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  1. 01-16-2006, 06:01 AM #1
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    Xtreme 7800GTX Air Cooling....

    *note: I hope to borrow a camera this weekend to take some pics...

    I had the stock cooler replaced by a Zalman 700LED but was far from impressed with the results... overall my temps dropped by 10C compared to the stock cooler... 44C idle 80C full load... so in short it sucked...

    I had a spare Zalman 9500 since I bought myself a Typhoon some weeks ago.. yes you can see where this is going....
    After taking the GTX out I started measuring what needed to be cut and what could be left but above all if I was able to mount that huge cooler on the GTX using the default mounting holes and clips I had laying around...
    Luckily the mounting holes aligned for 97% with the Zalman retention clip used for Pentium mobos... so I knew it was gonna fit

    First off the cooler was almost 1cm too high to it needed to be shortened so I cut off a large portion of the top fins with a metal scissor..
    Once that was sorted it needed to have a very large section of the side removed to avoid contact with the PCI slots etc....

    After an hour of cutting I could finally mount the Zalman on the GTX.... AC5... the bracket and bolted it on.... clean fit...
    Plugged it in the mobo... connected the wires and fired it up.... and I nearly wet myself... from joy and nerves LOL
    Idle temps went from 44C to 38C... full load temps went from 80C to 46C

    Downside is I probably need to support the card due to the weight of the Zalman.... but it's not a major issue...

    As said pics to follow hopefully this weekend....

    Update: pictures....
















    Update: Some more pics







    And just in case the pics don't show up you can look here.... http://www.nxsecure.org/NightCrawler/4400/

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  2. 01-16-2006, 06:20 AM #2
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    Holy crap I can't wait to see those pics.
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  3. 01-16-2006, 07:03 AM #3
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    wow, i have seen cpu coolers used on gpus before, but a zalman 9500 is really xtreme.
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  4. 01-16-2006, 07:18 AM #4
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    Besides that.... it looks totally awesome...

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  6. 01-16-2006, 08:41 AM #6
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    Wow, I cant wait to see pics. Get that card overclocked!
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  7. 01-16-2006, 10:53 AM #7
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    I went from 475/1250 stock to 520/1365... this card needs more volts to take it any further...

    Just ran a 3DM05 bench and got 9196... temps never went higher then 48C with these speeds...
    It could also be my 12v rail as it dropped to 11.37 during the bench...

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  8. 01-16-2006, 11:48 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by NightCrawlerâ„¢
    I... temps never went higher then 48C with these speeds...

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    my GTX idle at 48C

    we need pix !!!!
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  9. 01-16-2006, 12:25 PM #9
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    Need pix!!!
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  10. 01-16-2006, 12:51 PM #10
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    Saturday I'll have pics up LOL

    Just played Far Cry for 2 hours.... everything maxed... HDR patch..... the whole nine yards... 52C was my max temp...

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    awsome dude!

    i cant wait for pics!
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  12. 01-16-2006, 02:33 PM #12
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    Me want pics now, Some amazing temps there
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  13. 01-16-2006, 08:54 PM #13
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    hell of a mod, pics!!
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  14. 01-21-2006, 03:30 AM #14
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    Updated the post with pics as promised.....

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    oh yeah, that looks good. got any more pics on what you actually cut away from the 9500?
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  16. 01-21-2006, 05:14 AM #16
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    The fourth pic shows best what was cut away.... I could take a better pic if I got the card out of my case but it's a hell of a job... LOL

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  17. 01-22-2006, 03:51 AM #17
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    good thing you have that side bar to keep things stiff
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    Yeah that is what I was just thinking omga14, good thing because that Zalman cooler is quite heavy, at least for a graphics card anyway! Before I switched to water I thought about doing this but I didn't think it would work because of the weight of a CPU cooler so great job NightCrawler!
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    Actually the weight isn't that bad at all.... I tried to compare it to the vf700 and it felt like they were roughly the same weight..
    I did however felt adding the support at the back end would give it some more support as my power connector is actually pulling it downwards.. not the cooler itself..

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    I can't see the pics.
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    Pics dont work here
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  22. 01-22-2006, 10:54 AM #22
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    Copy and paste the links in a new window.... I've enable hotlink protection on my server...

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    haha, thats some nice ! hope the card wont break!
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  24. 01-22-2006, 12:12 PM #24
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    Guess you won't be going SLI .
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    Good work NC.
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