Cooler for a Radeon 8500?

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:38 pm

Hey, my buddies got an old radeon 8500 and the fan went the way of the crapper... any suggestions as to what to get?

Thanks!

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:45 pm

just a simple chipset fan should do the job. Also what i have done with some of my vga fans that go out is screw a fan into the spaces on the heatsink. Ghetto but works great!!

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:48 am

so i got some cyclone vga cooler. the only problem is, there are no mounting spots on the card itself... there is no screw holes or anything. i just put some arctic ceramic thermal goop on it and am hoping that it stays....will it stay? or will it fall off?

The Black Pumpkin · Post by **The Black Pumpkin** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:15 pm

It might fall off. I'd say a 60% chance of doing so...

Get some Arctic Silver Epoxy. The best thermal glue, better than thermal tape.

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:07 pm

cool. thanks.

it hasnt fallen yet, so hopefully it will stay. if it falls, we will go to the apoxy thing.

The Black Pumpkin · Post by **The Black Pumpkin** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:47 pm

If you end up needing some, Newegg has it for a good price. That's where I got my set. I'd get it anyway, just in case, it's handy to have.

I put the 6 ramsinks currently on my vid card with it, haven't fallen off or even become loose in like 6 months. (In case anyone's wondering, yes my card has 8 ramchips, I just messed up the application on two of them and haven't taken the time to redo it.)