Homemade Ramsinks????

[LilBoy0626]

I have a radeon 9600 np and i can only oc the mem up to 245 mhz which isnt very high seeing that i have my core at 415 mhz
Now my question is can i use a heatsink from an old pentium 2 to make them???
If i can how long, tall, wide to fit on my 9600.

[edit]Can my memory go higher than 245 or is that its limit?[Edit]

 

[Shuzer]

I have a radeon 9600 np and i can only oc the mem up to 245 mhz which isnt very high seeing that i have my core at 415 mhz
Now my question is can i use a heatsink from an old pentium 2 to make them???
If i can how long, tall, wide to fit on my 9600.

[edit]Can my memory go higher than 245 or is that its limit?[Edit]

I've seen one home-made mod like that in the past. Some guy took an old HSF from a deceased processor, and attached it to the card in one way or another.

He said it worked very well, but, I'd be careful if you even consider anything like that. Namely, I'd worry about the weight.

 

[blahblahblah]

I have a radeon 9600 np and i can only oc the mem up to 245 mhz which isnt very high seeing that i have my core at 415 mhz
Now my question is can i use a heatsink from an old pentium 2 to make them???
If i can how long, tall, wide to fit on my 9600.

[edit]Can my memory go higher than 245 or is that its limit?[Edit]

why don't you spend $20 and buy a real heatsink.

If you did go the homemade route, I would still be worried about heat disappation. I doubt the P2 heatsink had to displace much heat at all. I bet the memory of a 9600 puts out more heat than an old P2.

 

[LilBoy0626]

should i go ahead and try anyways
:dozey:

 

[mrchimp]

I presume you want to cut the heat sink up and glue (useing thermal adesive) the parts up to the memory right? well you can't really go that wrong as long as the thermal adhesive doesn't conduct electricity.

You will have to measure the memory modules yourself, try cutting the heat sink up into bits slightly bigger than the ram modules to get the best out of the heat sink. I'v seen this done before, it works well with radeon cards plus it's more "pro" than buying a premade heatsink

 

[mad max 31]

i put a heat spreader onto my sound chip on my sound card. not that it neded it, i was just bored as my pc was down for 2 weeks wighting for a replacment mobo(not replaced, bought again).

 

[LilBoy0626]

I presume you want to cut the heat sink up and glue (useing thermal adesive) the parts up to the memory right? well you can't really go that wrong as long as the thermal adhesive doesn't conduct electricity.

Does Artic Silver 5 conduct electricity????
Which thermal adhesive would be the best???

 

[crabcakes66]

I dont belive artic silver 5 itself is an adhesive but they do sell thermal adhesives..

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm

 

[mrchimp]

I'v got some arctic silver 3 premium silver compound and that doesn't conduct electricity, The adhesive is probably just as good as the compound so I would go with arctic silver.

 

[LilBoy0626]

I dont belive artic silver 5 itself is an adhesive but they do sell thermal adhesives..

On the website it says artic silver 5 is to be used between cpu's and heatsinks. Im going to put a heatsink on memory so shouldnt i use artic silver 5. And im pretty sure artic silver 5 is an adhesive or works just as well.

 

[LilBoy0626]

ok new dillema
my parents are being bitches so i cant cut up the old p2 heatsink.......so now i need to buy some :frown:
OCZ Copper Ramsinks (Buy 2 of them for 8 total Chips)
http://www.svc.com/cobgarachhe.html
OR
Tweakmonsters Chrome Ramsinks (Buy 1 of them for 8 total Chips)
http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=twkbga&Category_Code=csc

Any suggestions????

Nick
:thumbs:

 

[mrchimp]

You have to make sure whatever you buy is thermal adhesive otherwise the heatsinks will fall off. Also what a product was meant for and what it can actually be used for are two completely different things.

 

[crabcakes66]

On the website it says artic silver 5 is to be used between cpu's and heatsinks. Im going to put a heatsink on memory so shouldnt i use artic silver 5. And im pretty sure artic silver 5 is an adhesive or works just as well.

Artic silver 5 is NOT an adhesive. :|


if you put some on a ramchip on your vidcard.....plopped your heatsink on and turned it upside down...it would fall off.