DIY RX 480 Nano

[ondert]

Hey SFF fans,

Today while searching for Vega Nano thingy, I've seen this modded RX 480.

It is basically reference RX 480 (you know, it had a really short board.) and R9 Nano shroud and some kind of cooler with a fan. The guy who built this says he achieved this without touching BIOS, but with a slight undervolt.

The topic is here;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6r45rh/polaris_nano_i_modded_my_rx_480_with_the_r9_nano/

 

[thewizzard1]

Bad idea - That heatsink is not designed for that type of fan. It looks like it's taped on - Check the slant of the shroud over the PCB, along the bottom. Something's not right.

 

[darksidecookie]

Bad idea - That heatsink is not designed for that type of fan. It looks like it's taped on - Check the slant of the shroud over the PCB, along the bottom. Something's not right.

in the post the guy who did this said it himself, he just took the shroud and fan from the nano and stuck it on the 480

 

[Kmpkt]

Looks like black hockey tape. I bet he's Canadian, eh?

 

[zovc]

So, I get the principle behind what you're saying @thewizzard1, but is there any reason why something like this couldn't work?

Like, maybe someone doing a better job affixing a fan (or fans) to the heatsink with some sort of clipping mechanism? This seems like a pretty fun and interesting project and I'm surprised I haven't seen someone on here trying to hack it!

 

[Josh | NFC]

So, I get the principle behind what you're saying @thewizzard1, but is there any reason why something like this couldn't work?

Sticking an extruded heatsink designed for a Rasberry Pi onto a 480 is a good way to initiate pyroclastic flow...I know that much.

 

[Therandomness]

Sticking an extruded heatsink designed for a Rasberry Pi onto a 480 is a good way to initiate pyroclastic flow...I know that much.

That's the reference heatsink for the RX 480, so I mean it's not that bad.

 

[Josh | NFC]

That's the reference heatsink for the RX 480, so I mean it's not that bad.

Im pretty sure how IC makes its diamond thermal paste is by using regular thermal paste between a rx480 and its reference cooler and then running minesweeper at 640x480 for five whole minutes.

 

[ColorZepppelin]

I have a sapphire reference 480, love it to bits. Had a 560Ti before. Indeed AMD missed an opportunity with the size, they could easily have made it shorter. All the cheaper cards seem to have extruded aluminium heatsinks. I'd love to see a 480 in the new Skyreach.

 

[zovc]

I have a sapphire reference 480, love it to bits. Had a 560Ti before. Indeed AMD missed an opportunity with the size, they could easily have made it shorter. All the cheaper cards seem to have extruded aluminium heatsinks. I'd love to see a 480 in the new Skyreach.

Maybe you'll be the mad scientist to make it happen?

 

[ColorZepppelin]

Maybe you'll be the mad scientist to make it happen?

Hehe, I'd much rather see a one-slot rx480, on account of wanting to build a slim laptop with desktop parts like this
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...n-desktop-components-mechanical-keyboard.990/