ditto on that nici!

Towermax, i have an X2 4200+ @2.2GHz, 2x 1GB G.Skill PC4000, a 7600GT, 2 standard 7200rpm HDDs, a single DVDRW and a sound card.
all this is hooked to an 400W enermax liberty PSU. never had any issues before

edit: forgot to mention that im using an ultra-d too

EvilNick, no, you certainly have not mistaken me for someone else

ive been having quite a good run using poster boards! its tough [broke one of my scissors], easy to bend and can be cut to any shape you want.
it aint expensive either, i got 2 4ft x 3ft pieces for less than 5 bucks!

good luck

i have a 400W liberty and it barely ramps up, even under load . if the fan stays slow most of the time, it wont need vast volumes of air. if you were to duct the top part of the ninja to force hot air out through the exhaust fan, then there would be very little room for the liberty's fan to 'breathe...

id hate to turn your general gallery thread totally off topic, so, i wish you good luck with a sondek lp12 [or something of similar performance] and vinyl collecting

please keep updating this thread when you upgrade heatsinks in the future!

well, better or not, it looks like you dont have much of a choice

im assuming youre more than 30 years old? how many people have a collection of LPs these days

cheers

thanks for the pics dude!
im assuming the zalmy 9500 woudnt fit if the fan was facing the rear of the casing and this is why you turned it to face upwards?

ps: what happened to your juli@? are you converting your rig to a gaming machine?

nici, i see in your sig you've upgraded to a zalman 9500. perhaps you could post some pics?

well, you could go into the BIOS and see which is which. if your CPU and mobo temps have quite a significant difference between them [ie. 30C and 40C], you can easily spot them in speedfan [ie. 33C and 38C].

mentawl, based on my experience from a vf700cu on a 6800GT and a 7600GT, id say you'd be better off using something to support the heatsink itself [foam, etc etc], since its so close to chassis' floor. with your current method, there is still the possibility that the card could warp or bend in the a...

could this be caused by a lack of airflow over the NB/VRM heatsinks? perhaps they were designed for HSFs that blow all over the mobo?

having the capability [and the guts] to cut heatsinks apart and machine blocks of copper and so on is so much fun!

excellent work EndoSteel! those are really cool stuff!

very helpful pics nici! [especially for me since we share the same mobo and HSF :lol: ] ive done dozens of comparisons and tried to get a feel of how the thing would fit but i never expected it to get so close to the F64! :!: did you see an increase in CPU temps? btw: you can rotate the HR-05 the ot...

hello again Bobfantastic! :lol: i really think the temp sensor on your NB is faulty; you've changed 3 heatsinks and youve only seen a temp difference of 1C?! you gotta admit, that sounds really strange! :P if anything, the HR05SLI should perform much better than the nb47 [if not the stock cooler] wi...

understandable, Bluefront! the variables are endless :lol: i currently have my intake fan very close to the lower right edge of the motherboard [lanparty ultra-d] and as a result, the CPU, NB and GPU can very easily make use of the incoming air [all 3 components had +/-4C drop in temps]. im currentl...

thanks for the input Bluefront! Felger Carbon, the total space i have between the mobo and sidepanel is 145mm. if i were to install the si128 [at 91.5mm] and attach a 120mm fan of width 25mm, i would only have a clearance of 28mm for the fan to work with. it would still be within the +50mm space you...

hello, i was wondering: installing these heatsinks on a casing with 80mm fans would bring the 120mm CPU fan awfully close to the sidepanel [<4mm] - leaving very little room for the fan to work with. im curious, will a low speed 120mm fan moving <30CFM of air be affected by the 'restriction' in any w...

zoob. im using the same card and id like to know if you have temp readings [min & max] for the core with the stock cooler and the new ones too?

btw i think that 'unusual piece of metal' is called a backbone and it *helps* prevent the card from bending.

unfortunately, no. both my cards came from 'indecent' manufacturers. when the 9700pro first appeared a few years back, youd be lucky to get one from the mass of retailers/distributors and their green products. powercolor was the only brand being distributed - miserable 1 year warranty. 6800GT and Ul...

Most likely there are two possible reasons, either you didn't install cooler properly, or the death was natural. I find that apart from hard drives, motherboards and high-end video cards are the most prone to failure components. They just die, and that's it. i think if anything, it is the latter th...

thanks alot for your very valuable "two cents" StealthGirl :lol: i guess i dont really have anything to worry about then! im still left with the puzzling question of what killed my 6800GT :( if i were to reduce the bends [ie. by installing the stock cooler] it will boot just fine [without the abilit...

Greetings, I'm not saying that it could never be a problem, but I doubt that it could be enough of an issue to kill a card -- or to prevent it from loading a 3D app! Lots of stock coolers are heavy enough to deflect the card, and lots of folks here at SPCR have used fairly heavy aftermarket coolers...

hello everyone, im concerned about the bending of my graphics card [7600GT] it has been bending ever since i fitted my vf700 on it and i think it think it is continuing to bend. my previous card [6800GT] died due to -i suspect- bending. the system would not load and so on, so i reinstalled the stock...

i am more worried about the power draw of the fan, but since no one has said anything otherwise, i think it should be okay then.


thanks!

errrm, i dont really know if this is the right place for a question like this and if im wrong, dont kill meh! :lol: anyway, i was wondering, is it okay if i were to plug the vf700's fan to my gcard? the manual says i should plug it to the main power but the cable isnt very long and it makes my inter...

ooooh! now i really get what you mean about having to cut pieces on the bottom part of the HS. thanks alot for that! :D ive been looking at the thermalright heatpipe HS and i think its fantastic. i know it aint gonna be cheap but it *might* be well worth the money. i hope we can know how much it wil...

peepo, i have a 400W liberty and just so you know, the PSU fan rarely ramps up and i cant hear it at all. i suspect, crudely with the help of my palm, its moving <10CFM. i live in the tropics and ambient temps can get up to 35C. im using a 7600GT, a 3500+ and 2 HDDs and ive never seen the fan ramp u...

badkarma, if you look closer, the F64's fan doesnt blow air through the heatsink - alot of it hits the heatsink and goes to the side immediately. only a small amount of air makes it to the other side of the heatsink! you can try using the BIOS to set CPU fan speed to 100% when the CPU Temp is >40C a...

Bobfantastic; i was really looking forward to having the flower on my mobo :( oh well, thanks alot for the heads up! do you mean the thermaltake extreme spirit II? if thats the case then yes, it looks very interesting. im not a fan of Tt and their products, but this, this looks like it would work! :...

jaganath, my room temp is 35C and i have an evercool vc-rf over it [@1300rpm]. the reported temps are 45C, so yeah, 70C is what i would consider to be very high. of course, given all mobos report their temps differently and id be much better off comparing temps with other lanparty nf4 users, i cant ...

Bobfantastic, im quite interested with the zalman NBF47 you have there. it seems that both our motherboards [mine is a lanparty nf4 ultra-d] have the chipset placed in an akward position whereby it is quite impossible to install a large passive heatsink without mods. i was never impressed with a mut...