January 30, 201610 yr Well my gpu fan on my gtx 780 took a crap tonight. It started rattling loudly then stopped. Didn't overheat the card but now I need to get it fixed. I'm not finding a replacement fan anywhere! I see a lot of aftermarket universal coolers. Anyone ever try one of them?
January 30, 201610 yr Sorry Bro.. I have never. Usually when I have an issue with hardware, I replace it. How old is your GPU? What is the make/model of your GPU? This is interesting. :smile: GTX 780 is model, but what Make?
January 30, 201610 yr Author It's a GIGABYTE GV-N780OC-3GD REV2.0 I read there are aftermarkst cooling solutions. I looked for awhile and didn't find any oem fans for sale, just aftermarket ones. Why is my typing white? I dont know if I'm ready to replace this card, it was $500!
January 30, 201610 yr If you have an empty pci slot under your gpu, you may wanna pick up one of these pci slot fans Not sure if this would fit in your case, but, I think it may do the trick. :lightbulb:
January 30, 201610 yr Yeah I would contact Gigabyte. I'm sure replacing the fan would be pretty easy, its like a computer case fan but just instead is on the GPU card.
January 30, 201610 yr Be careful I'm not sure how old your card is but when you take off the fans and cooling assembly the warranty is void, when I put cooling blocks on GPUs the warranty was void according to the manufacturer (BFG) I'm sure its the same with every manufacturer. Not sure if you have to take off the whole assembly to access the fans or if you can just take the fans off. A very odd thing to happen, I have a 780 (EVGA) and its pushing 2 years old now. How long have you had it Rogue?
January 31, 201610 yr Author I bought it in November 2013 so its past warranty. I've been reading other forums and people have had issues with aftermarket fans not fitting properly, wires not correct length, etc. I was looking at the Accelero Xtreme gpu cooler and that does fit but its almost $80. I still haven't started taking it apart just yet but I'm hoping I can get buy with a suitable replacement fan. I'm sure I can find one. The stock heatsink/fan mount seems sufficient. I'm not sure I want to start tearing it apart and removing the heatsink but I guess I can just put new thermal paste on it and have piece of mind. I've never replaced a video cards fan before and I've never spent this much on just a card so I'm gonna fix it vs replace.
January 31, 201610 yr So you may be in luck.. I have a ACX 2.0 Cooler for this same exact card, PM me your address and I'll get it in the mail tomorrow. I ended up going with Water cooling when I had two 780s and I never tossed the stock acx coolers. Almost positive it will fit, if not the parts should be nearly the same to use to get yours running
January 31, 201610 yr Author Here is where I'm at now. This part shipped from china wouldn't get here until March! Glad I didn't order yet.
January 31, 201610 yr Make sure you clean the old qsilver off both surfaces and apply new qsilver when you put it together. Sent from my LG-D852 using Tapatalk
January 31, 201610 yr Author Yes, I'm going to. It also needs new thermal pads/tape. I wonder if that acx 2.0 fan shroud will fit on this heatsink. Krazy, is that heatsink the same? If not, I'm sure I can retrofit that shroud. Nothing a few zip ties won't solve.
February 2, 201610 yr yes i replace about 5 times GPU fans almost Cooked it it warned me PC will be shutting down i shut it down before it
February 2, 201610 yr Usually, you can contact the manufacturer and get them to send you a replacement fan. Even if it costs you a few bucks, it would be owrth it.
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