Thermalright HR03 GT ATI HD 4870

[Rzk]

Nice work, where did you get those custom ramsinks made. I need. :.

[Kelainefes]

Woha nice! Do they come in copper too?

[affiliate13]

lovely work, really diggin those sinks. Good work fella, do post up where you got your materials, i would love to bin those crippled TR sinks.

[Clunk]

Great job on those heatsinks, looks like a tight fit with the soundcard?

[omek]

Originally Posted by Clunk

Great job on those heatsinks, looks like a tight fit with the soundcard?

yea they are, this new p5q board i got yesterday does not leave much room for the sound card.

Originally Posted by affiliate13

lovely work, really diggin those sinks. Good work fella, do post up where you got your materials, i would love to bin those crippled TR sinks.

HITandRUN from overclockersclub.com made them for me, it cost 30$ shipped for all the sinks and the shim ^^

Originally Posted by Kelainefes

Woha nice! Do they come in copper too?

i think he only works with alum, im not sure.



now.. the sinks didnt make great contact with the ram chips so i put like 3 layers of sekisui tape on em and they make full contact now.... was that a bad idea? or should i "lap" the memory sinks some to get em flat?

[affiliate13]

tape will insulate to some extent, i would lap if you have the time. Hard to tell what difference it will make given that you cant compare the results without lapping anyway.
Clunk recomended sekisui tape to me awhile back, it sticks well and is very thin, this may be worth a look.

[Clunk]

You could always use ceramique and a tiny dot of superglue at the corner of each chip.

[affiliate13]

Originally Posted by Clunk

You could always use ceramique and a tiny dot of superglue at the corner of each chip.

I read somewhere about mixing a small amount of glue with thermal paste, the idea being it sticks and can come off easier later. Not sure if this would work, i wouldnt like to be the 1st to try it. Did you ever do this?

[Kelainefes]

Artic Silver makes a bicomponent thermal paste wich also is a strong glue.

[omek]

yea atm i have the sekisui take layered up on there so they make good contact. im not really happy with it but meh, i took it apart today and remounded everything as yesterday i rushed threw..

i took the stinks off the vitec chips as i dont think they help anything.

with just the ramsinks and a fan on the VRMs i would hit 120-130C in furmark and now...

Normal Furmark run for 120sec... look at the Amps used..


Furmark EXE renamed and ran again for 120sec... look at the Amps used now.. looks like ati messed with the newer drivers/fur mark due to ppl killing there cards