Any1 ever try passive cooling on their 9600 Pro? No matter how far I o/c it it still runs cool as a cucumber. I was thinking I could rid myself of the noisy stock cooling. I'm going to adhere a standard heatsink (black 1.5"x1.5"x.75") with Artic Alumina thermal epoxy. Just wondering if any1 else has tried. I honestly don't know why ATI even put active cooling on the core.
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Passively Cooling 9600 Pro?
- Thread starter md262626
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Couple things.
You can go passive but you'll need to find a good heatsink.
NO epoxy! drill holes inthe heatsink and bolt it on.
no voltmods. and you're overclock may be hurt.
but I promise with a fairly good heatsink you'll be albe to run passive with AS3 at stock speeds.
I went with a 1u hsf with fan. http://unoid.net/9600pro
You can go passive but you'll need to find a good heatsink.
NO epoxy! drill holes inthe heatsink and bolt it on.
no voltmods. and you're overclock may be hurt.
but I promise with a fairly good heatsink you'll be albe to run passive with AS3 at stock speeds.
I went with a 1u hsf with fan. http://unoid.net/9600pro
With my homemade HSF (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=713215) I am able to run passive all day long while running at stock speeds. I wouldn't try it if you have the least bit inclination towards OC. I did try it and I was reaching for the kill switch pretty damn fast 