3rd Part Cooling Solution for 8800GTX

[1erCru]

What do you think is the best air and budget water cooling solution for this card.
I have never taken the HSF off a Gcard before. I am not even sure if removing it and applying AS5 would be worth it or not. Regardless I am just looking for some ideas
or direction in regards to modded cooling of this card. I would like to obtain a decent overclock with this card with reasonable temperatures.

I have actually seen a small water cooling package specifically designed for G cards. I believe it is made by Coolermaster and is called Aqua Viva. I assumed this setup was pretty hoaky because I haven't seen and reviews and its pretty cheap.

So air and water alternatives?


Cheers

 

[Brahmzy]

Be careful messing with your 8800 HSF - very different setup than G71 series.

I found I had to literally load up the whole IHS with a very thick layer of TIM to get good contact. Now I know why nVidia put about 2 pounds of TIM on the IHS.

The problem is, the pads they put on the RAM chips are so thick, it causes the center copper core of the HSF to not sit flat on the IHS. I had to really try to flatten the memory pads to get it to sit flatter on the IHS.

After it was all said and done, I did not get one single degree C cooler results. Not one.

So, not worth it IMO. Keep with the stock TIM until we can get a better HSF/block.

I think there's a big market for aftermarket cooling solutions for the G80 cards. Why the heck the manu's like Zalman don't have products out is beyond me.

 

[Martyr]

I think there's a big market for aftermarket cooling solutions for the G80 cards. Why the heck the manu's like Zalman don't have products out is beyond me.

big is a relative term here. most people will never touch their cpu hsf, let alone their graphics card. im sure there will be coolers eventually.

 

[Unoid]

Ramsinks for the ramchips with ceramique or AS adhesive,
Waterblock for the gpu,

can it get any harder?