8800GT ramsinks

[PlatinumRiver]

-My first post, after months of lurking

I have a quick question that I brought here because I've found conflicting answers around the internet

I decided my stock 8800GT cooler was inadequate and I wanted something better. I plan to build a watercooling system in August, so I wanted a not-too-expensive air-cooling solution to last until then. Eventually I settled for a Zalman VF900 because of its decent price and relatively small size.

Unfortunately, I didn't research enough, and I thought that since the VF900 came with ramsinks, I'd be covered. But now that I have the cooler in my possession, I find that the 8 ramsinks it comes with are only enough to cool the memory, and not other parts of the card.
The problem is that, due to my college schedule, it would be a hard and lengthy process to have something shipped to me until May 9th or so. I know that, ideally, I should have more sinks.

My question is this: is it dangerous to run an 8800GT with sinks only on the memory? I would only be doing this for about 6 weeks and then I will order more sinks.
So, is it okay to run my VF900 with ramsinks only the the memory? or do I need to stick with the stock cooler for the next 6 weeks, until I am able to get more ramsinks?

Thanks, in advance! I really don't know what to do...

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

if your in the uk ..... i have a large bunch of small heatsinks salvaged from motherboards, video cards etc. some low low profile, others a bit larger. kept for such purposes, of course some will require hacksaw'in to size

if your not in the uk, maybe positioning a high CFM fan directly on the card? the heatsinks on my card only get warm at best

[systemviper]

Custom "iandh" 8800GT/G92 Memory & VRM cooling kit

I used them on my 8800 gts 512, they are sweet!

they are "in stock" at petra and sidewinder...

[LuckyNV]

Custom "iandh" 8800GT/G92 Memory & VRM cooling kit

I used them on my 8800 gts 512, they are sweet!

they are "in stock" at petra and sidewinder...

and if he's in UK, ChilledPC stock them too.

[cozwin]

if your in the uk ..... i have a large bunch of small heatsinks salvaged from motherboards, video cards etc. some low low profile, others a bit larger. kept for such purposes, of course some will require hacksaw'in to size

if your not in the uk, maybe positioning a high CFM fan directly on the card? the heatsinks on my card only get warm at best

and they come at what price? as i myself may be interested

[PlatinumRiver]

Custom "iandh" 8800GT/G92 Memory & VRM cooling kit

I used them on my 8800 gts 512, they are sweet!

they are "in stock" at petra and sidewinder...

yeah, I may order that, depending on what my budget turns out to be. the thing is, I won't be able to order anything for about a month, so is it okay to leave the VRMs naked until then? I do have a slot blower I could use to blow right on the card...

and I'm in the U.S., unfortunately. it's a long drive to the U.K. from here :mad:

EDIT: okay, that month might turn out to be just a week
So... I can get more ramsinks in about a week or ten days
In the meantime, is it okay to run my 8800GT with naked VRMs (the mem and of course GPU will be cooled)? I can position fans on the card like It_Burns said... any other opinions?

EDIT2: now I realize that waiting a week to install the VF900 isn't going to kill me... I'll just wait. It would probably be okay, but it isn't worth the risk when I can just wait a week for my new ramsinks to arrive. I just ordered some from Petra's... didn't get the Iandh ones because I'll only be using these ramsinks for a couple of months before I switch to watercooling and use a full-cover block (I don't want to use the MCW60 because I want a single-slot block) and I wanted something cheaper that will just get me through the next few months.

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice!

-PtR

[Ar3s]

yeah you can run the card without ramsinks.. check out asus 8800gt glaciator for example. it just has a mosfet heatsink and a cooler for the gpu. no ramsinks. BUT i don't know how long they will last. i should have a disclaimer to try at your own risk.

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

and they come at what price? as i myself may be interested

the cost of shipping

pm me so i have an email waiting for me - i can take pictures and you can decide

[cozwin]

the cost of shipping

pm me so i have an email waiting for me - i can take pictures and you can decide

pmd you

[little_scrapper]

I have the MSI 8800 GT 512 OC with the zalman 4 pipe cooler on it. It doesnt have any ram sinks at all. I suppose the draft from the fan helps the chips though. But I did buy a set of 8 ramsinks at microcenter the day i was there returning about $650 worth of hardware..hehe. Found the ram sinks in the dump bin for a few dollars. Said hell yea!! for that price I was gonna buy any and all they had but they only had one. Bummer.

I also picked up some AS thermal adhesive so I dont have to deal with the thermal tape that the ramsinks come with. I will have to remember to see how far I can OC without and then with ramsinks on it.