jdm_freek Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 so im sure it come as no surprise that i am not happy with the heat from these gtx 470's i have seen load temps of 80c. that being said i was thinking og aftermarket coolers but concerned about effectiveness and them not taking up too much room has anyone dealt with artic cooling i was thinking of grabbing two of these Accelero Twin Turbo II http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/375/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html?c=2182 they have them for $65 but amazon has them for $42 any thoghts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 80 C is more than fine. Don't waste your money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 What about replying the thermal paste do you think that might help a little bit cause 85 degree Celsius kind of scares the hell out of me and yes I know I 1 might say I should have kept my 680 but I want to the extra money to upgrade to the next gen cards I sometimes think I'm worse the knight rider Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyt Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 What about replying the thermal paste do you think that might help a little bit cause 85 degree Celsius kind of scares the hell out of me and yes I know I 1 might say I should have kept my 680 but I want to the extra money to upgrade to the next gen cards I sometimes think I'm worse the knight rider Reapplying thermal paste usually helps but it voids the warranty on most new cards but since the 470s are so old I'd say give it a go I thought I heard you were also getting a third 470 soon ? Tri-sli will cook lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUZi0N Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 I have a 470 just rotting in the closet, the factory thermal paste went to poo so I bought a Scythe Setsugen2 for it. It was a great cooler but you need thermal epoxy for the VRM heatsinks to stay on, the supplied adhesive was garbage. No need to worry about it anymore since I picked up a 670... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Is your 470 for sale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) Reapplying thermal paste usually helps but it voids the warranty on most new cards but since the 470s are so old I'd say give it a go I thought I heard you were also getting a third 470 soon ? Tri-sli will cook lol the funny part is that the 24 70's do better in most games then my 680 did the only reason why I sold my 680 was because the next gen cards are coming out soon and now I have 450 to put towards new card Edited August 31, 2012 by jdm_freek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Safe spec is 105c for 470's btw... http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications Obviously thats max safe by nvidia and you should strive to be less than that, but honestly the 400 series cards were literally designed to run hot. They'll be fine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Another thing easch card will overclocked 800 megahertz separately but not in sli I've only been able to get 775 could it be my power supply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbaxm2 Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 As others have stated 80c is fine for that card. I noticed that whenever I ran sli/crossfire that my top card was always much hotter than the bottom one so I at least made an effort to at times swap them around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 If the cards are ever ACTUALLY overheating, they will automatically throttle down to prevent damage. So if you're seeing perfect performance then they're fine (and I know that they are at only 80C) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 installed artic cooling twin turbo cuz i was bored 20c cooler and 3 times quieter not as hard to install as i thought took 30 min to prepare and 60 min for glue to set Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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