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Can’t you underclock it using MSI afterburner, so it’ll run cooler?

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Sure! But my buddy had thrown away the stock cooling system and just gave me the card with the custom water block on it…

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Maybe buy a broken one that has working fans and then yank the cooling.

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That sounds an awful lot like work

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Less work than setting up a water block solution lol

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Yes, but then it’s also not as big a performance jump from what I have. I’m strategically lazy…

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Well, even underclocking it won’t make it run that cool. Sounds like a radiator & pump and tubing might be cheaper than buying a dead card and cannibalizing.

Or you could always try to sell it and get a newer card

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Yeah, just a whole lot of expenses going out right now. So even £150-200 is off the books for me atm

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