YamahaAlex37
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My guild is raiding blackwing lair in an hour and the fan on my 9800GT crapped out! I barely hard time to run to the store and picked up a heatsink and fabricate a solution. I decided to post a write up with instructions and pics in case anyone ever wishes to use my hardware expertise:
Here is a before pic, damn fan crapped out, oh well the bulkiness of this cooler was unattractive to begin with in my opinion, i prefer something sleeker, with style.
Time to take of the cooler, couldn't find a screwdriver small enough but this butter knife worked fine:
Throw that crap in the trash! Looks like the manufacturers didn't use enough thermal paste, common mistake of a rushed production line. Don't worry about removing it, we'll just add ours on top. (A little extra cooling never hurt anything)
A good rule of thumb with thermal paste is too much is better than not enough, so be liberal. After all, having our product run a little extra cool is not going to hurt where as not applying enough may cause it to overheat!
This next step is important! Using a credit card liberally spread the thermal paste so that it is evenly distributed. Don't worry too much about the edges, only the core needs to be covered.
Now because there are no screw holes where we need them, simply place a dab of hot glue on the bottom of each screw and quickly press the heat sink into place.
Use the same aforementioned hot glue technique at each corner of the fan, then press onto the heat sink and plug in to the appropriate power pin connector.
Can you say SECKSEE! much sleeker, and not to mention TONS quieter!
I just got it put into the computer, and the raid is starting in 4 minutes! can't wait to post results and temps after!
Here is a before pic, damn fan crapped out, oh well the bulkiness of this cooler was unattractive to begin with in my opinion, i prefer something sleeker, with style.
Time to take of the cooler, couldn't find a screwdriver small enough but this butter knife worked fine:
Throw that crap in the trash! Looks like the manufacturers didn't use enough thermal paste, common mistake of a rushed production line. Don't worry about removing it, we'll just add ours on top. (A little extra cooling never hurt anything)
A good rule of thumb with thermal paste is too much is better than not enough, so be liberal. After all, having our product run a little extra cool is not going to hurt where as not applying enough may cause it to overheat!
This next step is important! Using a credit card liberally spread the thermal paste so that it is evenly distributed. Don't worry too much about the edges, only the core needs to be covered.
Now because there are no screw holes where we need them, simply place a dab of hot glue on the bottom of each screw and quickly press the heat sink into place.
Use the same aforementioned hot glue technique at each corner of the fan, then press onto the heat sink and plug in to the appropriate power pin connector.
Can you say SECKSEE! much sleeker, and not to mention TONS quieter!
I just got it put into the computer, and the raid is starting in 4 minutes! can't wait to post results and temps after!
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