Look at my Homemade Ramsinks:

[Maximus Nickus]

Here we go:

Took me 35hours of hard work, my hands are so raw I can barely type.

Saved me $30 though!

 

[Maximus Nickus]

They aren't polished by the way...

 

[Maximus Nickus]

I'm really pleased with these.
Just got to polish them, then mount them onto my 8500!


Maximus Nickus


I'm so happy have a on me!

 

[WillysNut]

Nice work. Were they something else originally or did you make them from solid chunks of metal?

 

[Maximus Nickus]

They were an old P266 Heatsink, I had to cut them, resize the fins, then sand them precariously to the right size to lap them!

Ouch my fingers....

 

[Warlord2]

looking good

put thim on with some artic aluminum epoxy and thin get some actice cooling on thim and you will have a kick a$$ card and will even more pleased with yourself

 

[Cisco Kid]

LOLI would have dropped the cash time = money to me ! Good job though you are a die hard overclocker, and all the best with the 8500, nice card , gonna get me one in time.

Cisco KId

 

[kyle1745]

Looks good, but would have bought some before doing all of that.


Kyle

 

[craigiz1]

Yeah, but doing it yourself give's you a sense of accomplishment. Goog job.

 

[grunjee]

Nice work man!

 

[Maximus Nickus]

I'm one Happy Fellow!

And I've just got my H20 rig as well.....just got to get a clamp down device now....

 

[mdcomp]

thats awesome. I want to try that myself. What tool did you use to cut the old heatsink?

 

[Staz]

Just make sure you overclock that video card to the max BEFORE you put those sinks on. Then again after. That way we could see how they work.

 

[CSaddict]

That's great! I'm cutting down some thermaltake ram sinks for my BGA memory. I'll post pics when I'm done.

 

[Maximus Nickus]

I used a Hacksaw to cut them! Thats why it took so long to sand them as I didn't have them too neat!

I can get to 600 memory now, and 620 MAX (lower score/artifacts)

I've just ordered my Epoxy...

 

[funnyperson1]

heh nice...you should see my GHETTO ramsinks.....i mean really who needs a sanded finish ....im too lazy...lol....great job....

 

[futura2001]

I think he used a hacksaw to cut them. Handy things those hacksaws...
Nah, my penny heatsinks are the most ghetto of them all. Except maybe the copper screws through a piece of silver hs I made. Thing worked like a charm...
Futura

 

[Maximus Nickus]

Yup a hacksaw!

Guess what I did earlier?, I went halfway through my finger with a 120MM fan, (140CFM 5000 RPM monster) I tell you I've stuck my finger in so many fans and never got a cut but this fan sliced!

It had so much torque...never seen so much blood, took 4 hours to stop!!!!!!!!!!!

Well its at 7 Volts now, son put an end to its first 5 seconds of terror!


Time to sleep, after , ouch....

 

[Dagon]

If you factor in labor. those are the most expensive RAM sinks EVER!

 

[futura2001]

yeah, and you payed your price in blood for the fan. Hope it wasn't an intake fan, I can just picture this jetstream of blood flying into your case and coating everything and shorting it out. Get some fan guards, they are only a buck or so, plus, it saves on those pesky medical bills for having to get stitches...
Futura