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Sweet!
I did the same but with a Skt939 cooler for a 4800X2 onto my 8800GTX.Load temps when from an lovely 85C to 55C





I used 4x 3mm screws to hold it on...

Pr0Chris

LOL ALL OF YOU FAIL!







Dont harrass me about the bending plastic. Its been working fine with a 300 MHz overclock, 40 idle, 59 load . Idk if it helps, but the heatsinks lapped, and its a 8500GT (512) MSI!

mrtn400

I just added another fan (120mm 78CFM), and now I idle at 38c and load at 51c in 3DMark06.

I should go do that, make a bolt-thru kit for it.

Edit: How wide were the screws you used?

-=sT3V3=-

The 8800gtx has a Ali plate around the core held in place my 9 tiny screws. I simply took that off, and counter sunk 4 screws through it,into the cooler, then screwed in the 9 tiny screws...

scottath

What the.....Pr0Chris - i have seen a water cooled 8500GT at work - but not a tower heatsink - nice work - be everyone asks about it when they see it. - Should do it to a 8800GT or something really powerful - would be awesome

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marsey99

fter seeing this thread i thought i would take mine to bits and see what i could do, turns out the only other heatsink i have (akasa evo 33) is too big for the bottom of my case but i might be able to add some fans to my stock sink and get better cooling that way.

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boulevark

Original way to cool. And Pr0Chris owns this thread indeed

Could anyone tell me if some 8-10 year-old AMD/Intel HSF's can cool down the Ati 4870?
(70 C at idle)

Another thing is that standard CPU heatsinks WILL NOT throw the hot air out of the case which isn't that good for medium ventilated boxes.

mrtn400

Hmm. I'm not sure how good the stock 4870 coolers are, but I still think there would be a pretty good decrease in temperatures.

And I have a better way to get hot GPU air out of the case, a 120mm fan in between the heatsink and my unused PCI slots. I'm now loading at 52c in 3DMark06 (down from about 78c on the stock cooler).

My load temp has dropped 26c!

TaiDinh

I've been doing that for a year now. It is a simply and great way to remove heat. Heat raises and to also say that your CPU is right above your GPU. I also received a CPU temperature drop.

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Still pretty hot from a 7950 GT..

Mine is 40 idle, not much higher under load.

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