Geforce oc'ing memory heatsink

[dpopiz]

Hello.
Posted this over at cases & cooling, thought I'd post here too.

I just traded my sister a 16MB G400-TV for her 32MB SDR GeForce becuase I never really used the thing except occasionally to watch TV. She got a ps2 and she doesn't have a TV in her dorm room. Anyway... I'm amazed at how much this baby can overclock. It's a VisionTek board and I've been able to get 230MHz core (normal 120MHz) and 250MHz memory (normal 166MHz)!!!-- only tried for 15 mins though with standard cooling for fear of killing my board. I haven't even tried higher that! Prob does go higher by the way it's acted up to here no stability loss. But I want to definetly get some kind of good cooling so I can bear to leave it oc'd for more than a little while (it gets HOT) so here are my questions:

1. Am I really risking botching my board overclocking it this high? (I mean if I can at least keep it cool enough)

2. How can I remove the standard GeForce HSF? (It's the kind that's just glued on)

3. Does anybody know where I can find some memory heatsinks, maybe like the ones on the GF2Us? I found a couple sites that sell sinks for individual chips, but they're about $1.50 a piece! And I have to get 16 for my board. Know of any place to get cheaper small sinks or better yet some sort of long ones for multiple chips like on the GF2U?


THANKS

 

[DARRIN]

As for RAM heatsinks you can get them at Radio Shack. I think they are $1.50 there as well. I got my heatsink off of my Geforce processor with a long razor blade. Be careful I cut my finger doing it. It takes a lot of force to break through that thermal conductive epoxy they use. When I put my new heatsinks on I put a thin layer of heatsink compound in the center of the chip and small drops of super glue on the corners then press my heatsink onto the chip really hard. Sticks almost instantly.

 

[JayPatel]

there is no way that the .22 micron could reach such a high core of 230 Mhz....if true amazing..but i beleive ur getting the wrong readings from whatever program it is that ur using to OC

 

[gooseman]

Try looking at www.2cooltek.com They have lots of vid card cooling kits. I got one for a geforce 2 gts but don't know if it would fit a regular geforce. Give em a shout.

 

[dpopiz]

I know it sounds insane, but I think it's true and perfectly stable. I used the latest version of Powerstrip to overclock it.

 

[ahfung]

Fat chance your GF SDR is actually a MX. Double check.

 

[dpopiz]

Okay, how do I tell
and I'm PRETTY SURE it isn't, it uses the old GeForce design with 16 2MB mem chips