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The card under heavy load was getting atrocious 75°C+ temps with that cooling system. At one point it was 84°C with the fans spinning above 80 percent. Those fans aren't quiet by any stretch either and the fan had a grating rubbing sound when it was above 70%.
Was pretty pissed about it tbh, but since the card is now beyond the warranty period I decided to throw on the accelero 7970 cooler that I had sitting around.
When I was doing the switch, I was appalled by just how little paste there was on the card. I didn't take a pic unfortunately
. I paid a premium for the card just so I wouldn't have to mess around with installing an after market cooler, but I honestly would have been better served with the reference cooler.
Another interesting tidbit, they also switched around the yellow, black and red fan connectors. That was a fun one to figure out why the accelero fan wasn't spinning.
The accelero is hitting 55°C where the other cooler was hitting 84°C, they both idle around the same though.
Was pretty pissed about it tbh, but since the card is now beyond the warranty period I decided to throw on the accelero 7970 cooler that I had sitting around.
When I was doing the switch, I was appalled by just how little paste there was on the card. I didn't take a pic unfortunately
. I paid a premium for the card just so I wouldn't have to mess around with installing an after market cooler, but I honestly would have been better served with the reference cooler.Another interesting tidbit, they also switched around the yellow, black and red fan connectors. That was a fun one to figure out why the accelero fan wasn't spinning.
The accelero is hitting 55°C where the other cooler was hitting 84°C, they both idle around the same though.
