My custom 8800GT cooling solution

[Locke]

sold out... how long did it take?

[FuriousSalesman]

They sold out that quick! I actually shouldn't be surprised. These things are that good. These ram-sinks are like Wii's.

w00t!!!! They are up on Petras!! Got mine already!

That was posted 2:14PM

They were in stock when I checked at 2:24 PM Pacific Standard Time.

[Petra]

Wow... that was really fast. Now we just have to wait for the rest of the order to arrive (whenever Ian has a chance to finish and ship them).

By the way, if anyone happens to come up with a better name for these, shoot me a PM.

[Justintoxicated]

damnit, just got back fromm lunch. Checked right before I left.
I just wasted a month waiting for these, SOB, so pissed off now. Very depressing...

My maze 4 is Fging worthless POS.

I hate you all. But theres no way im goign to let my 8800GTS sit outside my case any longer.

I'm so ing screwed now its not even funny...

[Locke]

hmm maybe we can raffle for a name... a little competition of sorts!!!
maybe Petra can thow in a bit of a prize...

[WingHeart]

damnit
I just wasted a month waiting for these, SOB, so pissed off now. Very depressing... Ordering full cover block I guess I'll have to re-do my loop one more time since my Maze 4 is just hanging there...

I hate you all.

I feel your pain. Literally missed these by 5 min. or so it looks like. Question is, do we wait for another batch or just go with something else now. I can't afford to wait another month for these again.

[CodeNinja]

Wow... that was really fast. Now we just have to wait for the rest of the order to arrive (whenever Ian has a chance to finish and ship them).

By the way, if anyone happens to come up with a better name for these, shoot me a PM.

What was it, like 10 minutes between going active and being sold out?

Just curious, how many were in this batch?

[Justintoxicated]

I feel your pain. Literally missed these by 5 min. or so it looks like. Question is, do we wait for another batch or just go with something else now. I can't afford to wait another month for these again.

I'm so effing pissed off right now I dont even know what to do i feel like throwing my video card in the trash, waiting since before X-mas and I have to get in a 10 minute window at work? I can't beleive they really sold that fast unless the shipment was only like 20 of them...I think someone got greedy and bought them all.

I'm definately not waiting any longer I'll tell you that, I missed the first group buy and now the second time they went for sale. I'm not going to wait another month and get screwed again. Do what you want but I know I'm not waiting. Seems to me that these days core only blocks are just as big a waste of cash as full cover since you can do for mosfet sinks anyways.

Too bad too cause I could have just got that DD Full cover block last week when I had to ship new tops now I have to pay for extra shipping once again.

-$120 for me I feel great...

I can't belive I went without my PC for a month just for this vaporwear BS.

[Xilikon]

Justintoxicated, there is a thing I don't understand at all. If you bought a 8800GT or GTS or whatever, the stock cooling is already there. Why didn't you ride on air till you get lucky and grab the ramsink. By then, you can prep them for watercooling

Also, you have another shot at ChilledPC as they will get them in stock shortly and maybe in black

[tommithy]

I'm guessing that unless someone was greedy like justintoxicated mentioned that they only got 5 or so sets. I know I only bought 1 set.

[WingHeart]

Also, you have another shot at ChilledPC as they will get them in stock shortly and maybe in black

What's the ETA on that? I guess I could wait one more week tops -- for either silver or black. But any longer than that, just can't do.

[zLynk]

I'm so effing pissed off right now...
...I can't belive I went without my PC for a month just for this vaporwear BS.

Chill out, dude; we've all been waiting. Just take this as a lesson in supply vs. demand. As for waiting to use your video card, that's your own choice; it did come with a fan, didn't it?

Your rants are just stupid.

[WingHeart]

Chill out, dude; we've all been waiting. Just take this as a lesson in supply vs. demand. As for waiting to use your video card, that's your own choice; it did come with a fan, didn't it?

Your rants are just stupid.

Not defending the rants, but I think it's more that we've had our cards stripped down and waiting for a month or so. I've had mine stripped, cleaned and waiting since around Dec. 15th or so. Figured I'd wait it out and grab a pair of these sinks and install the AC S1 all at the same time, instead of putting everything back to together (the retail HSF) and use the 8800GT (which hasn't even been used yet).

I can easily understand everyone's frustration -- compounded with the long wait, the small initial shipment to Petra's (with no pre-order system in place) and that they were sold out in less than 10 min.

Not going to waste time ranting over spilled milk, just weighing my options now on what to do.

[Petra]

I'm guessing that unless someone was greedy like justintoxicated mentioned that they only got 5 or so sets. I know I only bought 1 set.

We have a bunch on order but were only shipped 10 sets--nobody got greedy. That said, give Ian a break... he's doing this in his spare time.

[Justintoxicated]

Chill out, dude; we've all been waiting. Just take this as a lesson in supply vs. demand. As for waiting to use your video card, that's your own choice; it did come with a fan, didn't it?

Your rants are just stupid.

I removed it to take a picture for this Iandh, it can be re-used but then I'll have voided my warranty by removing their TIMS. So no I can't just use the stock cooler.

Now the search for a full cover block with no acrylic. I may just have to sell the card and go with ATI like I should have (might be cheaper to cut my losses, go ATI, and then I can re-use my Cooler). But perhaps DD will be cool and be able to provide a derlin top... I don't know.

edit: is anyone else making a full cover block with something other than acrylic tops? Looks like the EK tops are out of stock too, I'd just get that at this point if I could find a derlin top for it.

[WingHeart]

We have a bunch on order but were only shipped 10 sets--nobody got greedy. That said, give Ian a break... he's doing this in his spare time.

