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Cooler for a Radeon 8500?
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:38 pm
by bigblockmatt
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!
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:45 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
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!!
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:48 am
by bigblockmatt
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?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:15 pm
by The Black Pumpkin
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:07 pm
by bigblockmatt
cool. thanks.
it hasnt fallen yet, so hopefully it will stay. if it falls, we will go to the apoxy thing.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:47 pm
by The Black Pumpkin
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.)