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9800 Pro cooling suggestions

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DragonFire

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I'm watercooling my 9800 pro and have heatsinks on the memory but while poking around in my system I noticed that the sinks are rather hot and was thinking of cooling them with a small fan.

What fan should I use? I was thinking of maybe a 60mm one or perhaps even a 40mm but I would end up using two of them so they would need to be quite.

Suggestions on brand/model and where at to get them?
 
Yeah, most of us with memory sinks notice that they get hot enough to burn you.

They also didn't improve my overclock one bit.
 
Anything more than passive memory sinks on a videocard is a waste of money, IMO. Such little fans will not push enough air to cool down the memory sinks that effectively.
 
Ramsinks didn't help mine either, and they were tall with a side intake blowing directly over them. When I had to remove them to install a different heatsink for the core, the stability remained at the same speeds without them. I believe any case with effective airflow is fine.

But if you're really worried, you should look into cutting a hole into your side panel that will flow over the AGP slot or general area.
 
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