Hammerz said:
I have a Gainward Ti4200 which i plan to keep overclocked so i was planning to buy a thermaltake Giant 3 cooler (but if anyone thinks i should get different, please say!) but on the card, i have heatsinks already there. Is there any way to remove these without damaging my gpu?
Thanx!
you have to remove the stock cooler if you want a new one yeah
Check your current cooler, and see if you can find out how its attached, if its with 2 (or more) push pins, try removing the pushpins (dont kill it, be carefull, that way, you can use them later on if something went wrong.. better safe than sorry) and then try twisting the cooler of of the card, dont pull it straight up, twist it.
Also try to look inbetween the GPU core and the cooler, to see if you can find out with how much paste it is attached, the stock paste will always stick a bit, so dont get scared
if you really cannot get it loose...then put the card in an anti-static bag, throw it in the freezer, let it cool down (wait anywhere inbetween 15 minutes and a day, you're choice, depends on how stuck it is) then try to twist the cooler of again. (if you freeze the stock paste, it will become brittle and break more easily)
good luck!
oh, the TT giant 3 may not be the best choice for cooling.. that cooler is mainly made for silent systems as far as i know, and it will also heat up your case quite a bit..maybe see if you can get the correct NV silencer from Arctic Cooling?
