Aftermarket cooling for 5900

[bkswaney]

Does anyone know if there is any company working on aftermarket cooling for the 5900u?
God I hope so.... This bloddy Asus cooling SUXS a big one.

[Mr.Clawz950]

I like my GIANT II Heatpipe from ThermalTake, if that's what you're asking. If you have proper cooling inside the case (IE Something that will blow over the heatpipe) then it can keep the temps down to 45-50C range full load. If not, they will be in the 60-65C range full load. Mine sits right at 51 at most games and goes no higher than 55.

[bkswaney]

Originally posted by Mr.Clawz950
I like my GIANT II Heatpipe from ThermalTake, if that's what you're asking. If you have proper cooling inside the case (IE Something that will blow over the heatpipe) then it can keep the temps down to 45-50C range full load. If not, they will be in the 60-65C range full load. Mine sits right at 51 at most games and goes no higher than 55.

How r u cooling your memory?

Yes I have a lot of fans to go along with my H2O. :)

[Mr.Clawz950]

I took some old copper heatsinks (ones that came with my GF4 copper cooler) and cut them down short enough to fit under the pipes heat plate. The thermal pads that were on the memory were still sticky, so I just put them on the pads. Seems to work fine. Nothings caught on fire yet, so .....

[bkswaney]

I might just go ahead and watercool mine and slap some ramsinks on it. :)

Thanx for the info.

[jAkUp]

Zalman has a heatpipe solution with a huge 90mm fan mounted on the side

[bkswaney]

Originally posted by jAkUp
Zalman has a heatpipe solution with a huge 90mm fan mounted on the side


Yes the ZM80C.
I had it on my 9800Pro. Sweet cooler.
I'll never buy an Asus card again.
They do not seem to know much about cooling.
The design looks cool but that's about it. Well, it only
uses one slot and quiet.
But it cools like sh!t.

[jAkUp]

How about the ASUS 9800XT with the twinflow fans?? Looks interesting:)

[bkswaney]

Originally posted by jAkUp
How about the ASUS 9800XT with the twinflow fans?? Looks interesting:)

They look about like the NV cooling setup to me.
But they seem to have improved it a bit.
It might be ok. It seems the NV card setup layed the
ground work for the ati setup.

I sure hope for the ATI guys it works better.
I wish I had a FlowFX on mine. That was
the best cooler I've ever used. Loud yes.
But boy that thing done a nice job on keeping
the card nice and cool. :)