I've had this AIW 8500DV for a little while now (and recently got a second one!) and am playing around with the idea of replacing the stock heatsink and fan for something that's fanless. I've looked around and it seems like there's nothing designed that explictly says it would be compatible -- the newer Zalman coolers require the holes around the GPU, and the older finned ones that epoxied to the GPU seem a little skimpy for an r200 core. Plus I'm eyeballing some diagrams and pictures and clearance looks... well, dubious.
So does anyone have something quiet/noiseless working with their 8500DV? Is there an off the shelf product that works even though it isn't advertised as such? Were there clearance issues you had to work out? Watercooling isn't something I want to get into now so passive cooled is ideal, but I'm willing to put a little elbow grease and ingenuity into it so any ideas or pointers would be appreciated!
Thanks~!
So does anyone have something quiet/noiseless working with their 8500DV? Is there an off the shelf product that works even though it isn't advertised as such? Were there clearance issues you had to work out? Watercooling isn't something I want to get into now so passive cooled is ideal, but I'm willing to put a little elbow grease and ingenuity into it so any ideas or pointers would be appreciated!
Thanks~!
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