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ATI ALL In Wonder 9800 PRO Stock Cooling Vs My Planned Cooling plans,Please Help

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JP_Singer

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Hello Folks I have TWO G4-VGA Copper Cooler Kits by Thermaltake and I planned on cutting the ramsinks so they would fit on my ATI AIW 9800 Pro and was wondering if the ramsinks would still do a good job if I stuck them on with the Dow Corning T-340 Thermal grease material that came with them,also would like to know if I moded the GPU heatsink to fit on the 9800 would it be better than the 9800 stock heatsink and fan?


Thanks
 
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Giblet Plus! said:
"peeps"? Not shooting for mutual respect, are you?

I think you can find out the answers to your questions yourself.

Well not sure why your whining like a little girl but because for whatever reason you find the word "peeps" offensive I changed to "Folks" maybe this explains why you already have 6 stars, Well I am off to make a "SPAM" Sandwitch LOL.
 
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Giblet Plus, what's your problem? Chill out.

JP - If that grease you have isn't adhesive, your RAMsinks will fall off. You'd do best using Artic Alumina thermal adhesive, but it is permanent.
 
JKeefe said:
Giblet Plus, what's your problem? Chill out.

JP - If that grease you have isn't adhesive, your RAMsinks will fall off. You'd do best using Artic Alumina thermal adhesive, but it is permanent.

Well its Double sided adhesive tape and I was wondering if that stuff works good.

thanks for responding I am greatful!!
 
double sided adhesive tape thats also thermal compound?...if it sticks i would use it....ive seen some pple use no thermal compound and just some epoxy....

on ramsinks its not a big deal to not have great thermal grease...i mean...its not like they get as hot as a cpu...they just need a bit of extra cooling by having some contact with the heatsink...

as for the heatsink on the gpu i would suggest some good adhesive.,..aka arctic alumina like JKeefe suggested....
 
I would use thermal epoxy on both the GPU and the RAM. There's no reason to intentionally use something with not-so-great thermal properties (and thermal tape fits into that category). Unless you need to remove the RAMsinks, use thermal epoxy. It transmits heat almost as good as Arctic Silver 3 but bonds permanently as well. As always, read the instructions on their website.
 
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