LigTasm
Supreme [H]ardness
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- Jul 29, 2011
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I bought one of these little guys to go on my OS drive which is right up against my GPU. Originally I had a different block-style heatsink on the drive and it was hovering around 70C when I was gaming, which is acceptable but far from ideal.
I just wanted to give it a try, as for $16 its not a big loss if it was noisy or didn't work well but I was pleasantly surprised. This thing keeps my 990 Pro (or SN850X, I have tried both) at 40C max right next to a 7900XTX. I oriented the fan to blow towards the GPU instead of pulling hot air directly from the backplate. The fan is super quiet, I think I have it running at about 50% right now. I plugged it in an held it up to my ear and I can just barely hear it running.
Anyways, if you have the space and need it for a hot gen4 or gen 5 drive, I highly recommend this thing.
Block style heatsinks vs the HR10 (and temps during 2 hours of Helldivers 2):
I just wanted to give it a try, as for $16 its not a big loss if it was noisy or didn't work well but I was pleasantly surprised. This thing keeps my 990 Pro (or SN850X, I have tried both) at 40C max right next to a 7900XTX. I oriented the fan to blow towards the GPU instead of pulling hot air directly from the backplate. The fan is super quiet, I think I have it running at about 50% right now. I plugged it in an held it up to my ear and I can just barely hear it running.
Anyways, if you have the space and need it for a hot gen4 or gen 5 drive, I highly recommend this thing.
Block style heatsinks vs the HR10 (and temps during 2 hours of Helldivers 2):
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