Zalman nb32j on a GeForce2 GTS?
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Zalman nb32j on a GeForce2 GTS?
Hi all,
I've purchased a Zalman NB32J, originally intending to use it on the northbridge in replacement of a noisy Thermaltake Crystal Orb. Problem is, I can't remove the Orb without removing the motherboard, and I've never done anything inside my PC that is quite that involved.
Plan B is to hook up a Zalman Fanmate to the Orb to quiet it down, but that leaves me with an NB32J sitting and looking pretty on my desk.
I don't have a super-current system (Athlon 1200, Geforce2GTS video), so I'm wondering if the NB32J would be adequate to cool the Geforce2 GTS chip.
I know people have successfully used the NB32J on Radeon 8500 cards - has anybody tried using it on a Geforce2GTS?
I suppose I might give it a shot with the case open and low-demand video. I have an ASUS card, so I can monitor the temps using software. I just don't want to cook the chip.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
I've purchased a Zalman NB32J, originally intending to use it on the northbridge in replacement of a noisy Thermaltake Crystal Orb. Problem is, I can't remove the Orb without removing the motherboard, and I've never done anything inside my PC that is quite that involved.
Plan B is to hook up a Zalman Fanmate to the Orb to quiet it down, but that leaves me with an NB32J sitting and looking pretty on my desk.
I don't have a super-current system (Athlon 1200, Geforce2GTS video), so I'm wondering if the NB32J would be adequate to cool the Geforce2 GTS chip.
I know people have successfully used the NB32J on Radeon 8500 cards - has anybody tried using it on a Geforce2GTS?
I suppose I might give it a shot with the case open and low-demand video. I have an ASUS card, so I can monitor the temps using software. I just don't want to cook the chip.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
of course on your own risk as usual, but i can share u my experience with geforce cards.
i replaced the noisy 40mm fan on my creative geforce 3 with that gold nb32j hs without any fan blowin onto it. of course it gets hot. i could even overclock it a bit, but that felt not necessary in my case. by the time i've added the zalman fb123 arm and 92mm. but really all u need is like a papst 80mm at 5v or something to cool it a bit. in my case i dont have to, but thats up to u to discover.
i replaced the noisy 40mm fan on my creative geforce 3 with that gold nb32j hs without any fan blowin onto it. of course it gets hot. i could even overclock it a bit, but that felt not necessary in my case. by the time i've added the zalman fb123 arm and 92mm. but really all u need is like a papst 80mm at 5v or something to cool it a bit. in my case i dont have to, but thats up to u to discover.
I think you can underclock the gf2 gts core 20-30 mhz without much performance loss (1-2 fps). The limiting factor on the gts was the memory bandwith.
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since there has been no trouble i havent cared really...a bit inresponsible .Rook wrote:What kind of temps are you getting from the GPU (assuming you have a way of measuring them)?
if no fan blown onto the hs and some hours playin, i cant hold fingers onto the hs for very long...guess you figured that out
is there a list of recommended temps on gf gpus?