got my 8800gt in today and need some help plz

[hank123]

ok got my 8800gt EVGA card in today and from what i found on the net a DD maze 4 block will work on it.
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=161&cat=48&page=1

but do i need to worry about keeping the memory and other stuff cool on it to when i remove the stock heat sink? i could pop the heat sinks off one of the 7900GT and put them on but what about other parts of it?

[Vio1]

Definitely!

Cooling the ram and components on the vid card is very important... otherwise you will fry your card. Basically you want to cool everything that the stock heatsink was cooling (look at the underside of the heatsink and match up the elevated metal pieces (those that were touching the ram, chipsets, etc) and cool those with after market heatsinks.

[hank123]

dangit that means no water for now with the 8800gt. ARRRRRRRRRRRR!
thanks

[hank123]

or should i just use some heat sinks on the ram?

[Mr.Guvernment]

can just use some heat sinks :)

[Flip-Mode]

Check out the small BGA heatsinks in the classies but anything will do :)

P.S
Cardboard will not.......I meant real heatsinks :beer:

[hank123]

right on i just bought these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108096

[Brolloks]

right on i just bought these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108096


Those are perfect for the RAM and mosfets, the long black sinks go on the mosfets to the right of your VRAM chips. Basically anywhere there is conductive white material under the stocok cooler that is where you need to put heatsinks

[Jas]

The Maze 4 cools the card VERY nicely, I see right around ~35c at load, and I have the 1.1 vmod.

[jason4207]

Those HS's are a bit expensive, but they will serve you well.

Make sure to use some goo gone followed by 90+% Isopropyl on the various components to get all the residue off. They may appear clean if you just use isopropyl, but when you hear those 'clinks' in your case from the HS's falling off you won't be happy.

[gamefan]

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=546659

real measurements of the areas to cover at post #18.

If you do not have Thermalright Heat Sinks, you may want to measure your's. You can convert to decimals, say, from /16ths. e.g 11 and two-thirds / sixteenths =11.6666/16=.729"

[hank123]

well thanks fellas i will be trying to mount a DD http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=161&cat=48&page=1

on there not sure if its going to work but if it does not the people i bought it from said i could return it.


i will make a post with pics if all goes well.

[||Console||]

Should work fine it has the same mounting holes as the 7800' and 7900's and i have had my mase4 on both

[hank123]

Should work fine it has the same mounting holes as the 7800' and 7900's and i have had my mase4 on both

do u have pics bro? i would love to see.

[gamefan]

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/vga/hr03gt/installation_vga_cooler_hr03gt.htm#TYPE1

step 6 in TRs instructions. If using the TR you must use low profile HSs on these 2 mem chips, not cuz the mem is diff, but cuz the heatpipes pass right over that and would interfere.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5468968

pic in post#4

Also also in my link to my other post #11 that I gave above here theres another link to a pic about putting a HS on the bottom of the card.

Just be sure not to interfere, not to miss, but also not to electrically conduct soemthing you shouldn't either.