GPU fan for HD 5850

[Crazybob's Son]

OK.. so I was trying to figure out which fan in my computer was speeding up/slowing down and put my finger to barely touch the cooling fan on my HD5850 and ended up breaking a fin off the fan... It is holding at 62-63c with the fan at 75% but I'm guessing I should probably replace the cooler. I highly doubt I'll be able to find a stock replacement for the XFX Black Edition that I have so I'm opening this up for opinions on after-market cooling.

[circeseye]

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10083/vid-140/Prolimatech_MK-13_Universal_VGA_GPU_Cooler_w_Omni-Mount_Retention_System.html 59.99

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11422/vid-148/Gelid_Icy_Vision_Five_Heatpipe_Universal_VGA_Coole r_Rev_2_Up_to_R9_290X_Series_GTX_780_Series.html?t l=g40c21s65 57.99

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15083/vid-179/Logisys_Dracula_Universal_VGA_12_Heatpipe_Cooler_V C6006.html?tl=g40c21s65 79.99

or take ur pick they have some as cheap as 19.95 but as u know u get what u pay for.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g40/c21/s65/list/p1/Air_Cooling-VGA_HeatsinksCoolers-ATIAMD_Card-Page1.html

[Fire$torm]

What brand of GPU? I have a couple of stock coolers laying around..

[Crazybob's Son]

What brand of GPU? I have a couple of stock coolers laying around..

I didn't see you respond to this, but it is an XFX Black Edition 5850

[Fire$torm]

Damn, sorry for the late reply. Still catching up on things.

Nada on anything that would work for you. :(

Have you tried searching eBay? I've come across quite a few sellers recently hawking all kinds of OEM fans for ATI cards.

[Crazybob's Son]

Damn, sorry for the late reply. Still catching up on things.

Nada on anything that would work for you. :(

Have you tried searching eBay? I've come across quite a few sellers recently hawking all kinds of OEM fans for ATI cards.

Just looked and found a few exact replacement fans but they are located in hong kong and china :(

[Slicker]

Just looked and found a few exact replacement fans but they are located in hong kong and china :(

Sounds like it is time to break out the duct tape...

[EmSti]

Check out Artic cooler http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html

They have multiple options for the 5850 including a water cooler, the link above might be your best option. They have a good rep and their coolers are know to work well on 7970.
Article on the twin turbo http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/arctic-accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html#sect0

Finding one is stock will take some searching.

[Fire$torm]

Check out Artic cooler http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html

They have multiple options for the 5850 including a water cooler, the link above might be your best option. They have a good rep and their coolers are know to work well on 7970.
Article on the twin turbo http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/arctic-accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html#sect0

Finding one is stock will take some searching.

I was going to suggest that cooler as I have three of them installed on ATI cards. The problem is the supply of Accelero TT II coolers has dried up. Up until a month ago you could find them on Newegg or eBay for $39.99 w/Free shipping. Last week I checked every U.S. eTailer I could think of and none had any...... :((

[conf]

Simply take 2 92mm fans and fix them on all that metal with cable binders ( dont know the right word).
My 570GTX is even cooler than before since the original Palit fans broke down. All other is too expensive for an old GPU.

[John P. Myers]

Simply take 2 92mm fans and fix them on all that metal with cable binders ( dont know the right word).


Zip ties :) I'm somewhat amazed F$ hasn't suggested that yet :D

[Fire$torm]

Zip ties :) I'm somewhat amazed F$ hasn't suggested that yet :D

:P

It doesn't always work so I avoided suggesting that.