After market cooler for the ATI 5850

[zanzabar]

what thermal paste are u using, and do u have anything to pull the air away from the heat sink, like a vent or open pci slot covers, or maybe u need a fan exhausting on the side panel.

[MadBoris]

That's nuts, those temps. There has got to be something weird going on, because just for shtz n giggles I slapped a 4 year old HR-03GT (2x92mm low-cmf fans)on my 5850 and it's peaking out at 57C in Kombuster 1001/1175 @ 1.250v. What type of TiM are you using and how old is it?

[breakfromyou]

Brand new tube of MX4, and it was making good contact every time. I tried having my side panel fan as intake and exhaust. I got slightly lower (3c lower) temps with it as intake, with the side panel just propped up against the case. Basically telling me that the heatsink wasn't getting enough air...

I'm thinking only one of those fans was working...

[MadBoris]

Yeah it has to be something to do with the airflow through the sink, or lack thereof. MX-4 is not the best tim but not 90C+ load bad.

[breakfromyou]

It's not the best, but it should be more than enough. It's not like i'm using some 10 year old generic white stuff.