My A2000 is loud as hell and the existing solutions are expensive or dont fit my formfactor. I had the idea in my head to use a 60mm fan and cut the frame in half and turn it into a blower, so that it round about stay in the existing dimensions of the card (I know there are definitely existing blower fans which would do the job better, but hey, science!). I have no true benchmarking experience, I just ran the superposition benchmark twice on 1080p extreme in an open bench test for this.
Stock shroud attained 73°C.
Fan put on top of the finstack got to 61°.
Then I cut the frame in half.
To make the air go sideways I covered the bottom with cardboard which introduced noticeable noise, but not a factor for now.
What the easiest way to make a wonky air duct? More cardboard!
This one got to 71C running at the full 3000 rpm. It is loud, but better than stock.
My next steps would be regulating the fan speed trough the motherboard with fan controll and create and 3d print a custom shroud.
Stock shroud attained 73°C.
Fan put on top of the finstack got to 61°.
Then I cut the frame in half.
To make the air go sideways I covered the bottom with cardboard which introduced noticeable noise, but not a factor for now.
What the easiest way to make a wonky air duct? More cardboard!
This one got to 71C running at the full 3000 rpm. It is loud, but better than stock.
My next steps would be regulating the fan speed trough the motherboard with fan controll and create and 3d print a custom shroud.
