ATI 4850 VGA Cooler

[mah_916]

Hi guys my friend had ordered a Sapphire 4850 GPU, all the reviews say it runs hot so he wanted a aftermarket cooler for 4850, googled & found no cooler for 4850. Will the 3850 cooler fit for the 4850.

Please suggest, budget 1.5k

[dOm1naTOr]

wait for manufactureres to design their own dual slot cooler, then things wud change.

[Jayanth.M.P]

i suggest you buy ThermalRight VGA Cooler HR-03 GT it will suffice the cooling needs.

[mib2_007]

Originally Posted by Jayanth.M.P

i suggest you buy ThermalRight VGA Cooler HR-03 GT it will suffice the cooling needs.

is it available here in India? what is the price? what about zalman 900 or 100?

[NIGHTMARE]

i m using sapphire 4850 dual slot cooler its runs cool

[mib2_007]

Originally Posted by NIGHTMARE

i m using sapphire 4850 dual slot cooler its runs cool

what are your temps?

[Ethan_Hunt]

Better get an Accelero S1 Rev.2. Works like a charm & drops the temperature insanely. Mine used to idle at 76 deg & load would be 105 deg. After applying the Accelero & an 120mm fan, it dropped to 43 deg idle & barely crosses 53 degs on load.

[mib2_007]

Originally Posted by Ethan_Hunt

Better get an Accelero S1 Rev.2. Works like a charm & drops the temperature insanely. Mine used to idle at 76 deg & load would be 105 deg. After applying the Accelero & an 120mm fan, it dropped to 43 deg idle & barely crosses 53 degs on load.

you use additional fan or using it in just passive mode? also does removing and installing custom heat sink void waranty?

[Ethan_Hunt]

I am using an additional fan as well just to have some more cooling on it. Don't want to risk anything this time. You can use a passive cooling without the fan as well & it's very efficient at that.

Removing the stock heatsink will void the warranty. If you can remove everything with utmost care & also retain the stock heatsink, you can re-assemble it later on if card dies out & needs to be RMA'd. Most likely they shouldn't be able to trace the process unless it's physically damaged during this process & it's clearly visible.

[mib2_007]

Originally Posted by Ethan_Hunt

I am using an additional fan as well just to have some more cooling on it. Don't want to risk anything this time. You can use a passive cooling without the fan as well & it's very efficient at that.

Removing the stock heatsink will void the warranty. If you can remove everything with utmost care & also retain the stock heatsink, you can re-assemble it later on if card dies out & needs to be RMA'd. Most likely they shouldn't be able to trace the process unless it's physically damaged during this process & it's clearly visible.

now thats risky!!! but I think I will get away with it. For how much did you got that 4850? and what about accelero s1?

[NIGHTMARE]

Originally Posted by mib2_007

what are your temps?

47 C

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by mib2_007

now thats risky!!! but I think I will get away with it. For how much did you got that 4850? and what about accelero s1?

I got it when the card initially launched so the price was a staggering 11.9k for the single slot cooler. The Accelero set me back by 1.6k.

[NIGHTMARE]

^^ when u purchased ur card

[Ethan_Hunt]

7th August 08.

[Dhrubajyoti Samanta]

Could anyone please tell me where in india might we buy thermaltake or arctic cooling or zalman or zerotherm coolers for graphics cards. All places i looked for only had coolermaster or thermalright coolers.

[Ethan_Hunt]

Depends on where your location is. Here in Mumbai, Thermalright is available but no sign of Arctic cooling in retail hardware stores. I suggest looking for an online purchase. There are plenty of online sites these days that can source you this stuff from abroad.

[kanishka]

Go to lynx-india.com