I installed the arctic mono plus vga cooler today 
Idle temperatures are around 35-40 degrees (19% fan speed) and at load temperatures go up to 62-68 degrees (55% fan). Now the card is technically a 3 slot card. I guess you can’t have the cake and eat it too
Over the weekend, I will install the heat-sinks for vram etc.
Overall, I am pretty happy with the swap
~20C improvement in Thermals is certainly nothing to complain about! I bet the sound profile is in a class of its own, especially at 55% fan speed. Hopefully those MOSFETS keep cool.
I look forward to any updates.
I’d put those heatsinks on the VRM before you do any gaming.
Funny enough that looks better than several of the AIB RX 480s.
At least it’s not compensating for anything with length.
Yup. I noticed those VRMS hitting 100C after some benchmarks. After installing some aluminum heatsinks that came with the mono plus, they are in the low 90’s.
I am not sure how the reference cooler performs in the area as I didn’t know about the hardware info tool that I use to check VRM temperatures.
Will do another test today and see how things are working now.
reference keeps vrm at 80-90
Yeah, my plan was to cross-fire two of these things. But that will have to wait.
But given its performance with most of the games I am playing now. ( > 60fps with witcher3 and doom). I am quite content.
I’ve got two in crossfire, really happy with it so far. Putting water blocks on them tomorrow
I see. The heatsinks that came with the mono plus don’t cover the entire area. I was planning on sawing off the vrm portion of the reference heartsick as it comes with holes for screws and all.
But if its in 80-90 degrees area, I don’t really see how much more I can improve.
Nice! What water blocks are you using on them?
Also, do you already have a custom loop in your system?
I would actually suggest looking into getting some Ebzotech heat sinks, all copper, they sell them in packs I’ve got a crap ton lying around for random things.
Using the copper full cover blocks from EK and yes I’ve had a loop for about a year now
With regard to noise, I can barely hear the gpu over my cheap non-pwm case fans. To test things, I turned them off and its barely audible at 40-50%.
One thing that I really like about the mono plus is it keeps the card really cool at idle. To achieve the same results with the reference cooler, I had to tweak the clocks and change the fan profile.
I remember the guy at the gamersnexus channel using some copper heatsinks for the VRAM modules. His setup for VRM was a bit wonky.
Also, I used the adhesive to glue those heatsinks. How easy is it to remove?
Not easy at all… I have never tried to remove thermal adhesive but I’ve heard you can rip components off if you’re not careful.
Wait, are you talking about two stage adhesive or adhesive strips?
I used the white adhesive that came with the mono. I had to leave it for sometime (~2hours) to dry.
Got no clue never dealt with that stuff
How far above the PCB does the Artic Mono Plus fan sit? It looks like 5-6cm?