Aftermarked 4890 cooler

[praetorian]

Hey guys,

Yeah I know a slight odd ball considering all the newest 6-gen and soon to be 7-gen cards being released, how does anybody have any idea on an aftermarket cooling system for a XFX 4890 card that I currently have?

Its started to get increasing noisy/rattly and I've already approached XFX to see if they can replace it, unfortunately it isn't covered by the lifetime warranty as I'm in the UK, so to cover them off I'm also look at custom options outside of the original fan/heatsink shroud. Its not the reference design, more the custom PCB 4890 that XFX produced and so I'm slightly stuck as a lot of the coolers are obviously designed for the 4890 however I'm unsure about the VRM cooling.

Anybody have any options that I can investigate? I'd rather not change the card as it does perfectly for my needs, however it may need upgrading when I come to change my monitor to one of the higher res monitors..

Cheers
Dino

 

[sirmonkey1985]

any heatsink that works on the 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k series will work on the 4890, they use the same mounting system, the only things that change are the locations of the VRM's.

 

[Nihilanth99]

Zalman VF1000 + RHS90 VRM sink would be a solid choice in today's market. I, too, have a 4890 with a dying fan, but it'll be replaced soon enough. It's always a hard justification to spend more money on cooling than the value of the card.

 

[praetorian]

Thanks for the suggestions guys! Am going to go the Zalman VF1000+ZM-RHS90 route as suggested as it looks like it should keep everything nice and cool!