Thursday, September 21st 2017
Jonsbo Announces the VF-1 Graphics Card Cooler
Jonsbo has introduced a somewhat strange product to its lineup - a companion cooler to your graphics card. This cooler isn't meant to be installed directly on your graphics card, as some other aftermarket coolers like the Arctic Cooling Accelero series are; instead, this one is meant to be installed in an expansion slot (and a PCIe x16 at that, of all things) below your graphics card, providing additional cooling to your card's reference or custom cooler.
The VF-1 has an anodized aluminum magnesium alloy enclosure, which features a LED lighting accent towards your side window, and features 3x 80 mm cooling fans that blow air towards your graphics card.The VF-1 apparently operates at 18 dBA with the fans at their maximum 1500 RPM, and uses a SATA power connector instead of a fan header. The VF-1 measures 134 x 270 mm and is 20 mm thick, while the aluminum shroud material itself is 1.2 mm thick. It weighs 372 grams, and for all this, Jonsbo is quoting a 5ºC improvement in your graphics card's operating temperatures, which is... pretty underwhelming.
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ETeknix
The VF-1 has an anodized aluminum magnesium alloy enclosure, which features a LED lighting accent towards your side window, and features 3x 80 mm cooling fans that blow air towards your graphics card.The VF-1 apparently operates at 18 dBA with the fans at their maximum 1500 RPM, and uses a SATA power connector instead of a fan header. The VF-1 measures 134 x 270 mm and is 20 mm thick, while the aluminum shroud material itself is 1.2 mm thick. It weighs 372 grams, and for all this, Jonsbo is quoting a 5ºC improvement in your graphics card's operating temperatures, which is... pretty underwhelming.
34 Comments on Jonsbo Announces the VF-1 Graphics Card Cooler
trog
Some here might wonder why I didn't get a 9800gt with a better cooler. I did not because I inherited the 9800gt.
However if you running RAID controllers or HBAs this is perfect. These cards get really, really mega hot in 3 seconds flat without proper airflow. Sure you can try to watercool them (so I do quite a few), but you void warranty in the process and you're risking that card won't function after waterblock application (I had one such experience when 800$ card went just poof!).
With this I bet you can keep the RoC chip below 50C barrier fairly easily in a simple and tidy way.