Any "verdicts" on the Swiftech 58xx "unisinks"?

[Naja002]

I always use TIM. Using a razor, spread it over your component nice and thin. Tighten the heatsync down and enjoy! TIM always beats pads.

Can you personally confirm for us that the clearance is there....and there won't be anything shorting?

[Hondacity]

I hear that if you remove the thermal pads and use AS5 (or some other paste) you can drop the temps dramatically. The Swiftech sync has a much larger surface area than the stock plate so it should cool much better. The short fall has to be the thermal conductivity of the pads used.

i suggest stop using as5.......try arctic ceramique...i tried this on contacts and it never killed any of my video cards....

I actually started that thread that was linked in the first post. I got the unisink and have been totally underwhelmed with the performance. I immediately question the quality of the thermal pads used. Does anyone know of any quality, proven thermal pads that I could try instead? I guess using TIM instead could be possible, but I'm curious if the clearance is tight enough that paste would be viable?

if ou have a dc-dc circuits that aren't efficient you'll have a heat source...using heat sinks on them does increase the surface area for the heat to transfer...but you still need active cooling ie fans.

if you use swiftechs heatsinks they'll do their job...but you'll still need fan/s even gabe had 100C ...using the heatsinks passively...

Can you personally confirm for us that the clearance is there....and there won't be anything shorting?

what shorting are you talking about? if there's a short your gpu is probably dead or just needs a refit..

[StAndrew]

Can you personally confirm for us that the clearance is there....and there won't be anything shorting?

Sure can:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=67

This should help .

[Naja002]

Bingo! Thanx!