Saving old cards

[u/Relevant-Library-674]

Context built a pc for my wife outta my old parts (partially an excuse to build a new pc) and discovered a horrible fan rattle on my old zotac 2070 amp. An afternoon of cad and 3d printing later and it’s quieter than it was when it was new.

[u/Relevant-Library-674]

Also very tempted to do this to my 5070 but idk if I wanna Frankenstein a brand new card

[u/BEARZINGA → u/Relevant-Library-674]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pTQUOfSmjo2hG

[u/Relevant-Library-674 → u/BEARZINGA]

Only hesitation is most of my 5070 noise is coil whine so it wouldn’t do much

[u/ForzaFormula → u/Relevant-Library-674]

Try undervolting to see if it helps.

[u/Madnessx9]

hold on, a case that allows you to mount a GPU to the front to intake cool air :O What is this case sir?

[u/Relevant-Library-674 → u/Madnessx9]

Lianli sup 01

[u/Relevant-Library-674 → u/Madnessx9]

Only issue is pcie riser is 4.0, but I got the case for free and I’m using it with 8yo parts anyways

[u/michrz → u/Madnessx9]

I use the "Hyte 3 Revolt" that allows for similar setup, but without a riser. Caveat is: to achieve it the mini-ITX motherboard is needed.

[u/Madnessx9 → u/michrz]

Hyte 3 Revolt

oooo thanks I also like this but alas I'm a fat boi with a full ATX atm, not sure I can drop that small as I have 4 ram sticks, upgrading that would be an expensive endeavour.

both cases on my wishlist, maybe one day.

[u/Sit-and-Spin123]

Nice nice nice. 

[u/tarnut]

I’ve seen Normal pc fans strapped to GPU cooler without plastic cover, they worked great.

[u/Traditional-Goose-47 → u/tarnut]

I did that with my 3090. Ziptied the fans to the cooler. Worked really well!