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Yeah, I couldn't believe how well it fit. It's an awesome mod!WarriorII said:After reading this post & purchasing a DFI Ultra D, I picked up an Iceberg 4 myself.
I didn notice, it did not have ears that needed cutting off, but it did need
a notch & one side trimmed about 1/8". The holes were not quit right & needed
enlarging.
But it works great now. & FITS !
GV2NIX said:Yeah, I couldn't believe how well it fit. It's an awesome mod!
The only thing I was concerned about is that the springs don't apply a lot of pressure. I can slide the Iceberg around fairly easily. I guess it doesn't really matter as long as there's good contact right?
GV2NIX said:Maybe I should replace the springs with stiffer springs from some pens I have lying around, those seem stiffer.
Yeah, I would think that would be temporary as well, as they will slowly go back to their normal shape.bchur83 said:They seem to be holding their shape and tension. I figured at the very least, it should work temporarily, but it seem to be fine for long term.
bchur83 said:All in all, I started out with load temps of about 50-55C when the stock HS/F worked, and when the stock fain failed, up words of 60C+. After this mod, I am now getting load temps of about 50C or less.
Well the Iceburg is meant to be a VGA cooler and is considerably bigger than the stock HSF (not to mention that it's made of copper also), so it's really not that tiny, and it's built for performance whereas the stock one is just junk in my opinion.masakabassist said:I didnt realise those tiny heatsinks made such a difference to the temperature.
I have the original Vantec Copper Iceburq. I don't know if that'll work better than the stock DFI tho... it doesn't have fins the way this Iceburq4 does.GV2NIX said:Well the Iceburg is meant to be a VGA cooler and is considerably bigger than the stock HSF (not to mention that it's made of copper also), so it's really not that tiny, and it's built for performance whereas the stock one is just junk in my opinion.
I don't know why but I found that comment really funny! No offense to your brother, I just though it was an amusing way to describe cooling and oc'ing as it appears non-hardware people.Ven0m said:cooling and overclocking are just magic for him.
Definitely! I used a Dremel for all the work I did including cutting the "ears" off. It's more than enough. As long as you use one of the hard stone grinding/cutting disks, you won't have any trouble cutting through copper!thegrouch said:do you think a dremel will be able to sufficiently cut through the copper.
I tried lots of tools for modding heatsinks and dremel seems to be the best - highly recommended for copper.thegrouch said:Hey venon how do you have that copper heatsine secured? Im thinking about doing something similar with one of my old copper heatsinks. do you think a dremel will be able to sufficiently cut through the copper.