- Joined
- Aug 7, 2001
- Location
- UK
Right the story so far.
Ive been given a FX5800 Ultra which came with a 5/16th water cooling unit on it, I would of used this but the blocks and ram coolers were recked by either customs or the postal services! ALl there lugs have been ripped out and the block is unfixable.
My first fears were that the graphics card was recked but i jury rigged up a load of HSF (real dodgy and i dont trust em not to fall off to see if it booted and it did thank god!!!!
My question is this i have a swiftech GPU (which im getting the FX5800/5900 adapter for) block anyway but at present this does not cool the ram!
do you think i could cool this DDR 2 Ram with big bolt passive alu finned sinks or should i spend the hassle watercooling the ram to.?????
I dont know enough about the ram and its heat output charecteristics jumping from cool gf2 graphics card to this lumbering monster!
Any help or ideas would be great!
Or should i sell it on ebay and get a 9800pro LOL after the Nvidia wipping in Halflife 2.
Ive been given a FX5800 Ultra which came with a 5/16th water cooling unit on it, I would of used this but the blocks and ram coolers were recked by either customs or the postal services! ALl there lugs have been ripped out and the block is unfixable.
My first fears were that the graphics card was recked but i jury rigged up a load of HSF (real dodgy and i dont trust em not to fall off to see if it booted and it did thank god!!!!
My question is this i have a swiftech GPU (which im getting the FX5800/5900 adapter for) block anyway but at present this does not cool the ram!
do you think i could cool this DDR 2 Ram with big bolt passive alu finned sinks or should i spend the hassle watercooling the ram to.?????
I dont know enough about the ram and its heat output charecteristics jumping from cool gf2 graphics card to this lumbering monster!
Any help or ideas would be great!
Or should i sell it on ebay and get a 9800pro LOL after the Nvidia wipping in Halflife 2.