yea. dismount the heatsink, take off the fan shroud(the black cover) and put a fan there to blow it.
No need to replace the whole heatsink then.

anyone knows where to get d tt duorb vga cooler? or perhaps d zalman vf1000? thx

This post has been edited by jackanory: Nov 1 2007, 12:34 PM

Those sticky tape for the ram coolers on the GPU... Where to get ?

those sticky heatsinks once put on d ram etc, is it permament ah?

Those are known as M3 adhesive tape ... it's very sticky and bond strongly between to surface...

it still depend on dimension of the surface that applied with the adhesive tape...

o.. i see.. thanks for the info... 3M thermal tape is it?

3m tape is also thinner then normal cello tape

You may try normal double sided tape, but i can confirm that it will melt after about a 2 weeks of use and removal of it is hard as heck :S

tot of buying the cooler master coolviva tht is only rm36 new for heatpipe technologies to cool down my x800xl with r480 core, then i decided to go tro my heatsink collection and i found some decend ramsink and a cpu heatsik from my socket A cpu i think

this is how it looks like






adn this is how i stick the ramsink on, some super glue at each corner



yep its my network card alright...

end result
from this 400core 500mem


bcome this, clock at 550core and 600mem


with the stock cooler i can barely maintain it at 80 under load, idle around 53, thts without oc, cant oc cos it will hang. with this mod and the oc speed im doing a stable 60 at full load, and thts with the fan set at medium speed, idle drop to 41!!

Yah a very economical way of modding to fit usage ..

hmm I wonder would it perform better if a copped base i used ...

seem like im using all the junk in my pc...hahaha

i got a copper base server cpu heatsink, its a little heavy so i cut the idea of using it, bought it at rm5 around 8 years back at a factory where they collect and recycle pc

Hey doom, the new hr03 for r600 is here



idle when fanless, 120c


idle with Silverstone 92mm fan, 40c

HR03 r600

Guys, wondering, i have taken out my GTS heatsink the other day and clean up that crazy big chunk of TIM around. Also taken out all the thermal pads there and replace them with AS5.

Is it ok or it would be best to use back thermal pads?

wow u have a nice rig

as5 is way better then thermal pads, just made sure the heatsinks seat properly on the mem.

Thanks.

I did that already but still, there is not much difference between the temperature. Still around the range of 60c, which is about 1 - 2c lower only..LOL..

What is your GPU core temperature when idle? Hope you could share the info. I'm using the XFX 8600GT Zalman non-OC version and the idle temp is around 48C.

erm. I'm using Galaxy 8600GE (650/1000). idle my core temp is 60C+, while load the core temp will go up t 80C+. The card come with cooler master CoolViva G1. Are these core temp reading acceptable?

@akachester
AS5 takes time to cure.... so let it be first and see how later on....might gt another 2-3c drop supposedly.

but ive heard real good results on MX-1 and MX-2. up to 10C drop on the 2900XT.

@Zicron

hahah that's good piece of information ..

I wonder the load condition rather than idle .. coz load temperature is the biggest issue with this hot babe ... \

too hot !!!

hahah .. after reading the review it shows high at 60c ... this is too much

but still better than stock cooler at 90c ...

btw I was actually almost wanted to buy one to try it out .. but it would be hard for me to sell it away over here ..

so still stick with WC .... cos my idle and load is at 38c / 44c

This post has been edited by Doom: Nov 15 2007, 08:50 PM

Well, at first, i thought of applying the MX-1 instead of the AS5 but sadly, i forgot where i put my tube of TIM already. LOL..All i could get my hands on during that moment was the AS5 and Chill Factor. Since the TR TIM doesnt really impress me until today, i decided to put the AS5 instead. MX-2, i have yet to get my hands on one ..LOL..

Hi guys...
Jz dropping by for u guys info....
I've attached Coolviva Pro to 8800GT... Confirmed it's compatibility...
din take pics