dicing my gpu

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04-21-2005, 02:37 PM
harleybro

dicing my gpu

Well last weekend was fun using dice for the first time on my cpu. I was truely amazed by the clocks I got. By Sunday I had decided that this coming weekend it was time to hit my gpu. As for my mobo nailpolish was used in the area around the cpu socket. Insulation over it. I just started using the nail polish on my graphics card. If anyone has used this method or others of painting please post pics. I basically am wondering how far away from the cpu may I see frost on the card. In otherwords how much of my card should I paint.
04-21-2005, 03:10 PM
ingentingmendeg

nice, lol when u said "dicing my cpu" i thought u meant you chopped it in half or something.
04-21-2005, 03:13 PM
twilius_basic

I painted my entire card :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t..._DI_GPU002.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t...c/th_DI008.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t...c/th_DI007.jpg

It ain't pretty, but I never had any cond. problems while benching the card....
04-21-2005, 03:19 PM
ingentingmendeg

lol nice 9700pro, im using that card right now.
04-21-2005, 03:42 PM
harleybro

Quote:

Originally Posted by twilius_basic

I painted my entire card :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t..._DI_GPU002.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t...c/th_DI008.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v223/t...c/th_DI007.jpg

It ain't pretty, but I never had any cond. problems while benching the card....

Cool was close to anyways just hadn't done the front yet :)
04-21-2005, 04:08 PM
BigPanda

so it ok just to put nail polish around the cpu socket? how do you get it off?
04-21-2005, 04:14 PM
harleybro

acetone :)
04-23-2005, 12:23 AM
Apocalipsis

What is "nail polish"? sorry guys my english is not that good :( can you explain a bit plz
04-23-2005, 12:28 AM
Jort

the things you have on your fingers.
that you cut every .... weeks.
women paint it for fun ^^ we use it for mobo's and gfx cards
04-23-2005, 12:40 AM
wambas

"Esmalte de Uñas" is Spanish :D
04-23-2005, 01:15 AM
Jvlk

Don't go overthetop with nail polish guys, wrap your card into sarin wrap and if done properly you don't get any condens at all.

Otherwise it's a pain in the ass to clean your card completly if you need to RMA it if something goes wrong.
04-23-2005, 03:31 AM
harleybro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jvlk

Don't go overthetop with nail polish guys, wrap your card into sarin wrap and if done properly you don't get any condens at all.

Otherwise it's a pain in the ass to clean your card completly if you need to RMA it if something goes wrong.

Wouldn't that cause the memory to hold heat in? Also other heat expelling chips? I would like to be able to push the ram as far as possible and don't want heat interfearing with it. If I get to the point where I need a RMA it will more then likely be my fault and probably couldn't rma anyway. :explode2:
04-23-2005, 03:57 AM
arj

Using liquid electrical tape instead of the nail polish would be a better alternative IMO. Very easy to peel off :D
04-23-2005, 05:09 AM
twilius_basic

Quote:

Originally Posted by arj

Using liquid electrical tape instead of the nail polish would be a better alternative IMO. Very easy to peel off :D

From a person who has extensively used both, nail polish is a lot better-suited to our purposes ;) Cleans up easier and works better at extremely low temps.

*EDIT* For clarity, I didn't mean that "I" was that person. I am speaking of Jason/MM.
04-23-2005, 05:16 AM
arj

Quote:

Originally Posted by twilius_basic

From a person who has extensively used both, nail polish is a lot better-suited to our purposes ;) Cleans up easier and works better at extremely low temps.

*EDIT* For clarity, I didn't mean that "I" was that person. I am speaking of Jason/MM.

Isn't peeling off the liquid electrical tape easier than than cleaning nail polish with alcohol? Could you please elaborate why nail polish is better. During my first DI run, I didn't use either one, just a lot of dielectric grease. A real PIA to clean up :stick:
04-23-2005, 06:51 AM
twilius_basic

Quote:

Originally Posted by arj

Isn't peeling off the liquid electrical tape easier than than cleaning nail polish with alcohol? Could you please elaborate why nail polish is better. During my first DI run, I didn't use either one, just a lot of dielectric grease. A real PIA to clean up :stick:

Just going from what I've heard. Never used liquid-elec tape before :) you've got more say in it than I do.
04-23-2005, 03:06 PM
harleybro

Well I am not sure just alcohol will clean off the nail polish. The nail polish I believe is a little thinner so easier to get into small places. I have only cleaned it off in small places but the acetone worked real well. I suppose you could actually just dip the whole card in a pan of acetone and it would come off. I am not to sure about that though. As for the electrical tape I have that also. Got some on my hand and it was a real pain getting it off so decided not to use it.
04-24-2005, 05:11 AM
Jvlk

Quote:

Originally Posted by harleybro

Wouldn't that cause the memory to hold heat in? Also other heat expelling chips? I would like to be able to push the ram as far as possible and don't want heat interfearing with it. If I get to the point where I need a RMA it will more then likely be my fault and probably couldn't rma anyway. :explode2:

No, makes no difference.