I have an SK-7 (or was that 6?) look-alike (AVC Skived Copper Cooler) which weighs almost as much as my 900U and its sitting fine on my 9700np without extra supports.
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I have an SK-7 (or was that 6?) look-alike (AVC Skived Copper Cooler) which weighs almost as much as my 900U and its sitting fine on my 9700np without extra supports.
howd you mount it Stev?
pkrew, adapt, improvise, OVERCOME! :toast:
LOL, its been a while, but I remember. Once a Marine always a Marine. Urah.:D
pkrew, do you remember how that guy on ocforums mounted that beast? I've been unsucessfully searching for that thread for the last 20 minutes
i'm thinking about a copper 1U hsf, with a 60>80mm fan shroud and a 80mm tornado :) but I have a Aeroflow as well, so i may use that if it performs well ... keep us posted Soul ;)
You could use a C-clamp with a block of wood on the backside of the card to keep the heatsink on. There's no way it's gonna stay on with epoxy just on the corners of the shim.
I don't remember. I'll try to look it up, but I'd drill the base and mount it with screws. Take off the stock hsf and then use then line it up where you want it, use something with a point to score the base so you know where to drill. Start slow and the drill wont slip too much. Dont worry if you're a little off you can always ream out the holes. I used two screws from a smart fan II and then spread the fins of the heat sink and dropped them in and then bolted in down on the other side putting some rubber O rings between the nuts and the board. Be careful not to torque it down too much or you could crush the core. Then go back and realign the fins the best you can. The fins didn't get that messed up with the spark 7
Thanks pkrew, Ill try this tomorrow
Good luck. I'll be interested to see how you do. It should be some great cooling.
I'll let you know in a couple hours, its setting now with pressure on it (5lbs of books).Quote:
Originally posted by huesmann
You could use a C-clamp with a block of wood on the backside of the card to keep the heatsink on. There's no way it's gonna stay on with epoxy just on the corners of the shim.
I found out the damn core isn't sitting flat though, so I have to do this until the epoxy sets. The heatsink will rock back and forth on it :rolleyes:.
If it doesn't hold, or of I think its stressing the shim too much i'll improvise and try something else.
This HSF is now on my Sapph 9800Pro 256....same exact fit as the 9800 Pro...Holes are an exact match.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=29962
Not real radical, but here's how I'm cooling my 9800xt
Ramsinks on
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/R360%20Ramsinks.jpg
Obstacle cleared
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/Aeroflow%203.jpg
She's solid and ready to rock!
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/Aeroflow%204.jpg
Wow, looks great. Nothing like having a big hunk of metal on your video card.
Semper Fi, I figured out how to mount the 947u. If the 900u is about the same then you can't drill it. The base is too narrow. But, you can place long screws up the fins and get a very tight fit and solid mount. Actually, it torqued down pretty tight on this 9600pro that I dropped a while back and broke of one of the ram chips. The fins are so close together that you get a great bite. Another thing if you could find long enough #4 screws you could bring the screw to the other side and put a nut and washer to really secure it, but you'd need about a 4" screw.
Ok Ill give this a shot tomorrow
What kind of screws will I need to pickup? At my Home Depot they didnt have the long narrow ones, I had to use 2" for a fit through the holes.
Same thing I'm using on my 9800 ProQuote:
Originally posted by TheDude
Not real radical, but here's how I'm cooling my 9800xt
hows that thing cool compared to the massive heatpipe tacos?
hm i had it with cat 3.9 :)... after i installed cat 4.2 and control panel 4.2. later on i removed cat 4.2 and kept the control panel 4.2 to go with cat 3.9 - weird, yeah i know but working, lolQuote:
Originally posted by RootX
Yeap, it's the "Overdrive" Tab, under the control panel, but u'll have to try newer cat.
oh and with cat 3.9 the temps are roughly 20°C lower - at least on my card, though i doubt the actual temps changed at all.
Hehe, nice combination man...Quote:
Originally posted by sky
hm i had it with cat 3.9 :)... after i installed cat 4.2 and control panel 4.2. later on i removed cat 4.2 and kept the control panel 4.2 to go with cat 3.9 - weird, yeah i know but working, lol
oh and with cat 3.9 the temps are roughly 20°C lower - at least on my card, though i doubt the actual temps changed at all.
I've read about the lower temps thing with the 3.9, but the core clocking does'n really improves(it should, with 20°C lower).
Also I think that the higher temps shown with cats 4.1/4.2 is more accurate, since I've measured the core temp at the back of the card and the reading was closer to the temps reported by the panel.
well, I couldn't resist mounting it. It gave me 12 more on the core for 447/436 and incresed my high score to 8530
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2170267
Ok I was just gonna ask why it says im sitting here typing at 56c at stock clocks? With this huge ass heatsink on here I would expect much lower, lower than my CPU even (which also has the same HSF). I am on 4.2 currently, haven't tested anything gaming wise yet.Quote:
Originally posted by sky
oh and with cat 3.9 the temps are roughly 20°C lower - at least on my card, though i doubt the actual temps changed at all.
The previous max clocks of 450/390 with crazy artifacting are now artifact free. Artifacts begin very slightly at 460 core and I can run up to a max of 475/410 through 3DMark01 Nature with heavy artifacts. I was using CAT 3.9. Max on the mem before the artifacts start to hinder performance is 407 or so, for about 160fps in Nature.
Does this sound normal for this kind of cooling with no vmods?
I used 2" screws. bit I didnt put a nut and washer.
I used 3mm screws, 20mm long...
Is it just me or is your board exhibiting a lot of deflection from the weight? :)Quote:
Originally posted by Soulburner
Ramsinks on
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/R360%20Ramsinks.jpg
Obstacle cleared
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/Aeroflow%203.jpg
She's solid and ready to rock!
http://home.neb.rr.com/soulburner/Aeroflow%204.jpg
That's exactly how I'm cooling mine.Quote:
Originally posted by TheDude
Not real radical, but here's how I'm cooling my 9800xt