I'm Back! Now My Gpu Fan Has Died...

[Vid-szhite]

So, last time I was here, my mobo's chipset fan died, and thanks to everyone's help, I was able to replace it nicely. Now I have a different problem, a few days ago my GPU fan started making very loud buzzing and grinding noises--when I checked it, there was so much dust on the HSF that it couldn't turn anymore. I cleaned it out, but sadly, the fan only worked for about a week more before pooping out completely. I'm blowing air out of my case with a huge floor fan now to keep the system running. It currently idles at 60C.

 

Now, I've done some research of my own regarding a replacement, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. The GPU in question is an XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830.

 

Things I've been looking at:

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9913/vid-134/Arctic_Cooling_Accelero_L2_Pro_VGA_Cooler_ACCELL2Pro_ATI_Radeon_HD_485048304670_nVIDIA_GeForce_GTS25098009600_.html?tl=g40c21s65#blank

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8123/vid-118/Scythe_MUSASHI_Twin_Heatpipe_Low-Profile_Universal_VGA_Cooler_w_Fan_Speed_Control.html?tl=g40c21s65#blank

 

Money IS an object. Anything for as low a price as possible that still works at least as good as the stock HSF is good enough for me.

[SenitaL]

Don't know too much on this subject but id advise you not to use the card (or putting any load on it) until you can get a replacement fan, else you might burn out the entire card and waste money on a fan.. just don't run 3DMark or something! Times like this is why i LOVE having a GX chipset, because then i can just switch to internal graphics while any GPU problems are being sorted out Hope someone heps you with your Query and you can be up and running Asap

[Boinker]

Me personally, I would get the one from scythe. It looks like it would do better of the two and be more silent. Also If you are going to convert it I would rather use a more permanent solution to keeping the Mosfet coolers and other coolers that Have to be "Double sided taped" on and use arctic Silver 5 epoxy to keep them in place. and if you were going to do that I would also get some different memory coolers such as the ones enzotech has available.

 

My 2 cents, Hope it makes cents.