video card fan bearing going bad

[davidjaii]

Can somebody recommend me a vga fan to replacement my current stock one, and is it hard to remove it?

 

[Markbnj]

I don't know anything about ATI's, but you can buy aftermarket coolers for GPUs from Arctic and others. Check out Newegg. And no, they are not particularly difficult to remove.

 

[w00t]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186129

the guy in the review says it takes some modding. i like these vga coolers better because they take the heat outa the system unlike the zalman it just blows down and puts heat everywhere.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118117
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118116

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
I don't know anything about ATI's, but you can buy aftermarket coolers for GPUs from Arctic and others. Check out Newegg. And no, they are not particularly difficult to remove.

cough :: biased :: cough

 

[davidjaii]

thanks, but I'm not looking into modding a fan to fit.. i've never removed/replace a vga fan before, i rather go with one thats an exact fit.

 

[w00t]

well you have to see that its kinda hard to find a fan for an AIW X800XT if it was just a regular X800XT it wouldnt be hard but i think with alot of these vga coolers your going to have to mod a little. it wont be hard probably just have to cut a little of the plastic on the vga cooler if it gets in the way as for the zalmans they might fit without any modding idk.

google is your friend use it see if people have put these vga coolers on there cards and if it took any modding.

 

[Markbnj]

[cough :: biased :: cough ]

Biased? About what? Don't believe I gave any opinion in my reply.

But I can if you want me to.

ATI sucks donkey balls.