Radeon Cooling

[mdcomp]

I am just wondering what heatsink will fit on a retail 64mb radeon 8500. I have a crystal orb, but its terrible. It dosen't do much at all. Any ideas?

[funnyperson1]

SSS had made a guide to fitting an Alpha pal15u on an 8500 (on front page) im sure that a 1U cooler would be best for you

[mdcomp]

I figured, hrrmmm, just there is not much room. There are a few capacitators and other things really close to the gpu and the heatsink may hit it?

[funnyperson1]

yeah, youll probably have to dremel off some corners:cool:

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by mdcomp
I figured, hrrmmm, just there is not much room. There are a few capacitators and other things really close to the gpu and the heatsink may hit it?

yeah you have to dremel the sink a bit, I bought the one SSS had on his old 8500, it was a kicka** cooler thats fer sure, I actually wish I would have kept it when I sold my 8500 LE and put it on my 9500 Pro.

But it is definitely the best solution.

Cisco KId:D

[mdcomp]

This is going to be tough, maybe I'll post in the wanted section for one already cut.

[drewthomas14]

will one of those thermaltake lower profile coolers work?

[mdcomp]

Yeah, but the problem is you have to cut the sides a bit to get it to fit.

[Wraith]

WHAT THE HECK
Why is the CORB bad, i have one and id does its job well, is it realy that bad guys, i meen, cmon, i though CORBS were suposed to be good! Thats y i bought one lol

[mdcomp]

Lol. I think its performing bad on mine. I can't overclock past 290/290 and if I feel the c'orb while in 3dmark its really hot. Better cooling will probably get me a better overclock, so I want better cooling.