Which heatsink/fan to buy? Help!

jonwessel · Jun 21, 2003

I have a PNY Verto Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB DDR.

Default settings:

Core Clock Frequency: 250MHz

Memory Clock Frequency: 500MHz

Current Settings:

Core Clock Frequency: 270MHz

Memory Clock Frequency: 540MHZ

I am doing this with the retail cooling, but i want to push it to 300 Core and 600 Memory, so what is the best heatsink/fan money can buy? And what is the best thermal paste? Thanks!

nerdlogic · Jun 21, 2003

Hmmm....The Zalman passive heatpipe is good if you have a fan on the side of your case. The best thermal compound is Arctic Silver 3 or Arctic Silver Ceramique.

sandman001 · Jun 22, 2003

I use a stock athlon cooler all hacked up.

GameFAQsRolo · Jun 22, 2003

I like the Iceberq cooler on my GeForce cards. I think I switch cooling on my vid cards more often than my other heatsinks, so I appreciate the cleaner cleanup of AS Ceramique (also the larger quantity for a low cost, 22g).

Hookem · Jun 22, 2003

I agree, the Vantec IceBerq's are cheap and they work...They have a "Pro" version for nVidia cards http://www.directron.com/ccba4p.html

emica · Jun 22, 2003

also, when you get your new heatsink ( i read this in maximum pc today lol), sand down the bottom of it. start with 800 grit sand paper (sanding in a figure 8 motion) and work your way up to 1600 grit polishing paper. when you get done with that, use a "high speed rotary tool" and some polishing cream to polish the surface. this should gve you a glassy shine and improve heat transfer. artic silver 3 is the best thermal cream, btw.

nerdlogic · Jun 23, 2003

emica said:
also, when you get your new heatsink ( i read this in maximum pc today lol), sand down the bottom of it. start with 800 grit sand paper (sanding in a figure 8 motion) and work your way up to 1600 grit polishing paper. when you get done with that, use a "high speed rotary tool" and some polishing cream to polish the surface. this should gve you a glassy shine and improve heat transfer. artic silver 3 is the best thermal cream, btw.

NO!!! A figure 8 motion will make your HS convex(the front part of the direction in which it's sanding catches more and, therefore, sands more than the rest of it). Use BillA and Graystar's method:

Use a FLAT surface(like a thick sheet of glass) and lay the sandpaper on it. Use wet/dry sandpaper and wet the sandpaper first (have a bucket near you full of water and ONE drop of dishwashing liquid mixed together). Set the HS down and, diong the best you can to apply pressure evenly on every part of the HS, push it forward. Pick it up, put it back down on its starting point and repeat. NEVER rotate the HS. You can use a permanent marker to make a squiggly line on the bottom. It helps you keep track of trouble spots. I repeat myself over and over about this, but only because you guys need to know.

altec · Jun 23, 2003

nerdlogic said:
NO!!! A figure 8 motion will make your HS convex(the front part of the direction in which it's sanding catches more and, therefore, sands more than the rest of it). Use BillA and Graystar's method:

Use a FLAT surface(like a thick sheet of glass) and lay the sandpaper on it. Use wet/dry sandpaper and wet the sandpaper first (have a bucket near you full of water and ONE drop of dishwashing liquid mixed together). Set the HS down and, diong the best you can to apply pressure evenly on every part of the HS, push it forward. Pick it up, put it back down on its starting point and repeat. NEVER rotate the HS. You can use a permanent marker to make a squiggly line on the bottom. It helps you keep track of trouble spots. I repeat myself over and over about this, but only because you guys need to know.

Good call nerdlogic, the figure 8 motion will definatley not be good to the shape of the HS, so make sure you are doing it evenly and with very good, even pressure. You really do not want to mess up a new heatsink...do you?

Cypress · Jun 23, 2003

so do you just pour a bunch of the water(with a drop of dishwashing liquid) onto the sandpaper?

nerdlogic · Jun 23, 2003

Cypress said:
so do you just pour a bunch of the water(with a drop of dishwashing liquid) onto the sandpaper?

You can conserve your water and just dip the sandpaper in the bucket...swish it around a little to get some water pulling off the particles. You can also do what I did: dip it in the water in the bucket and hav a small little cup or bowl to pour water over the sandpaper within the bucket.

Cypress · Jun 23, 2003

Oh i see! Wow...that was pretty obvious. It's just for washing off the sandpaper after all the sanding. well...i'm feeling a bit slow right now. I'm gonna go make a bowl of icecream.

nerdlogic · Jun 23, 2003

Well, it's to wash off what gets sanded off. The dishwashing liquid is to help lessen the friction.

Awww Cypress... we all have those days. Ice cream tends to work, especially with chocolate syrup. Cheer up, buttercup.

CGR · Jun 24, 2003

I have this on my GF4 Ti4400 and it seems to work pretty well. I do not know how it fairs agaist the Vantec cooler though.

http://store.yahoo.com/directron/a1449.html

GameFAQsRolo · Jun 25, 2003

CGR said:
I have this on my GF4 Ti4400 and it seems to work pretty well. I do not know how it fairs agaist the Vantec cooler though.

http://store.yahoo.com/directron/a1449.html

I've tried it and it does seem to cool better than the Iceberq, BUT the extra cooling really isn't needed. Along with the un-needed extra cooling, you get extra noise. That's why I like to recommend the Vantec.

CGR · Jun 25, 2003

Probally depends on whether you OC your vid card or not. I havent tried to OC mine.

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