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Stock Sandy Bridge i5 2500k cooler on a GPU

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ruhtraeel

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Is this possible? I've heard that it reduces temperatures quite a bit. I'm thinking of doing this with my next single card, since the SB stock cooler is quite small, unlike putting a Hyper 212+ or something on your card.

Mounting is obviously the issue here, I have no idea how I would fasten the cooler tight enough on the PCB. Zip ties seem really loose.

Do any of you guys have experience with this? I've seen people do a lot of this with putting AIO liquid coolers on their cards, but I think I'll stick with my Antec Kuhler 620 cooling the CPU.
 
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I wouldn't even attempt it unless you've got a seriously good way to make it mechanically sound. And to go from one air-cooled solution to another really doesn't seem to buy much.

Probably better off taking this route -- recognizing that you haven't specified the make and model of your GPU... but it ought to at least give you an idea of the scope of what you'd be undertaking:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1203528/official-nvidia-gpu-mod-club-aka-the-mod
 
Most GPU's consume *WAY* more power than a 2500K ever would ever possibly conceive drawing. Even with newer GPU's being more energy efficient. Unless you are thinking of like a 7750, the GPU would overheat with even minimal load.

Even a big tower cooler would suck for most GPU's.
 
It was an interesting concept that I saw. Apparently people got better temps even just by putting their Intel stock cooler over the tiny fan on the right side of AMD reference cards.

I would probably just get a non-reference cooler for my next GPU, and use the stock CPU cooler as a case fan, or put it on top of the card or on the cutout at the back versus actually removing the plastic shell and slapping it on top of the core

Apparently people have done this:
http://www.overclock.net/t/453619/cpu-cooler-for-gpu-core/20
http://www.overclock.net/t/356906/a-fun-gpu-cooler-project
http://www.overclock.net/t/1342805/mount-cpu-cooler-on-gpu/30 <--- With a GTX 480!
http://m1301.photobucket.com/albums/remnant88888888/?src=www?pbauth=1_uLEBonVPfaLdh1h3YMYz2bMsIugy6vixXhNY1yd%2BBfp8aWgD2HdOyuuI3N2RVUQOizSDMMtVqk%2BxHf3wYcex1yQBwhI9Aoa%2BW7PLNYC6hxostMsCqwIbBdr2TjtPI7snmofbB4z4dZffgRj1owCxbAYuJcOgVGJCi6zP4owdblbafGOWFAeAXg%3D%3D


I'll be honest: I want to find a use for my stock cooler.
 
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I've always thrown the stock cooler directly into the trash can.....it's too bad that intel doesn't sell HSF-less OEM CPUs anymore. I'm not sure why I should pay for a HSF that I will never use.
 
To be fair, the stock HSF is fine for i3's and below @ stock, unless it gets stinking hot where you live. My G1610 is ice cold currently at 26 celsius here in a HAF case.
 
TBH I'll probably just use it as a case fan or I'll attach it to the back side of a GPU where there's a cutout

Still seems like a bit of a waste though
 
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Intel stock heatsink isn't a very good design for putting on a video card. For one thing, it's a tiny copper slug with radial fins, very difficult to create sound mounting.

Here's my old HD3850 with an Opteron 165 stock cooler:

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x700pro with an A64 x2 stock heatsink fanned out:

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I've been under water since and haven't needed to make any interesting coolers lately.
 
Yuriman said:
Intel stock heatsink isn't a very good design for putting on a video card. For one thing, it's a tiny copper slug with radial fins, very difficult to create sound mounting.

Here's my old HD3850 with an Opteron 165 stock cooler:



x700pro with an A64 x2 stock heatsink fanned out:



I've been under water since and haven't needed to make any interesting coolers lately.
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Would using an Opteron heatsink work better? I actually have one of those as well, from an old HP XW9300 workstation, although it's a lot beefier and might have trouble fitting.

How were your temperatures for the cards?


philipma1957 said:
here is the best air cooler I have found for a hd7970. by best it keeps the gpu the coolest. btw it is huge!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fcuf4AodwjgApQ

this will keep a hd7970 under 70c at 1.2 volts and 100% use. works very well with this hd7970

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
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This looks like a pretty decent solution. If it's compatible with the next gen Radeon 9970 cards, I might consider one.
 
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Well, as others here in the thread have said, modern cards put out a lot more heat than older cards, or even modern CPUs. The 3850 was a 75w card and it tended to run about 50c with a power-virus type program open and the fan undervolted. I bet this type of cooler could work on a GTX760, but I'm skeptical about the cards that are closer to the 300w mark.
 
AMD stock coolers are much better than the Intel coolers. You can probably get one for $5. The FX cooler is quite nice actually for a stock cooler, even has copper heat pipes.
 
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