9600GT with Accelero S1 Rev. 2 -- One question

Wilhelm-Tell · Post by **Wilhelm-Tell** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:38 pm

As I have understood it: Arctic Cooling doesn't supply any heatsinks that fit the 9600GT voltage regulators (marked as red)

- Will this be a problem?

Nick Geraedts · Post by **Nick Geraedts** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:41 pm

Unless you're doing some extreme overclocking, then no, this will not be a problem. I'm running my 8800GT without any heatsinks on the VRMs and have had no issues to date.

Wilhelm-Tell · Post by **Wilhelm-Tell** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:45 pm

Thanks for the fast reply. I'm intending to run it passive. Well, I guess it's all about try and see. But as always, better safe than sorry...

nafets · Post by **nafets** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:01 pm

Although it's regarding the 8800GT(S), the 9600GT is fairly similar in design and power usage;

This was taken from Arctic Cooling's Compatibility page for the Accelero S1 Rev. 2, regarding 8800GT / 8800GTS (G92) Installation Tips:

"The card doesn't need voltage regulator heat sinks to operate. We tested that the card just ran flawlessly without voltage regulator heat sinks."

So apparently AC agrees that additional VRM cooling isn't necessary.

kel · Post by **kel** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:25 am

I have an eVGA 9600 GT running without any ram or vrm heatsinks at all - I do have a noctua 12cm fan strapped to the heatsink (S2) though running at ~650rpm.
So far no problems at all and I had this setup up and running for a couple of months now with room temperatures hitting up to 27c all the while (hottest time of the year here)

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:46 pm

i had the exact same problem you have, but there's no issue.

that's how the S1 fits the card, minus the plastic junk on the cooler. there's no saying if there's actually a difference without the plastic, but i think that it looks better in my system.

(i also have the original revision of the ECS 9600GT, so thats why the PCB is green and not blue)

Wilhelm-Tell · Post by **Wilhelm-Tell** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:26 am

Thanks for the info. I have been running mine for some hours now, and temps are great. The card idle at around 41Â°C (50Â°C + before)

As you can see on the pic, the card is perfectly located at the side-went of my NSK4000 case.

BTW, after 10-15 min I heard two clicking noises inside the case, I paniced and thought it would blow up, but I soon figured out the real problem...
Bad glue on the small sinks. Should I superglue them? Or maybe live with out them all completely?