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Arctic Accelero Hybrid II on HD 7950 / r9 280?

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July 9, 2014 12:42:54 AM

I am currently looking for a custom cooling solution for my overclocked Club 3D HD7950. One very interesting water cooling solution which have really caught my interest is Arctic Cooling's Accelero Hybrid II 120:

http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-hybrid-ii-120.html

Seems very easy to install and according to reviews it comes with a great cooling potential. However, the official description lists HD 7970 / r9 280x as supported but not HD 7950 / r9 280. This seems very strange to me as I would have thought they shared PCB and GPU.

Now, my questions are:
1) Have anyone by chance experience with fitting the HD 7950 / r9 280 with this cooler and if so did it work?
2) Would anyone have knowledge about the PCB and GPU of HD 7950 and 7970 and would you be able to confirm whether or not they are in fact the same?

Any input would be appreciated. Suggestions for alternative "ready-to-install" water cooling solutions are welcome as well.

More about : arctic accelero hybrid 7950 280

July 9, 2014 6:12:07 AM

1: No, I used this: http://www.quietpc.com/gel-icy-vision-amd because it's AMD only, it has a raised square on the cold plate-essential for my type of HD7950 where the GPU die sits 1 m.m. below the surface of its surround/HSF support frame.
2: Not all are the same, quite a few makers use custom PCBs which may not be compatible with an aftermarket cooler. This review shows the reference PCB and cooler layout, note the raised square on the cooler (right hand pic, 'a closer look') and location of the VRMs, 'right' hand side, under the fan.
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July 10, 2014 2:11:05 PM

coozie, thank you for the input. However things turned out to be a bit more complicated than just considering if the PCB is of reference design. After som further searching on Arctic Coolings home page, I actually found carification to my question:



In other words it is also a matter of production date for the card. I took my chances and uninstalled the stock cooler for a closer look. Fortunately the GPU is actually slightly higher than the support frame surrounding it (apparently opposite to your situation). Thus, the GPU cooler block of the Arctic cooler should fit onto my card.

I further worked out, that my card looks nearly exactly like the reference PCB:

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/step1_complist?gpu_g...

With the only difference being a total of three rubber supports on the top side, which are there to support the stock cooler fin block. These should however be of no consequence to the installation of the Arctic cooler fin block on the back side of the card.

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July 10, 2014 3:30:21 PM

Nice, I'll pop this into my favourites and keep it for reference.
Yep, yours looks like the top one, with the GPU die above the surround and with the card having an reference type PCB any of the flat coldplate options should work, liquid or air.
One point is to be careful when tightening the screws holding the cooler down, they're usually spring loaded and designed for a flat contact, not to handle a raised GPU die-be gentle but firm, tiger. ;) 
Really, it's now entirely your option, I'm happy with a Gelid+Zalman Fanmate controller but if you want to go hybrid or even full liquid I can see no reasons not to other than the possible issues with radiator position, hose routing and placement of other cards below the GPU.
So, Neo, do you take the liquid pill, or the air? ;) 
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July 11, 2014 2:03:55 PM

Haha :-D went for liquid - all the way actually. Just ordered the hybrid ii for my GPU and also a Corsair h90 for my CPU :-) will report back later for future reference in the forum, if I flooded the cabinet or not :-P
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July 11, 2014 2:51:10 PM

It's best to go All The Way. ;) 
Have fun, mate and I hope it all works out well for you.
I've stopped tracking this thread BTW.
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