Whats the best way to cool card.

~~realsandman~~ · Oct 20, 2003, 04:05 PM

I wont to o/c my 9800pro more than i currently am, problem is i dont want to deep fry my card!.....had to put of holiday with the miss's to get it!!!!
Now i know of the ramsink thingys that cool the ram but what about them things that go ontop and under the card, are they any good?
Also do fans help, if i side mounted a fan would it cool the card?
I intend to get a heat probe so i can keep a tab on temps of my card so i will hopefully be able to o/c with out putting my card to a early grave.
Any help or advice would be happily recieved!

Sam

dipstick · Oct 20, 2003, 04:18 PM

If you're not OCing then it probably ok with stock cooling. But from my experience a side fan is the best way to drop temps.

~~realsandman~~ · Oct 20, 2003, 04:52 PM

ok, thanks alot mate.

Hearst · Oct 21, 2003, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kakarot
If you're not OCing then it probably ok with stock cooling. But from my experience a side fan is the best way to drop temps.

I do the same here and it works wonders.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 21, 2003, 02:14 AM

cooling on the back side of the GPU! highly recomended
also, blow hole sucking air in and blowing over card helps
as well as ram sinks

~~realsandman~~ · Oct 21, 2003, 03:34 PM

Thanks guys, just ordered some ram heatsinks and my mate is popping round to check my case out to see where he can postion fans, he's good at that stuff, i aint!
Thanks again for the help guys.

Oct 20, 2003, 04:05 PM	#1
~~realsandman~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: birmingham uk Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Whats the best way to cool card. I wont to o/c my 9800pro more than i currently am, problem is i dont want to deep fry my card!.....had to put of holiday with the miss's to get it!!!! Now i know of the ramsink thingys that cool the ram but what about them things that go ontop and under the card, are they any good? Also do fans help, if i side mounted a fan would it cool the card? I intend to get a heat probe so i can keep a tab on temps of my card so i will hopefully be able to o/c with out putting my card to a early grave. Any help or advice would be happily recieved! Sam

Oct 21, 2003, 02:14 AM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	cooling on the back side of the GPU! highly recomended also, blow hole sucking air in and blowing over card helps as well as ram sinks __________________

Oct 20, 2003, 04:18 PM	#2
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	If you're not OCing then it probably ok with stock cooling. But from my experience a side fan is the best way to drop temps.

Oct 20, 2003, 04:52 PM	Thread Starter #3
~~realsandman~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: birmingham uk Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	ok, thanks alot mate.

Oct 21, 2003, 03:34 PM	Thread Starter #6
~~realsandman~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: birmingham uk Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Thanks guys, just ordered some ram heatsinks and my mate is popping round to check my case out to see where he can postion fans, he's good at that stuff, i aint! Thanks again for the help guys.