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Good BGA Ramsinks?

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Culver06

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I'm looking for some good BGA ramsinks for the backside ram chips on my 7800gtx

I replaced the stock cooler with a NVsilencer 5 revision 3 and it runs the core 15-20c (yes, 15-20c) cooler than stock, but the backside ram chips now have no cooling.. I had to lower the ram from 1300 (factory overclock) to 1200 because I was getting artifacts in some games..

Anyhow I need some good BGA ramsinks with good adhesive (I don't care even if it permanantly bonds, these will be going on there to stay), they'll be hanging upside down (my case has a reverse layout, the 'back' of the card, opposite the GPU, faces down, and the PSU is at the bottom of the case)
 
OCZ BGA ramsinks are usually a good bet and they already come with thermal tape. If you wanna spend more Swiftech makes some pretty nifty ones too (MC14)
 
Originally posted by: Ping to the Pong
OCZ BGA ramsinks are usually a good bet and they already come with thermal tape. If you wanna spend more Swiftech makes some pretty nifty ones too (MC14)
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The tape on the swiftys is poor.

 
you could use either, and use a thermal adhesive (Arctic Silver make one), and then they will stay on forever and a day. both OCZ and Swiftech make good RAMsinks, I havent seen any side by side tests though.
 
Originally posted by: Culver06
I'm looking for some good BGA ramsinks for the backside ram chips on my 7800gtx

I replaced the stock cooler with a NVsilencer 5 revision 3 and it runs the core 15-20c (yes, 15-20c) cooler than stock, but the backside ram chips now have no cooling.. I had to lower the ram from 1300 (factory overclock) to 1200 because I was getting artifacts in some games..

Anyhow I need some good BGA ramsinks with good adhesive (I don't care even if it permanantly bonds, these will be going on there to stay), they'll be hanging upside down (my case has a reverse layout, the 'back' of the card, opposite the GPU, faces down, and the PSU is at the bottom of the case)
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I just bought some Evercool F-117s - they are all copper and seem to do the job on my X-Fi. I have one of the original X-Fis' (no heatsink) so I thought WTF, it can't hurt. My X-Fi idles hot, and gets really hot while playing BF2 (Ultra High sound setting). The heatsink gets pretty hot, so a little airflow can't hurt either.

The F117s' measure 21mmW x 21mmL x6mmT and come in a package of eight (8).

Heres a link to Newegg, which has them in stock:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835119061

Some place called Nexfan is selling them for $9.99 (plus $6.99 shipping) but they took too long to respond to an email I sent them so I ordered from the Egg. Saving $2.00 wasn't worth the uncertainty.

Link to Nexfan:

http://www.nexfan.com/nighthawk-chipset-cooler-rhs-f117.html

BTW, not to hijack your thread, but I smell X-Fi overheating cover-up from Creative. Anyone is welcome to PM me about this.

 
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