best way to chop the fins back on a vf700?

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well, i have the vf700cu coming in the morning and i'm looking for any ideas to try.

for those not familiar with it, this is the hsf. if you look at the compatability list it will hang off the edge of my 6600gt agp by about 1.25" and i have a little less than 1" to play with.

i was thinking snips but it might be too tough to get them in there with out mangling it.

if i put some cardboard spacers wedged between the fins do you think a hack saw drawn lightly across it will manage? i kinda think it will bounce a lot and jerk/bend the fins all over. its an awkward design to work with obviously.

i got the copper so it will be softer. any ideas or is it just trial an error?

 

[CrispyFried]

A dremel will be your best bet.

You might try just bending them over but I dont know if that will clear the fan.

 

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yeah, i wonder if i have a good bit for the dremel to use.

i wonder if a ustility knife would cut the copper. the problem is securing the damn thing. i don't have a workshop or anything.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

you can bend them because they are flimsy and thin. on my cnps7000-cu i can but don't want to.

 

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i'm thinking on that actually. i have the 7000alcu and the vf700 on my 6800gt already and you're right, it may be flimsy enough to bend. i just want it to look neat as i'm trying to sell it. if it was for just me i wouldn't mind so much.

 

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welp, done and done. thanks for the bending suggestion guys, it was the easiest (for lack of a better word) way after all. took me a while as even if you bend them off the edge of the board, i still had capacitors to bend around.

additionally, the gpu and the rams are so tight together that the fins on the ram sinks needed to be snipped off, a row on 2 of them and 2, probabl should have done 3, rows on the other 2. otherwise the base of the hsf would sit on top of them.

even having done that, the hsf rocked slightly on top of the core if pressured which i don't recall my 6800gt doing. at any rate, my temps have plummeted to normal levels at last and off course its a lot more quiet. rthdribl for 20 minutes gives me 67c and idle is 48c. and thats in a lascala L-13.

i love evga but i wish they would stop selling this card if they can't improve the stock cooler. i was hitting 90c and up even after applying as5.