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I have a quiet PC now; replacing the stock fans on the GPU was the final step to this build.
Undressing the 4850x2:
Nekkid!
One of the GPU chips:
This pic shows (a little) of how beautifully polished the GPU chip is:
The back of the new HSF is pretty polished as well (Zalman ZF900). The reflection is the light over the table; the red wire is clipped to the ground wire (for the ESD wristband):
Here's a couple of pics of the stock cooler. They used gobs of thermal compound.
...and after a quick wipe:
Half done:
All done!
I let it sit for around twelve hours and installed it. Without the cardkeeper it sags even worse since the stock shroud helped to keep the card stiff. With the cardkeeper it sits nearly perfectly, just a little droop at the end.
Temps are very nice at 33C idle and mid-50s under 'load' (a quick 10-15 minutes of Crysis). Temps were from CCC. It's much, much quieter now--and cooler! IIRC the stock settings kept it around 40C idle.
And then the last fucking thing I do is drop the side panel to the Antec case and crack it.
Fortunately it's a minor crack and not very noticeable. I'm just happy that that's the worst problem I had. Everything went very smooth with hw and sw installation.
Undressing the 4850x2:
Nekkid!
One of the GPU chips:
This pic shows (a little) of how beautifully polished the GPU chip is:
The back of the new HSF is pretty polished as well (Zalman ZF900). The reflection is the light over the table; the red wire is clipped to the ground wire (for the ESD wristband):
Here's a couple of pics of the stock cooler. They used gobs of thermal compound.
...and after a quick wipe:
Half done:
All done!
I let it sit for around twelve hours and installed it. Without the cardkeeper it sags even worse since the stock shroud helped to keep the card stiff. With the cardkeeper it sits nearly perfectly, just a little droop at the end.
Temps are very nice at 33C idle and mid-50s under 'load' (a quick 10-15 minutes of Crysis). Temps were from CCC. It's much, much quieter now--and cooler! IIRC the stock settings kept it around 40C idle.
And then the last fucking thing I do is drop the side panel to the Antec case and crack it.
Fortunately it's a minor crack and not very noticeable. I'm just happy that that's the worst problem I had. Everything went very smooth with hw and sw installation.
