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ACoolname   10-31-2008 at 05:44:15 AM

I have a HD Visiontek 4850 and with the stock fan at 100% my idle temps are 48 and my load is somewhere in the mid 70's. Not only is it loud but I just think this won't last for long.

I am a huge noob at installing fans and stuff onto a graphics card. I built my computer so I am not completely ignorant, I just have never dealt with a vga fan installing situation. What is the best graphics cooling solution for the price and is it complex to install it?

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Zecow   10-31-2008 at 05:57:47 AM
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Artic Cooling Accelero Rev.2 with a turbo fan: http://www.arcticcooling.com/vga2. [...] ta=1&disc=

or the Musashi from Scythe: http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/produc [...] ooler.html

Just unscrew the screws on the back of the card and the backet then your heatsink will pop out.
Remove the stock TIM and apply a new TIM (I use MX-2). Add the after market cooler and you're good to go.

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ACoolname   10-31-2008 at 06:06:09 AM
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Zecow wrote :

Artic Cooling Accelero Rev.2 with a turbo fan: http://www.arcticcooling.com/vga2. [...] ta=1&disc=

or the Musashi from Scythe: http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/produc [...] ooler.html

Just unscrew the screws on the back of the card and the backet then your heatsink will pop out.
Remove the stock TIM and apply a new TIM (I use MX-2). Add the after market cooler and you're good to go.


Could you go into a little more detail with the last two lines you wrote?

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dirtmountain   10-31-2008 at 06:23:08 AM
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Here's a decent guide to installing the Artic cooling Accelero Rev.2 on the HD4850. From the www.hardwarecanucks.com site. They do a pretty good job.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/for [...] ew-23.html

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zodiacfml   10-31-2008 at 07:25:51 AM
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i don't think that card would die easily.
a device would have died easily if it consumes too much power.
the 4850 sips power compared to nvidia GTX's, its just that heatsink/fan combo is designed not to produce so much noise which makes temperatures higher than normal.
an easier and cheaper route would to install an exhaust fan in a case in the vicinity of the video card.

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ACoolname   10-31-2008 at 03:33:53 PM
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Alright thanks so much everyone.

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