Exhaust type aftermarket cooler for Radeon 4770

[Stoneburner]

I haven't used aftermarket cooling for a video card since my radeon 9700 pro. Artic Cooling had a very quiet and effective aftermarket cooler for that which exhausted the air outside of the case. I look through their website now and all their vga coolers dump heat back inside the case.

This is particularly strange since i've seen certain HIS radeon cards with non-reference exhaust type coolers that look suspiciously similar to the old artic cooler I had. All the other third party heatsink manufacturers also seem to favor non-exhaust type for VGA.

.... Any suggestions? Also, I can't even find confirmation that any of these aftermarket solutions will actually work on the 4770.

 

[Griswold]

Cheap solution for the 4770:

Remove the next slot cover below your 4770. The stock cooler seems to push a good amount of air through that hole. Under full load, it dropped the mainboard temperature in my system (sensor is near the PCIe slot) by 6°C. 😀

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: Griswold
Cheap solution for the 4770:

Remove the next slot cover below your 4770. The stock cooler seems to push a good amount of air through that hole. Under full load, it dropped the mainboard temperature in my system (sensor is near the PCIe slot) by 6°C. 😀

I actually did this, replaced the PCI cover slot with a mesh type cover.. and the one next to it as well. I don't know how to monitor temperatures with my biostar ta790 because the programs won't install with windows 7. Good board, but I'm too used to asus.

I'm going to stick a pci slot blower inbetween my cards as well. I'd like a more elegant solution that doesn't effectively remove my only remaining pcie x1 slot though.