Hercules 9500pro cooling

[piesang]

I have a Hercules 9500pro, the stock cooling is very loud and not very effective (Thermaltake blue orb)
I want to buy the Zalman ZM80d silent heatpipe solution but I have a problem with my heatsinks.

On the back of my GPU there is a small heatsink as well as on the RAM. I don't know if I can safely remove these without damaging the card or GPU, can someone help me please.

 

[AristoV300]

To use the Zalman heatpipe the ram heatsinks are fine to leave on. There should be screws to remove the gpu hsf.