HD3870X2 aftermarket cooling?

[HydroIT]

Hey guys,
I'm new here Looks like a good forum.


Anyway, I have my HD3870X2 for quite sometime now, but I want to lower it's temperatures.
Are there any aftermarket cooling products for it (ruling out liquid, not into that atm)? Even some that will fit a single core will be good - I could buy 2 of those and mod them to fit together.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

-Idan.

 

[sneekypeet]

I have seen somewhere on the interwebs that there was the option of using 2 Zalman VF900's.

 

[HydroIT]

I've seen that suggestion as well, but I've yet to see anyone confirming that.

The only product I've seen actually attached to a 3870x2, is Thermalright HR-03 Plus A., but fitting 2 of those on the 3870x2 will be "slightly" problematic.

 

[oli_ramsay]

I've also heard that 2 vf900 cu's will fit if you put one on sideways. That's the only aftermarket solutions I've heard of though.

 

[HydroIT]

Well, I'll look more into that then.

Or I could just hope that someone is selling their HD3870x2 custom cooling (i.e. the ASUS\Visiontek\GeCube ones )

 

[nflesher87]

http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/attachment.php?attachmentid=759&stc=1&d=1199954223

 

[sneekypeet]

you could do something like this, have one cooler on top and one cooler underneath!?!?

 

[infrared]

The dual thermalright idea would be great!

I personally don't like zalman coolers, don't think they're a big improvement over the stock one.

 

[oli_ramsay]

Two thermalrights would be the best! one facing up one facing down.

 

[HydroIT]

Do you think there's enough room for one of those thermalright's to go around the card?

 

[tkpenalty]

I wouldn't really consider it a viable option because of the weight of the two thermalrights... I'd instead have two VF900CUs facing away from each other and a small heatsink epoxied onto the PCI-E bridge.

 

[HydroIT]

I wouldn't really consider it a viable option because of the weight of the two thermalrights... I'd instead have two VF900CUs facing away from each other and a small heatsink epoxied onto the PCI-E bridge.

The weight should be an issue.
I'm using Antec 900 as my case, and it has this support bracket for heavy & long cards.

The PCI-E bridge should be easily solved aswell, I have a spare north-bridge heatsink from my previous motherboard