10! No wonder...I bet those went quicker than 10 min. I was going to order 2 (in case of SLI in the future). If I did do that, then I'd have felt greedy. Any ETA on the next shipment?

[Justintoxicated]

10! No wonder...I bet those went quicker than 10 min. I was going to order 2 (in case of SLI in the future). If I did do that, then I'd have felt greedy. Any ETA on the next shipment?

IMO that would not have been greedy but necessary.

[FuriousSalesman]

I removed it to take a picture for this Iandh, it can be re-used but then I'll have voided my warranty by removing their TIMS. So no I can't just use the stock cooler.

Now the search for a full cover block with no acrylic. I may just have to sell the card and go with ATI like I should have (might be cheaper to cut my losses, go ATI, and then I can re-use my Cooler). But perhaps DD will be cool and be able to provide a derlin top... I don't know.

edit: is anyone else making a full cover block with something other than acrylic tops?

I am not sure which Nvidia card you have, but if you still have all the screws and thermal tape can't you put it back on? Did it have a warranty void sticker that you had to cut to get the stock cooler off?

[zLynk]

Not defending the rants, but I think it's more that we've had our cards stripped down and waiting for a month or so. I've had mine stripped, cleaned and waiting since around Dec. 15th or so. Figured I'd wait it out and grab a pair of these sinks and install the AC S1 all at the same time, instead of putting everything back to together (the retail HSF) and use the 8800GT (which hasn't even been used yet). ...

I love to dismantle things too. It's just not very smart to do to something, when you need its function, and parts aren't on-hand to restore that function. Either you shouldn't have dismantled your card's stock cooling, or should've put it back on, per your needs for its function.

BTW, I'm running an 8800GT in my machine, on stock cooling. On the table next to me is a pump, radiator, and swifty MCW-60, all new in packaging. To top things off, I paid for a pair of these plates over a month ago. I'd love to play with them, but demand tells me that everyone else wants a pair too. Just appreciate the fact that you've still got your money in pocket.

Petra and Ian, how about "Cool Plates GT?" Model number: CPGT88-G92

[WingHeart]

IMO that would not have been greedy but necessary.

True indeed. If you think about those that did order 2...that's like half the shipment, ha. Well, good job & congrats on those that did get 'em!

Reminded me when Amazon had the 360 raffle thing around thanksgiving and how fast those went and brought the site to it's knees.

[Justintoxicated]

I am not sure which Nvidia card you have, but if you still have all the screws and thermal tape can't you put it back on? Did it have a warranty void sticker that you had to cut to get the stock cooler off?

The tims have depressions on them now so i don't think they are really re-usable. No it did not have a sticker on it, but I'm still hesistant to put my own Ceramiq on it because these days companies seem to look for any excuse to void warranty. Considering every Nvidia card I have ever purchased eventualy dies (usualy the memory goes bad) the warranty is somewhat important. At the same time it would be stupid top Liquid cool the Mb and CPU and not the video card IMO, esp when you just rebuilt / hacked up your case to do just that.

[tommithy]

We have a bunch on order but were only shipped 10 sets--nobody got greedy. That said, give Ian a break... he's doing this in his spare time.

I was in no way bad mouthing Ian. I'm glad he made these. I was just trying to fill in the gaps as to why they may have sold out quickly. That's it.

[zLynk]

I removed it to take a picture for this Iandh, it can be re-used but then I'll have voided my warranty by removing their TIMS. So no I can't just use the stock cooler. ...

That's hilarious! So, you mean to tell me that the application of an aftermarket paste is going to void the card's warranty, whereas removing the heatsink won't?!?! Here's a clue: neither action will inherantly void the manufacturer's warranty, as long as you live in the US.

Check out the Magnussen-Moss warranty act... In short, it says that the manufacturer is responsible for proving that a consumer action is responsible for failure, prior to denying any warranty claim.

[tommithy]

The tims have depressions on them now so i don't think they are really re-usable. No it did not have a sticker on it, but I'm still hesistant to put my own Ceramiq on it because these days companies seem to look for any excuse to void warranty. Considering every Nvidia card I have ever purchased eventualy dies (usualy the memory goes bad) the warranty is somewhat important. At the same time it would be stupid top Liquid cool the Mb and CPU and not the video card IMO, esp when you just rebuilt / hacked up your case to do just that.

Is your card and XFX? If so, they allow you to change cooling and don't void the warranty when you do.

[WingHeart]

I love to dismantle things too. It's just not very smart to do to something, when you need its function, and parts aren't on-hand to restore that function. Either you shouldn't have dismantled your card's stock cooling, or should've put it back on, per your needs for its function.

BTW, I'm running an 8800GT in my machine, on stock cooling. On the table next to me is a pump, radiator, and swifty MCW-60, all new in packaging. To top things off, I paid for a pair of these plates over a month ago. I'd love to play with them, but demand tells me that everyone else wants a pair too. Just appreciate the fact that you've still got your money in pocket.

Petra and Ian, how about "Cool Plates GT?" Model number: CPGT88-G92

Well, like others, I didn't foresee the month wait and the smaller than thought shipment to Petra's (I was guessing at the very least 50 would have been shipped due to the high interest and demand). Kind of wish Ian told us 10 were only shipped. We all kind of waited holding our breaths each day as Ian had to attend to private matters (the move, work, etc) and then the holidays came up. Totally acceptable though, as we all have the real world to deal with, just bad timing I guess on my part. Luckily I've been using my older passive 7950GT for the time being.

I'd still wait another week, just due to the uncanny craftsmanship Ian has put into them.

Name sounds good to me btw.