Got my new HSF for my vid card.

Got my new HSF for my vid card. Works good, much better than the stock peice of junk that was on it. This is what I put on it.

Thermaltake 1U HSF with copper base aluminum fins.

I dont have a pic, but I used twist ties. lol I didnt think to get AS epoxy and had to improvise

Looks good, this is on your 4200? Why not drill holes in it so you can use the stock mounting holes? Just add some screws+nylon washers+springs

I did that to my retail athlon HSF... and bolted that sucka onto my 9700 pro.

I took it off for the time being untill I figure out how to best protect the core...

uhhh.... oops anyway... Give us info on how she overclocks now.

No, better than before, heat isnt holding the core back, the memory still needs ramsinks and I know it can go higher. anything over 315mhz (core) isnt any good and it will just lock up @ 319, just like it did before a put the new HSF on it. The mounting holes are extremely small, I drilled the four holes in the HS but then I coudnt find any screws/bolts small enough and I couldnt make them any bigger cause they put traces 1/16 of an inch from the edge of the hole. So it works for now, I'm gonna look @ the hardware store tomorrow to see if they have anything smaller then what i've got. If not, it isnt a big deal. I put it on in a good fashion and it isnt gonna be coming off, it just twists some that is all.

Workin real good now, completely stable, and some people can only get 270/550 out of there 4200's, guess I'm blessed.

time for a vmod, and your local hardware store WILL have screws small enough, you just gotta really look. I found some microscopic sized ones for my 9700, they're actually a ton smaller then the stock pins!