Wanted it done quick and all I had on hand was 2 zip ties and some yarn (and a bath bubble bottle, which is being used to push a fan up so that it doesn’t scrape against the heatsink)
Call it ~~Noctua~~ Arctic Edition and ask $500 premium for it 🙂
Nidhoggr84
Those case fans used are likely much louder and running at full speed all the time, that’s why they are cooling better than the stock GPU fans.
Also the performance of the fans could be better because they are much bigger.
Snoo-73243
more airflow = more cooling
Responsible-Problem5
I have the same antisag pillar, it also works great cleaning my kid
Jashi32
Stock GPU fans are usually limited by the form factor of the card and by the fact that gpu manufacturers are cheap bastards
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Ult1mateN00B
Looks > performance. I mean would you rather buy this or the solution that was in stock. That been said I used to run my HD 7950 for years with 120mm fans, works great.
relpmeraggy
Fluid dynamics.
_j03_
Compare the size and thickness of the stock fans to those and you’ll have your answer.
Prodigy_of_Bobo
The bubble bath is washing the heat away
Hadley_333
Question: did you hook the fans directly to gpu or are they controlled through the motherboard?
akgis
Its that J&J Baby shampoo?
Nakatsuni
Is that a fucking Johnson baby holding your GPU? LOL
Mindless_Explorer213
All machines needs oil
Puzzled-Software8358
Thicker fans mean moar cooling powah
Nothing else to it.
CompetitionSquare240
the greatest GPU I ever had was a 1080ti with a frankensteined aftermarket heatsink carrying two NF-A12’S. I could run it at max and it would barely break 65c. wired directly onto the GPU’s pwm too.
problem was I was more young and reckless and didn’t really attach the mini heatsinks to the MOSFETs (or whatever they’re called). Not cleanly at least. Eventually it died.
Most quiet and efficient GPU I ever had the luxury of using. I don’t recommend doing it though.
NoSexAppealNeil
If it works it works. Don’t ask questions and start saving for a new one
Ronyx2021
Did you run deshroud cables or is this on an external controller?
Poised_Prince
No more tears
GuaranteeRoutine7183
Because those fans are bigger
Javi_DR1
*You better hide that baby oil*
Seroko
Theres custom cooling systems by Arctic Cooling, one of them saved my 8800GT like 15 years ago, lowered from 105-110ºc to 65-70ºc while gaming:
This but with noctua ippc fans is how I used to mine crypto back in the day. Just a fair warning to anyone buying a gigabyte or zotac card, DONT.
Double_A_92
Because stock fans have to look cool.
AmericanRusty
Had a dying AIO awhile ago so I took off the side panel and pointed one of those target desk fans directly into the PC at max speed and it kept the CPU below 65C during load lol
Byokugen
No tears eh?
DBXVStan
Cooling on Polaris cards sucked compared to today’s coolers. You can even throw something garbage like a Venus 2X cooler on a 580 and it’ll be cooled a lot better.
Also 120mm fans pass a ton more air through than 90mm fans at a similar dB, so it’ll do a better job on older gpus. Not so much nowadays with the gpu fans getting bigger and the fan and shrouds doing a better job with directing airflow.
spoodergobrrr
Use cable ties ffs.
Frostsorrow
It likely needed new thermal paste since you know it’s like a 10 year old card
GnrySgtRageman
Is that a bottle of soap? I hope so!
mangage
This is called deshrouding and it has huge benefits to temperature and also noise
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Call it ~~Noctua~~ Arctic Edition and ask $500 premium for it 🙂
Those case fans used are likely much louder and running at full speed all the time, that’s why they are cooling better than the stock GPU fans.
Also the performance of the fans could be better because they are much bigger.
more airflow = more cooling
I have the same antisag pillar, it also works great cleaning my kid
Stock GPU fans are usually limited by the form factor of the card and by the fact that gpu manufacturers are cheap bastards
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Looks > performance. I mean would you rather buy this or the solution that was in stock. That been said I used to run my HD 7950 for years with 120mm fans, works great.
Fluid dynamics.
Compare the size and thickness of the stock fans to those and you’ll have your answer.
The bubble bath is washing the heat away
Question: did you hook the fans directly to gpu or are they controlled through the motherboard?
Its that J&J Baby shampoo?
Is that a fucking Johnson baby holding your GPU? LOL
All machines needs oil
Thicker fans mean moar cooling powah
Nothing else to it.
the greatest GPU I ever had was a 1080ti with a frankensteined aftermarket heatsink carrying two NF-A12’S. I could run it at max and it would barely break 65c. wired directly onto the GPU’s pwm too.
problem was I was more young and reckless and didn’t really attach the mini heatsinks to the MOSFETs (or whatever they’re called). Not cleanly at least. Eventually it died.
Most quiet and efficient GPU I ever had the luxury of using. I don’t recommend doing it though.
If it works it works. Don’t ask questions and start saving for a new one
Did you run deshroud cables or is this on an external controller?
No more tears
Because those fans are bigger
*You better hide that baby oil*
Theres custom cooling systems by Arctic Cooling, one of them saved my 8800GT like 15 years ago, lowered from 105-110ºc to 65-70ºc while gaming:
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https://preview.redd.it/cx48dui2urkc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cb0d6b14dbcf547b53991b6525184da7ae8ef94
Now they have something similar for way more recent gpus, this one can be installed on a RX580:
[https://www.arctic.de/en/ax4](https://www.arctic.de/en/ax4)
[https://www.arctic.de/media/55/f7/2d/1584103980/spec_sheet_Accelero_Xtreme_IV_190418_r9_EN.pdf](https://www.arctic.de/media/55/f7/2d/1584103980/spec_sheet_Accelero_Xtreme_IV_190418_r9_EN.pdf)
This but with noctua ippc fans is how I used to mine crypto back in the day. Just a fair warning to anyone buying a gigabyte or zotac card, DONT.
Because stock fans have to look cool.
Had a dying AIO awhile ago so I took off the side panel and pointed one of those target desk fans directly into the PC at max speed and it kept the CPU below 65C during load lol
No tears eh?
Cooling on Polaris cards sucked compared to today’s coolers. You can even throw something garbage like a Venus 2X cooler on a 580 and it’ll be cooled a lot better.
Also 120mm fans pass a ton more air through than 90mm fans at a similar dB, so it’ll do a better job on older gpus. Not so much nowadays with the gpu fans getting bigger and the fan and shrouds doing a better job with directing airflow.
Use cable ties ffs.
It likely needed new thermal paste since you know it’s like a 10 year old card
Is that a bottle of soap? I hope so!
This is called deshrouding and it has huge benefits to temperature and also noise
More CFMs?
Is that a TUF case? I think I have the same one
Fans better