I need 2 single slot coolers for my 4850 cards.

funboy6942

Lifer
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I am hitting a brick wall for I cannot seem to find single slut aftermarket coolers, and I made a wtb thread asking for those who upgraded their coolers off their 4850's for theirs and I got no reply.

I dont plan on over clocking mine, I have them in crossfire mode on my motherboard, but because its a CF mobo I need all the open sluts I can get, so Id like to get something, anything, so I can free up one PCI and one mini PCI-E slot so I can put my tv tuner in and upgrade my sound. I ave one pci slot in it I can use but my Wireless G 300mb Net card is taking up that spot and kinda need that for now to get internerd access.

So Im stuck making a thread in hopes one of you may have come across what I may be looking for a can link me to it. It must be single slot, not 1 1/2 slot, or 2 slut. I have 4 120M fans in my case so I have air flow, and am not worried about them running a little hot. But your help would be greatly appreciated!

TIA!!

Would anyone think I wont have a problem running a old X1900GT single Slot heatsink on these?? Its got a ton of copper in them, same chip configuration it looks, down to even the memory. I know they sound like a jet engine taking off but this rig is not in my bedroom, so it wont be too big a problem. But you think they will be ok and not fry my gpu before I go strapping one on I found?
 

funboy6942

Lifer
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No, that wont work because then it will take away from the slot above it on my master PCI-E slot, and my boards NB cooler is in the way as well. Thanks for the suggestion though!

As for not mentioning my board, I didnt think I would need to make that information ready for I was looking for single slot coolers, and no matter my board config a single slot cooler is just a single slot cooler.

BUT

With that said, if for some reason knowing what I have in my case will help in finding something I may not of thought of, such as what you pointed out to me, then by all means take a look see.

This is exactly my board I am running the pair of cards on.

THANKS!!
 

AmberClad

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Hmm, that looks awkward. I don't know of any aftermarket single slot coolers that will fit 4850s (other than waterblocks). As a last resort, I guess you could try a USB wireless adapter.

You have these cards right?

2-slot 4850
PCI or PCIe TV tuner
2-slot 4850
PCI network adapter <-- replace with USB?
PCI or PCIe sound card