<3 my koolance VID-NV2-LO6

[Slappy00]

ok so let me start by saying that my GAinward 6800GT GS was quite unstable at 400/1100 and I could not play any game without it crashing at some point in time. THe card weas loud as hell also (as anyone with a gainward 6800GT/GS knows) and took up alot of room. I decided I would tackle both problems at once. After buying a OCZ powerstream 530w PS (to replace my antec 420W TP) and ordering a VID-NV2-LO6 link for vid cooler I decided to get it all together.

THe power supply helped quite a bit in 3Dmark05, but the video cooler was still on backorder. a few days ago i managed to snag one from pcpowerzone. anyways it was a snap to put on and very very quiet.

card with shroud off and cleaned
closeup of GPU
components covered with AS3
with cooler on

As you can see its much much smaller than the regualr Gainward monstrosity. and the best part is that i ran the card 400/1100 using rthdribl_1_2 for 45min and the temp never got above 58C!!!.

The compnent cost $71 but it makes owning a 6800GT much more bareable.


edit: oh and this is what was written on the memory:

Samsung 426

K4J553230f GC20
AWE265AAS

 

[302efi]

You should not have used the AS3 on the memory.

You should really use a non-metal based compound for the memory chips.

 

[Megamixman]

One of My friends got a BFG 6800GT when they had the sale for $299. A lot of the cores used for GT's passed Ultra Extreme levels. Well now his is Overclocked with the Coolmatic Water Block. His GT is now running at 438/1389 using a Big Water cooling Kit. See how high you can get yours. Should hit very high.

 

[Slappy00]

Originally posted by: 302efi
You should not have used the AS3 on the memory.

You should really use a non-metal based compound for the memory chips.

why?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Slappy00

Originally posted by: 302efi
You should not have used the AS3 on the memory.

You should really use a non-metal based compound for the memory chips.

why?

apparently it's conductive... i used AS on my memory chips too, and it works fine for the last 3-4 weeks so far.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: Slappy00

Originally posted by: 302efi
You should not have used the AS3 on the memory.

You should really use a non-metal based compound for the memory chips.

why?

As Craig said, it can be conductive...

Heres a thread somewhat about it:

Linky

 

[Slappy00]

the legs are not exposed on the side here you apply it, so i dont see how AS3 can conduct anything from that side, although I do see your reasoning and will probably apply it in the future.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Let's see results, I might consider OCing w/that bad boy one day. Also, did you JUST have to buy that one setup for water cooling your 6800GT or did you hook it into an existing water cooling system? I must admit I know little about water cooling setups, but if this was a stand alone unit for $70...... Tax return here I come

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Slappy00
the legs are not exposed on the side here you apply it, so i dont see how AS3 can conduct anything from that side, although I do see your reasoning and will probably apply it in the future.

It has nothing to do with it being 'conductive' (wtf?) -- it's just that usually people stick RAM heatsinks directly on the memory, and in that case you want a thermal epoxy rather than regular Arctic Silver, which is a thermal grease (it's not sticky/strong enough to hold the heatsinks on the RAM without something else keeping them in place).

Since in your case the cooler is bolted onto the card (and thus firmly attached to the RAM as well), you should be fine.

 

[GoffyDude]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: Slappy00
the legs are not exposed on the side here you apply it, so i dont see how AS3 can conduct anything from that side, although I do see your reasoning and will probably apply it in the future.

It has nothing to do with it being 'conductive' (wtf?) -- it's just that usually people stick RAM heatsinks directly on the memory, and in that case you want a thermal epoxy rather than regular Arctic Silver, which is a thermal grease (it's not sticky/strong enough to hold the heatsinks on the RAM without something else keeping them in place).

Since in your case the cooler is bolted onto the card (and thus firmly attached to the RAM as well), you should be fine.

You're all wrong, it's not conductive at all...it's INductive...quite a difference. But yes, it can cause problems if you get some on the RAM pins.

 

[Creig]

Is water-cooling the RAM really necessary? What sort of temps do they normally hit on a stock card?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: GoffyDude

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: Slappy00
the legs are not exposed on the side here you apply it, so i dont see how AS3 can conduct anything from that side, although I do see your reasoning and will probably apply it in the future.

It has nothing to do with it being 'conductive' (wtf?) -- it's just that usually people stick RAM heatsinks directly on the memory, and in that case you want a thermal epoxy rather than regular Arctic Silver, which is a thermal grease (it's not sticky/strong enough to hold the heatsinks on the RAM without something else keeping them in place).

Since in your case the cooler is bolted onto the card (and thus firmly attached to the RAM as well), you should be fine.

You're all wrong, it's not conductive at all...it's INductive...quite a difference. But yes, it can cause problems if you get some on the RAM pins.

No, it's very slightly *capacitive*, which is very different from being conductive (and I'm not sure where the hell you got "inductive" from -- math proofs are inductive, not electronic components).

Yes, it could potentially cause issues if you managed to slather it all over the pins of your RAM (or your CPU or motherboard, for that matter) -- but at that point either you're so sloppy that you probably should not be modding your hardware, or you used about ten times too much AS. Regardless, the RAM on this particular card is TCCD, which doesn't even *have* exposed pins.

 

[Slappy00]

what he said^

 

[Slappy00]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Let's see results, I might consider OCing w/that bad boy one day. Also, did you JUST have to buy that one setup for water cooling your 6800GT or did you hook it into an existing water cooling system? I must admit I know little about water cooling setups, but if this was a stand alone unit for $70...... Tax return here I come

I already had a koolance exos for my p4 2.4 @3.0 this is an add-on, as gainward's solution is quite loud. you can add this to any watercooleed system with an adaptor.

s water-cooling the RAM really necessary? What sort of temps do they normally hit on a stock card?

not really it comes as part of the cooler, so why not

 

[Ackmed]

Way too much AS.

Im amazed at how many people put too much AS on their hardware.

 

[Todd33]

Ignoring all the wannabe engineers, grats to the OP, nice job.

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: Slappy00
not really it comes as part of the cooler, so why not

I just meant that your GPU/RAM cooler is about $80 and the GPU cooler by itself is only $40. If the RAM doesn't really get warm enough to benefit from the liquid cooling then that's $40 that could've been spent elsewhere. If the RAM DOES get pretty hot, then I could see spending the extra $ to keep temps down and preserve system stability.