GFX card cooling.....

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fredfredsuk

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i am looking to replace oem cooling on my 9700 pro gfx card wut shld i choose ? (must b available for UK)

 

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www.overclockers.co.uk

 

slater3333uk

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IMO Best thing to do is use a old cpu cooler. That would give you all the cooling you want but it dose require a bit of modding work/perminant epoxy to get it fixed on. it can take up a couple of pci too but if none of that bothers you its the best way to go.

 

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Ok so first of all are you sure it cant be too heavy for gfx card and brake it.? secondly any cpu coolers that u recommend? thirdly doesnt shim stop proper contact with gpu/how can i narrow it down?

thanx for ure replies

 

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1. The weight of a cpu cooler will not break the card im positive of that

2. Humm what would i recommend well first off take a look here: http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187469 that should give you a few ideas. its relly up2 you wether you just buy a cheap aluminium cpu cooler for a few$ or wether you want to spend the extra for a vey good copper version witch would be alot more expencive but not give you that much of a increse in performance.

3. Yes its true the shim dosent help the situation. however it can be removed. i recommend you do a serch in the ati section of the forum as your sure to fine alot of info there.

 

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If you are worried about weight, you could use an aluminum CPU cooler. Remember that using a CPU cooler will take up at least 2 of your PCI slots.

 

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fredfredsuk

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wow cool thanx for all your help peeps.....i dnt think i can risk taking off the shim as i ld cause too mch damage to the GPU is there anyway i can lower it tho? also where can i gte glue from and wut exact type shld i use (wld b VERY bad for it to fall off during use LOL)

 

slater3333uk

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For glue you shoul use: arctic alumina epoxy

avalible here: http://www.theoverclockingstore.co....sket_session=74eba344f8972205a4e530fd38591856

 

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http://www.ocsystem.com/index.html


heres a good one

 

FunkDaMonkMan

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if you live in the US, i would buy it from www.svc.com


remember... arctic ALUMINA epoxy, because arctic SILVER expoxy conducts electricity, and could fry your card if you got it on the main PCB.

 

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Hes in the UK! Iam found the same problem when looking! in the end I just gave up. But I know alot more stores now. Just look at the list of vendors and see.

 

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slater3333uk said:

IMO Best thing to do is use a old cpu cooler. That would give you all the cooling you want but it dose require a bit of modding work/perminant epoxy to get it fixed on. it can take up a couple of pci too but if none of that bothers you its the best way to go.

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Don't have a sensor on my gfx card yet (ati 9000 pro), and dont reckon it would get too hot.

I bought an exhaust fan that fits into a pci spot, just beneath my gfx card to extract and expel the heat from it, does a bloody good job for over-all case temp too, dropped it by 4 degrees!!

exhaust fan was dirt cheap too (£3.50)