cooling HD-7850- recommendation
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:44 am
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looking at the possibility of getting an accelero s1 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186054), or something else similar to mount to a Powercolor AX7850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131464)
I will be sticking this into a relatively small mATX enclosure (Asus V3-P5G33: http://support.asus.com/download.asp...wC5cR1KFeHkbEL )
When I measure my clearance from the top of the PCIE slot to the bottom of the side panel, I get 14cm- the listed vertical size of the cooler. Is this thing going to fit without cutting up my case?
I really want to reduce noise, as the increased noise pollution for this from my previous card (HD-5770) is annoying, even at idle....
If the accelero wont fit, what is a good quiet cooler to pop on to this card?
I will define dimensions as follows: with case laying flat (CPU fan on on top as I look)
Height from top of the actual PCIE slot= 14cm
Width= current 2x slot cooler, 1 slot available on side towards bottom of the case, 0 slots available on side towards top of case due to PCIE 1x tuner in that slot
depth= 33cm to front panel board
with that being said, if the accelero takes up 3 slots INCLUDING the slots of the Video Card (taking space consumed from 2 to 3 including addition of a fan), and the height is sufficient, that works just great.
I guess this is where my mATX case really hits it's limitations...
(I am running an Asus P7H55-M Pro for thos who feel my slot configuration makes little sense)
looking at the possibility of getting an accelero s1 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186054), or something else similar to mount to a Powercolor AX7850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131464)
I will be sticking this into a relatively small mATX enclosure (Asus V3-P5G33: http://support.asus.com/download.asp...wC5cR1KFeHkbEL )
When I measure my clearance from the top of the PCIE slot to the bottom of the side panel, I get 14cm- the listed vertical size of the cooler. Is this thing going to fit without cutting up my case?
I really want to reduce noise, as the increased noise pollution for this from my previous card (HD-5770) is annoying, even at idle....
If the accelero wont fit, what is a good quiet cooler to pop on to this card?
I will define dimensions as follows: with case laying flat (CPU fan on on top as I look)
Height from top of the actual PCIE slot= 14cm
Width= current 2x slot cooler, 1 slot available on side towards bottom of the case, 0 slots available on side towards top of case due to PCIE 1x tuner in that slot
depth= 33cm to front panel board
with that being said, if the accelero takes up 3 slots INCLUDING the slots of the Video Card (taking space consumed from 2 to 3 including addition of a fan), and the height is sufficient, that works just great.
I guess this is where my mATX case really hits it's limitations...
(I am running an Asus P7H55-M Pro for thos who feel my slot configuration makes little sense)