4850 cooling option

procupine14 · Aug 5, 2008, 02:04 PM

My friend recently bought an ATi 4850 and the stock cooler isn't quite up to 'snuff' so to speak

and its also a bit loud. The Question

. What would be a good cooler for this card? Its so new that im up in the air about what to suggest

**temeteus82** · Aug 5, 2008, 02:08 PM

He might give few thoughts for this cooler : Akasa Vortexx Neo Review

mkk · Aug 5, 2008, 02:41 PM

Another option could be the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 which a lot of people are successfully running fanless on a 4850 card. In case the airflow through that perticular system is poor then adding strapping any kind of fan onto the S1 would suffice. However with a fan installed on it the Accelero S1 takes up two extra card slots besides the graphics card itself.

cambrose · Aug 5, 2008, 03:11 PM

It's my system, I assume (I am porc14's roommate). Airflow isn't too bad at all in the system (I have an antec 900). I haven't checked the temps of the vid card yet, but I do know that the temp in my system has increased by about 2C idle due to the new card.

procupine14 · Aug 5, 2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temeteus82

He might give few thoughts for this cooler : Akasa Vortexx Neo Review

see we american folk can't get these or any akasa products for that matter

EDIT:

well I guess we can get them in the States if you happen to get some one you can pay and who lives within the shipping area of the retailers to buy it for you and ship it to you

procupine14 · Aug 5, 2008, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkk

Another option could be the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 which a lot of people are successfully running fanless on a 4850 card. In case the airflow through that perticular system is poor then adding strapping any kind of fan onto the S1 would suffice. However with a fan installed on it the Accelero S1 takes up two extra card slots besides the graphics card itself.

yeah I knew that beast was an option. That's what I have installed on my 8600 GT in a fanless oc'd setup

. But yeah that thing is HUGE. putting it on my 8600 involved some interesting modding as well as removal of 3/5 of the plastic

from the heatsink

RoyBatty · Aug 5, 2008, 08:19 PM

I have a Zalman VF900-Cu installed on my 4850 and idle temps are 50~60°C (were over 80 with stock cooler).

procupine14 · Aug 7, 2008, 02:14 PM

yeah that may be the best cooling option....I assume those Zalmans are quiet....I've never used the VGA coolers from them to know

sammorris · Aug 12, 2008, 08:30 PM

Zalmans have the potential to be very quiet, but only at greatly reduced fan speed, which I suspect will leave you with the same issues for cooling. At full speed, the vf900 will undoubtedly be louder than the HD4850 cooler is by default, but if you've upped the speed yourself, that of course is different.

RoyBatty · Aug 14, 2008, 07:18 PM

Yes, the VF900 fan is not silent af full speed, far from it. But you can adjust it to silent level and the temperature will be still much lower than with the stock cooler.

sammorris · Aug 14, 2008, 09:38 PM

I'm actually amazed how quiet the 4870 is at idle, it's under 20 decibels for sure. Full load it gets a bit raucous, but doesn't suffer from heat anywhere near as badly as I was predicting. The fan noise is a relatively pleasant tone as well, so it's not actually that big a deal.

cambrose · Aug 15, 2008, 09:30 AM

I'm water cooling the rig this week so I'm just gonna do that, screw the air stuff.

sammorris · Aug 15, 2008, 01:44 PM

Certainly the best performing plan, but whatever you do make sure you have decent connectors for the hoses on the the card, I saw a 3870 Crossfire system almost get wrecked by that mistake when they leaked everywhere.

cambrose · Aug 15, 2008, 04:13 PM

Procupine will be telling me what to buy and helping with the install, I trust him way more than I trust myself.

procupine14 · Aug 15, 2008, 08:53 PM

I guess I've done it a few times to know enough to be more than dangerous

Ferret_Style · Aug 29, 2008, 11:25 PM

Check out the toxic edition of the HD4850 it has the zalman fan built on by factory and is not much more then the stock ones. It is also factory OC'd.

cozumel · Aug 30, 2008, 12:41 AM

The Akasa Vortexx Neo is now available in the States from Sidewinder Computers $29.95

Edit: For anyone not in the US they also ship components to anywhere worldwide.

Aug 5, 2008, 02:04 PM	#1
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	4850 cooling option My friend recently bought an ATi 4850 and the stock cooler isn't quite up to 'snuff' so to speak and its also a bit loud. The Question . What would be a good cooler for this card? Its so new that im up in the air about what to suggest __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 7, 2008, 02:14 PM	Thread Starter #8
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	yeah that may be the best cooling option....I assume those Zalmans are quiet....I've never used the VGA coolers from them to know __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 14, 2008, 09:38 PM	#11
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	I'm actually amazed how quiet the 4870 is at idle, it's under 20 decibels for sure. Full load it gets a bit raucous, but doesn't suffer from heat anywhere near as badly as I was predicting. The fan noise is a relatively pleasant tone as well, so it's not actually that big a deal. __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Aug 15, 2008, 01:44 PM	#13
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Certainly the best performing plan, but whatever you do make sure you have decent connectors for the hoses on the the card, I saw a 3870 Crossfire system almost get wrecked by that mistake when they leaked everywhere. __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Aug 15, 2008, 08:53 PM	Thread Starter #15
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	I guess I've done it a few times to know enough to be more than dangerous __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 5, 2008, 02:41 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,481 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Another option could be the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 which a lot of people are successfully running fanless on a 4850 card. In case the airflow through that perticular system is poor then adding strapping any kind of fan onto the S1 would suffice. However with a fan installed on it the Accelero S1 takes up two extra card slots besides the graphics card itself.

Aug 5, 2008, 03:11 PM	#4
cambrose HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	It's my system, I assume (I am porc14's roommate). Airflow isn't too bad at all in the system (I have an antec 900). I haven't checked the temps of the vid card yet, but I do know that the temp in my system has increased by about 2C idle due to the new card.

Aug 5, 2008, 08:19 PM	#7
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I have a Zalman VF900-Cu installed on my 4850 and idle temps are 50~60°C (were over 80 with stock cooler).

Aug 12, 2008, 08:30 PM	#9
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Zalmans have the potential to be very quiet, but only at greatly reduced fan speed, which I suspect will leave you with the same issues for cooling. At full speed, the vf900 will undoubtedly be louder than the HD4850 cooler is by default, but if you've upped the speed yourself, that of course is different.

Aug 14, 2008, 07:18 PM	#10
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Yes, the VF900 fan is not silent af full speed, far from it. But you can adjust it to silent level and the temperature will be still much lower than with the stock cooler.

Aug 15, 2008, 09:30 AM	#12
cambrose HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'm water cooling the rig this week so I'm just gonna do that, screw the air stuff.

Aug 15, 2008, 04:13 PM	#14
cambrose HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Procupine will be telling me what to buy and helping with the install, I trust him way more than I trust myself.

Aug 30, 2008, 12:41 AM	#17
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