Thread: Inspiron 530 + ATI 4850 + Accelero S1R2

I was wondering if there was anybody with an Inspiron 530 and a ATI 4850 with the Accelero S1R2 on it. I was hoping for possible pictures.

I've done the measurements and seems like you can't close the side panel if you install the Accelero. Can you take the top black plastic part off the Accelero?

Also if I install the Accelero and a 120mm fan would it get in the way of the lowest PCI on the Inspiron? Possible "thin" 120mm fans out there?

I heard the ram sinks that come with the Accelero don't stick. By the way, why do some ram sinks stick and other doesn’t? I was going to use OCZ Freeze because I might fry the video card if I use AC5.

Last question.
Will putting in the Accelero make a huge difference? As of right now I've done a quick cheap fix on the 4850 where i cut the back plastic piece(opposite on the fan side) of the card off and attached a fan on top of that as well as applied OCZ Freeze. I get around a 65C idle @ 50% fan.

Any replies would be appreciated. THANKS!

I have an Inspiron 530 with the ATI HD 4870 in it, which i think is the same size as the 4850. If you want to send me your email address i can send a few photos. The main reason i went with the 4870 is the heatsink just so happens to fit perfectly around the 4 sata controllers. If you try to put an nvidia Gx260 or better card it may fit, but you will lose a few sata controllers to the heat sink.

It will fit if you open up the panel, it already seems that your case doesn't not have enough vents to give good airflow.

ya I’ve noticed that the 4800 series run very hot and you have to keep the fan speed above the stock settings the problem that's my concern is the limited space.

I’ve heard if you install the accelero s1r2 you can not shut the side panel i think i can get around this problem by taking the top place part off the accelero.

second problem is the initial height

I’m worried i won't have enough space for the accelero + a 120mm fan i have a sound card installed all the way at the bottom of the mobo taking up a PCI slot.

thanks for the insights thought.

Well heres an odd question. How do you change the fan speed on the 4800 series cards other than running something like speedfan? I didn’t think the catlyst software allowed that. Doesn’t mean there isnt a registry entry that can be changed though. I did notice this though. Im running a core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHz 1333Bus/6Meg Cache and my CPU monitor reports 37 degrees C. The ati software reports the 4870 idles around 56 degrees C which is quite a bit warmer. The copper on the heatsink which on the diamond 1 gig version of the card has this rather elaborate set of heat pipes, is extremel hot, almost to the point of burning you when the machine is at idle. So the case itself with just the 90mm fan on the back probably isnt good enough. im going to have to look into the fan you mentioned. For now anyone have a quick fix on manually changing fan speeds on the 4800’s?