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Compequip

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Yeah I know the 5850 and 5870 are out and they run cooler and use less wattage but I just bought a new saphire 2gb 4870 X 2. After purchasing it I'm reading all the post about how hot it gets, so I just bought a new artic cooling accelero xtreme another 65.00 after shipping and tax. It's suppose to lower temps in half and be 75% quieter. Now here's my question. Can I now run my 4870 X 2 and 4870 asus 512mb in crossfire I do realize my board for the second pci slot is 8X but would this work? I have an asus P5Q-E mobo here is the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131296R. If it does this will be tight, just looking at my space then adding a cooler wow this is crazy.:D
 
there aren't really any other cooling solutions other than going with a waterblock, the stock cooler is decent if you just crank the fan up
 
Here is the cooler I bought http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2_&mID=244

And here is one of many heat issues with the 4870X2 you can find all over the net http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/254188-33-4870x2-high-startup-temps
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=595024

Many people have bought this cooler and said it's much much quieter and cools down the card in half wow. When it gets here next week, I'll install first without the cooler than with and see what it does. HEHE :D
 
Compequip said:
Here is the cooler I bought http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2_&mID=244

And here is one of many heat issues with the 4870X2 you can find all over the net http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/254188-33-4870x2-high-startup-temps
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=595024

Many people have bought this cooler and said it's much much quieter and cools down the card in half wow. When it gets here next week, I'll install first without the cooler than with and see what it does. HEHE :D
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Good choice, thats the best air cooler for that card out there;)
 
bomberboysk said:
Good choice, thats the best air cooler for that card out there;)
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Thanks, I'm excited about getting it. I can't believe I built my comp last year in July, haven't turned it on in 2-3 months. And I buy more stuff for it!!! Doesn't make sense hehe.... I was up till 4 a.m. buying stuff. I'm leaving at 4 to go to microcenter to buy even more stuff. Hehe.... I'm still thinking of building another comp. i7 build just not yet...
 
Compequip said:
Thanks, I'm excited about getting it. I can't believe I built my comp last year in July, haven't turned it on in 2-3 months. And I buy more stuff for it!!! Doesn't make sense hehe.... I was up till 4 a.m. buying stuff. I'm leaving at 4 to go to microcenter to buy even more stuff. Hehe.... I'm still thinking of building another comp. i7 build just not yet...
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It sounds like you like buying computer parts more than computers them selves! ;)
 
Backwoods166 said:
It sounds like you like buying computer parts more than computers them selves! ;)
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Yeah, this is my learning curve. I should sell some stuff I don't need. I don't know anything about O.C. or software. I keeping learning here. Just recently have been going to other o.c. forums just haven't registered yet.
 
I'll have to take a picture of it tomorrow when I put it in. I'm now worried that with the new card and the cooler, will it even fit??? Going to be close and like someone else said the psu and the cooler are going to be fighting for air. Don't think so, the cooler has 3 fans while the psu only has one fan. Niot much fighting there hehe.... :eek:
 
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