ThermalRight's new VGA heatsink (pictures)
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ThermalRight's new VGA heatsink (pictures)
Supposedly released sometime in November.
Here are some pictures of what may be it:
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ThermalRight supposedly was questioning the idea of making it passive or active. Let's get SPCR to review this heatsink when it's out!
Here are some pictures of what may be it:
Source
ThermalRight supposedly was questioning the idea of making it passive or active. Let's get SPCR to review this heatsink when it's out!
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what would be the obvious side effects of using Zalman ZM80D-HP on V1000/1100/2000/2100 series of cases cos i've been using this combination for almost 2 months now but yet to encounter any problem.meglamaniac wrote:Looks interesting.
I'll have to wait for more specs/images before passing an opinion. As daba points out, it probably won't work with the V1000/1100/2000/2100 series of cases, like the Zalman ZM80D-HP doesn't.
would the card die a slow death or is it jus the principle of heatpipe cooling.
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I would also be interested to know what the effect is going to be with upside layout V1000 etc and that type of cooler. In particular, does anyone know if any actual testing has been done comparing upside down with the other way up?
I appreicate that the orientation is not what Zalman recommend but I've been using Zalman cooler for a couple of months now and with the fan I haven't had any problems.
What I have noticed is that without the fan (which is slightly noisy even at 5v), the GPU side of the heatsink gets very hot (you can't keep your finger on it for more than say 5 seconds). The underside heatsink doesn't seem to get anywhere near as hot. Perhaps the heatpipe isn't working as effectively with the upside down layout? I say perhaps, because I can't be bothered to plug everything into a non-V1000/V2000 type case to make a comparison.
I also say that I haven't had any problems with the fan installed because without the fan, I have had the occasionally game crash during games which really stress the graphics card. Difficult to say conclusively though whether this is something to do with the GPU overheating or something else in the system. Also my graphics card is overclocked (from the stock core 250mhz/mem 450mhz to 275mhz/500mhz) and also has no memory heatsinks.
I appreicate that the orientation is not what Zalman recommend but I've been using Zalman cooler for a couple of months now and with the fan I haven't had any problems.
What I have noticed is that without the fan (which is slightly noisy even at 5v), the GPU side of the heatsink gets very hot (you can't keep your finger on it for more than say 5 seconds). The underside heatsink doesn't seem to get anywhere near as hot. Perhaps the heatpipe isn't working as effectively with the upside down layout? I say perhaps, because I can't be bothered to plug everything into a non-V1000/V2000 type case to make a comparison.
I also say that I haven't had any problems with the fan installed because without the fan, I have had the occasionally game crash during games which really stress the graphics card. Difficult to say conclusively though whether this is something to do with the GPU overheating or something else in the system. Also my graphics card is overclocked (from the stock core 250mhz/mem 450mhz to 275mhz/500mhz) and also has no memory heatsinks.