The Ultimate in GPU air cooling

[HousERaT]

In my quest to have one of the fastest air cooled computers, here is where the journey has brought me. Both of these are on fan controllers so they're nice and quiet unless I'm benchmarking.;)


http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7859/kingwink8cu80259hm.jpg


http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/22/kingwink8cu802524sf.jpg


http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2647/kingwink8cu802536wc.jpg

[kaidomac]

Hah, can you fit any PCI cards underneath that beast? :D Tell us more about your hardware & temps and whatnot!

[RPGWiZaRD]

I don't think even my creative sound card would fit in the lowest pci slot with that monster.

[Jochenp]

Are they crossfire? (prolly not, they wouldn't fit :p:)

Jochenp

[HousERaT]

you can forget about using pci cards unless you have a mb with many..... You could get away with using the bottom one. Temps..... both cards idle around 32°C with ambient temps around 20°. With the fans at full blast and 1.575v on the core, the temps max out between 53°-60° depending on ambient temps. I had a benching session Sunday morning with ambient temps at 18°C and max temp loaded was 53°. I set my personal high in 3DMark05 with 14066.

[Fission]

Air FTW !!!

[Nanometer]

I love it.

[Evil Gnomes]

Very nice indeed, i like....though you may have some competition:
http://www.evercool.com.tw/products/vc_rhc.htm :p:

[yuckfou]

how you mount the heatsink?

[HousERaT]

how you mount the heatsink?
drilled holes directly in the heatsink then tapped them.

Very nice indeed, i like....though you may have some competition:
http://www.evercool.com.tw/products/vc_rhc.htm :p:
Are you kidding..... That thing is worse than stock..... poor design. A few forum members gambled on that thing and lost.

[omga14]

can we get a bottom side pic of the two? i plan on doing the same with a spare amd64 hsf i have laying around. don't think my tornado will fit on it but we'll see:D it should definitely work much better than the stock cooling on my 7800GT/

[PL4YD34D]

im lovin it. is that 3d05 score with single card?

[HousERaT]

single card....... I'm not moving to Crossfire any time soon.

can we get a bottom side pic of the two?
I have some for the Dynatron..... I'll see what I can do.

[Mul]

Very nice mod there. Wouldn't there be a bit of a cause for concern regarding the card warping from the excess weight?

Mul

[zakelwe]

Reminds me of some of macci's P4 coolers he had stuck on some of his air cooled cards. Very chunky.

Regards

Andy

[HousERaT]

Very nice mod there. Wouldn't there be a bit of a cause for concern regarding the card warping from the excess weight?

Mul
I use card keepers...... they're pretty snug against the card so I doubt that will happen. Considering the 4 hole mounting on these cards it appears the weight it pretty evenly distributed.

[illidan]

what's the noise ?

[charlie]

what's the noise ?

it's a Vantec Tornado which means @ 12v it's like 605dB or some sh**... at 5 or 6v it's manageable.

[cirthix]

close ups of the mounts?

very nice btw

[HousERaT]

what's the noise ?
What Charlie said..... loud..... however surprisingly it's not as bad as when I had it mounted on the cpu heatsink..... I think because it's facing down in the case it's somewhat muffled. Of course all my loud fans are on fan controllers and the tornado is usually run at about 3500rpms. Going that slow it's just a deep rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound. Not bad at all for normal usage. I only crank up the power when benchmarking.

[Fission]

it's a Vantec Tornado which means @ 12v it's like 605dB or some sh**... at 5 or 6v it's manageable.

I've got a Delta EHE on my videocard, bout the same kinda thing as the Vantec, and if you consider that manageable at 6v, I assume you were raised on either an airstrip or gun range.

And scientifimically speaking, for every bel above 30, due to the air pressure, the sound multiplies times a sicilian, so though 605 doesn't seem that loud, it really is, because you're older by the time it hits you, except for fish.

[Boble76]

That's nice ones! :eek:
I've made some changes to my X1800XT too, those little heatsinks are still in the box but I'll put them later on the card. With this cooler & "cool" air my best OC is: core 792Mhz / mem 965Mhz.

Swiftech Socket-A cooler and the original backplate from X1800XT.

picture (http://koti.mbnet.fi/boble76/Tietokone../X1800XT/Swiftech%20009.jpg) :)

picture 1 (http://koti.mbnet.fi/boble76/Tietokone../X1800XT/Swiftech%20014.jpg)
picture 2 (http://koti.mbnet.fi/boble76/Tietokone../X1800XT/Swiftech%20016.jpg)
picture 3 (http://koti.mbnet.fi/boble76/Tietokone../X1800XT/Swiftech%20017.jpg)

It takes a few slot but I don't need them.

picture 4 (http://koti.mbnet.fi/boble76/Tietokone../X1800XT/Swiftech%20020.jpg)

DELTA is in order. :D

[Cobalt]

Boble, did you have to drill new holes for that or does it already line up pretty close? Also what is the model number/name of that because it loks perfect for me if it performs well.

