About time! Low profile heatpipe NB cooler

ziggo0 · Feb 22, 2006

Never thought I'd need a mounting bracket for my chipset..

Maviryk · Feb 22, 2006

veryhumid said:
i'm sure it won't be able to handle that card. i'm sure you could mod it, though.

Well, we'll never know til I try to find out! If I can only find some in stock though. The stock cooling option on a 7800GS is pretty... pathetic... That NB cooler looks like it has a lot more surface area to work with.

ziggo0 · Feb 22, 2006

Maviryk said:
Well, we'll never know til I try to find out! If I can only find some in stock though. The stock cooling option on a 7800GS is pretty... pathetic... That NB cooler looks like it has a lot more surface area to work with.

What do you mean? Are you gonna mount that on a 7800GS?

futura2001 · Feb 22, 2006

Mooyo said:
Wanna bet? I get temps at 47C and higher on my chipset before I even overclock it at all. Now I'm about 52/53 after overclocking and I haven't pushed it to it's max yet.

Not everyone's chipset fans are going to be the same. Mine blows and is loud enough to make me get off the computer after a half hour. Something like this heatsink is exactly right for me.

This is where reading to the end of the post is helpful:

me said:
...unless your NB temps are abnormally high or the heatsink is hot to the touch

Maviryk · Feb 22, 2006

ziggo0 said:
What do you mean? Are you gonna mount that on a 7800GS?

If I can find one, doesn't look like any major retailers have it though.

IWasHungry · Feb 22, 2006

Bogie said:
This cooler would work for sure on the dfi board? As i would like to get one.

Page 4 of the review, it's put on a DFI LANPARTY NF4.

Guys, this is a very good aftermarket NB heatsink. If the stock heatsink wasn't sufficient, I would definetly keep an eye out for this. I think they're really going for the LANPARTY crowd with the fins located away from the base, to keep it from interfering with the first PCIe slot.

Kris · Feb 22, 2006

otogrim said:
Actually there are a bunch of other coolers us DFI guys can use. I've got a evercool vc-re on mine and it pretty much outperforms the original chipset fan and way quieter too.

I have a evercool ordered for my expert. I had a modded zalman on my ultra d modded to sli. This thing looks cool but I really doubt it will cool that much better than either of these sub $15.00 (with the shipping) solutions to justify the extra cost.....

Slaps · Feb 22, 2006

Kris said:
I have a evercool ordered for my expert. I had a modded zalman on my ultra d modded to sli. This thing looks cool but I really doubt it will cool that much better than either of these sub $15.00 (with the shipping) solutions to justify the extra cost.....

Keep us updated when you find out how this puppy does.

Bogie · Feb 22, 2006

I wrote Gary at sidewinder and he is gonna find out more and maybe stock them.

CoreGamer · Feb 23, 2006

Its nice...just gigantic

SolidxSnake · Feb 23, 2006

that looks very sweet.

Bogie · Mar 10, 2006

I just got an email from gary(sidewinders), he said they should be in soon if dhl is on time.

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