather · Apr 30, 2012, 07:06 AM

Modern fan motors can be quiet. Even 40mm unless they're travelling at insane speeds. The 5 x fans on the giga SO will be speed restricted. You won't hear any high pitch whine. Since it's a super-overclock and since gigabyte super-overclocks tend to be the most extreme in terms of factory overclocks then it should be worth checking out.

HossHuge · Apr 30, 2012, 07:07 AM

Best case senario would either these Delta fans (6.5CFM 18.5 dBA) or these SilenX fans (5CFM 14 dBA).

Huddo93 · Apr 30, 2012, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grammaton_feather

If ever I want to read a bunch of dumb assumptions... I always come here

Modern fan motors can be quiet. Even 40mm unless they're travelling at insane speeds. The 5 x fans on the giga SO will be speed restricted. You won't hear any high pitch whine. Since it's a super-overclock and since gigabyte super-overclocks tend to be the most extreme in terms of factory overclocks then it should be worth checking out rather than making assumptions based on some 8 year old mini fan you ran at 2000rpm.

Still not the only problem with I have with it though >.<

Dj-ElectriC · Apr 30, 2012, 07:42 AM

Mother of copper...

DarkOCean · Apr 30, 2012, 08:11 AM

What is this, a semi passive heatsink?

hhumas · Apr 30, 2012, 08:33 AM

its cooler is awesome

lZKoce · Apr 30, 2012, 08:34 AM

Oh yeah, this morning is getting better and better. I hoped they would release more info on this card and here we go. Good work, TPU news-team.
Ontopic: full frontal assault, that's such a cool card. Now the GPU-suppprt devices, some PC cases have, will definitely justify their existance. Talk about sagging

. It's double the size of a Saphirre Nettop. Pure copper brick, what more can a gamer ask for :P

Chaitanya · Apr 30, 2012, 08:43 AM

Gigabyte will definitely win an awards for this card: The Noisiest Video card on the earth.

Kenny646 · Apr 30, 2012, 09:06 AM

I don't see all the hate..if they made this and it sucked on the mega fail stick, they wouldn't put it as the "super overclock edition". I think that 5x 40mm would probably deliver about the same airflow as those 3x 60mm windforce (they are 60mm right?) coolers, presuming they use high quality ones.

Can't wait to see the teardown of this thing, the heatsink looks mysterious :P

DOM · Apr 30, 2012, 09:15 AM

I can't belive they really came out with this.... They should call it shit bricks

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rooivalk Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I think it would be nicer if they're using bigger and fewer fans like Zalman ZM-80C HP and maybe add slider to the fan similiar to razer imperator side button mechanism, so it's still could be SLI-ed.

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wickerman Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 275 (0.10/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 49 Times in 37 Posts System Specs	I agree with rooivalk, I can't imagine why anyone would want to add 5 of those horrible little noise makers to their case, those fans are likely to be louder than the stock unit. Granted the heatsink carries a lot more surface area and nothing would stop you from ripping those stupid fans off and rigging up a few 120s along side...but why on earth did they thing this was a good idea I'm always willing to pay a premium for a better cooler, but the first box on my checklist is of improvements over the reference design is noise levels. If this is actually louder than the reference design, I really won't consider it as an option. __________________

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grammaton_feather Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 13 (0.03/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Modern fan motors can be quiet. Even 40mm unless they're travelling at insane speeds. The 5 x fans on the giga SO will be speed restricted. You won't hear any high pitch whine. Since it's a super-overclock and since gigabyte super-overclocks tend to be the most extreme in terms of factory overclocks then it should be worth checking out. Last edited by grammaton_feather; Apr 30, 2012 at 07:30 AM.

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Apr 30, 2012, 09:06 AM	#24
Kenny646 Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't see all the hate..if they made this and it sucked on the mega fail stick, they wouldn't put it as the "super overclock edition". I think that 5x 40mm would probably deliver about the same airflow as those 3x 60mm windforce (they are 60mm right?) coolers, presuming they use high quality ones. Can't wait to see the teardown of this thing, the heatsink looks mysterious :P

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