Ok, so after looking at all the cooling solutions for the 5850, I decided to go with the Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo Pro. I know I will have to mod the fins a little around the DVI connector. I plan to try and keep the stock VRM cooling plate on.
So heres my question. Has anyone else done this successfully? With or without the back plate?
If you used a different cooler, why did you choose it? Were you able to keep the stock VRm cooling plate on?
I went with the Twin Turbo pro, because its a good cooler, will plug into the fan header on the card, and is pretty silent, and I hoping with the stock cooler plate on, and the 2 92mm fans blowing on the plate, it will keep the VRM cool, plus i have 2 S-flexes modded in the window blowing outside case air, right onto my VC, so that should keep the plate cool too.
Heres hoping. I hope its relatively easy to keep the stock plate on.
I also picked, because I was able to find it for $38
So heres my question. Has anyone else done this successfully? With or without the back plate?
If you used a different cooler, why did you choose it? Were you able to keep the stock VRm cooling plate on?
I went with the Twin Turbo pro, because its a good cooler, will plug into the fan header on the card, and is pretty silent, and I hoping with the stock cooler plate on, and the 2 92mm fans blowing on the plate, it will keep the VRM cool, plus i have 2 S-flexes modded in the window blowing outside case air, right onto my VC, so that should keep the plate cool too.
Heres hoping. I hope its relatively easy to keep the stock plate on.
I also picked, because I was able to find it for $38
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