News - HIS trots out a Radeon HD 4830 with IceQ 4 cooling

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HIS has applied the fourth generation of IceQ cooling technology to its Radeon HD 4830, but does it make any sense?

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[Brewster0101]

Does anyone find that the fans on these HIS coolers and the Akasa Vortex have a rubbing sound regardless how slow you run them.

[OilSheikh]

Does anyone find that the fans on these HIS coolers and the Akasa Vortex have a rubbing sound regardless how slow you run them.

I always thought IceQ fans just looked good but r noisy!

[aidanjt]

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I got an X800 with an IceQ fan, and other than being obnoxiously noisy, the fan died just after warranty. I went and grabbed a Zalman GPU cooler and my ears were blessed with silence after that.

[Brewster0101]

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I got an X800 with an IceQ fan, and other than being obnoxiously noisy, the fan died just after warranty. I went and grabbed a Zalman GPU cooler and my ears were blessed with silence after that.

Which Zalman cooler? I was thinking of getting one for my CPU and graphics card, but was always of put by price, so I went for a £200 water kit instead! lol

[aidanjt]

Which Zalman cooler? I was thinking of getting one for my CPU and graphics card, but was always of put by price, so I went for a £200 water kit instead! lol

This was a few years ago, so it was the old one-sided 'Flower' design. Couldn't be bothered looking up the model number. But it's rather distinct.