The fan of my 5750 died a while back, and I refused to break down and buy a new fan. Instead, I re purposed some old cooling bits. It is still a work in progress, and beware, because this is the most jury rigged card I've ever seen. I wanted to make this post, but haven't gotten to test the card. Stock this guy got ~80 at full load.
Current revision of the cooler:
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Finally stopped being lazy and installed it. Surprisingly, the temps are really nice. This is idle, after just starting W7
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Somehow idling at 55C, stock clocks. Fan speed doesn't really make a difference, since I think it is a 12V fan.
What a tiny fan -what is: 1 inch? sweet. It suggests a defiance to overheating.
I love ghetto heatsinks/fans. Any other please post pics in this thread.
This is the fan/copper getup.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835230033 Although I did other things, to assure maximum contact. The stock aluminum cooler bit is really ugly now.
EDIT: I tried mining, and it is having a hella hard time combating high temps. I need to work on something for that.