[Boble76]

Yes, I had to drill new 3mm holes into cooler. I don't know the model of that but it's socket-A (Swiftech). I think all of those Swiftech-coolers are pretty close between themselves. (sorry my english) :p:

Hey, I think I found the real one. Swiftech Heat Sink MCX462-U for AMD Socket A (http://www.directron.com/mcx462b.html)

That's it. :rolleyes:

[Cobalt]

Looks like I'll have to find one second hand then as they no longer sell over here in UK, at least not that I can find. Thanks for the help.

[[XC] MarioMaster]

that heatsink is awefully expensive for what it is....

[Navig]

This one's for houserat.

My latest build thus far:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Video%20Heatsinks/IMG_0028.jpg

Ultra socket A, cost me US$6. Looks pretty!




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Video%20Heatsinks/Backsideplate.jpg

Using the stock back plate.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Video%20Heatsinks/Mountthru.jpg

Screws mount thru into threaded holes outside the copper block.



At full rpms, the fan is audible, but still quieter than the stock heatsink at idle speeds. Load temps hit about 45c--the stock cooler was in excess of 80c.


navig

[Cobalt]

Those Ultra socket A coolers seem to be the most used for X1k cards but you can't get them over here. Damit why can't I ever get what I want grrr.

[eddieate]

Both of these are on fan controllers so they're nice and quiet unless I'm benchmarking.;)

Really? I've never been able to get my tornado 'quiet' its either off or loud those are the only 2 settings :p:
Ed.

[turbotoaster]

Those Ultra socket A coolers seem to be the most used for X1k cards but you can't get them over here. Damit why can't I ever get what I want grrr.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Akasa_119.html

there ya go, you from the uk right?

[SMa]

Do all socket A heatsinks fit on eg a 7900GT?

I've got a BTX-case, so heatpipes would be very usefull.
The only problem is that I only have 10 cm of spacing...

[Cobalt]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Akasa_119.html

there ya go, you from the uk right?
Wow thanks. I can't believe I missed this. OcUK is the first place I checked:brick:

[Alec]

Incase any of you guys are wonderng what a venus 12 sounds like (volcanoes new brother.. for S939) Ive made a movie for ya :D

http://www.subculture101.com/videos/fan.mp4


CAUTION: Do not have volume too loud otherwise there is a risk of you getting a slight ear / headache :D


Enjoy!


Alec

[Turrican]

Incase any of you guys are wonderng what a venus 12 sounds like (volcanoes new brother.. for S939) Ive made a movie for ya :D

http://www.subculture101.com/videos/fan.mp4


CAUTION: Do not have volume too loud otherwise there is a risk of you getting a slight ear / headache :D


Enjoy!


Alec

reminds me of my Volcano 9, back in the socket a days :D

[svl2]

wel done..i like see people modding hware..



this is my 7800gt width Alpha PEP66 and 6cm fan 7000rpm ( daily use at 3000 rpm):

http://www.webalice.it/svl555/SITO/7800pep6000.jpg

other photos here -->
http://www.webalice.it/svl555/SITO/miopc.html

[Turrican]

wel done..i like see people modding hware..



this is my 7800gt width Alpha PEP66 and 6cm fan 7000rpm ( daily use at 3000 rpm):

http://www.webalice.it/svl555/SITO/7800pep6000.jpg

other photos here -->
http://www.webalice.it/svl555/SITO/miopc.html


looks pretty nice :toast:
what's the weight of the cooler?

[svl2]

looks pretty nice :toast:
what's the weight of the cooler?
not mutch.. the Alpha PEP66 is a 6x6x6 cm alluminium cooler width a copper base .. it's approx 250gr

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

wouldnt say its the best. its nice.

but ive seen sp-97s on gfx cards.

[hot_fifty]

link pics?

[HousERaT]

Boble76, Navig & svl2: You guys bring honor to the art of extreme air cooling :D

BTW Boble76, I have two of the Swiftech coolers but I thought they were just too heavy to mount on a card. I guess I was wrong. ;)

[Andrew LB]

Back when i used to put crazy coolers on my video cards, i always got excellent results with all copper microfin 1U CPU coolers. The differences in temps between them with a decent fan and a bigger socket A cooler wasn't that far off. Plus it gave me much more room in my case.