Proper way to remove stock ramsink?

[qbackin]

I am looking to cool the 6600Gt (s)
I have the Asus cards with the stock ramsinks. I do know that the NV6 will interfere with the rear hs, and was wondering the proper way to go about removing it...

 

[Emultra]

I got this card. I haven't found the need to modify it yet, though.

What are your temps?

 

[qbackin]

1st card is @ 49
2nd card is @ 44

 

[qbackin]

Together it runs pretty warm and makes my whole pc warmer
Plus I want the low temps for peace of mind

I just need to know the proper way of removing the stock rear ramsink.

 

[qbackin]

wow no one?

 

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[Promethply]

The temperatures of those two 6600GT cards are fine.

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: Promethply
The temperatures of those two 6600GT cards are fine.

Well I want to OC them safely. Looking to pass 7k 3dmark05

 

[Promethply]

You can try OCing them first, run 3DMark05, and check the temps after completing the benchmark, then if those cards reach anywhere close to 100 C, like some BFG cards, or you start to see lots of artifacts and tearing on the screen, you've probably reach the limits of those GDDR3 RAMs anyway.

 

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[CraigRT]

temps are fine even for OCing, but whatever, keep looking for answers I guess

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
temps are fine even for OCing, but whatever, keep looking for answers I guess

Thanks I will. Bump

 

[ericlala]

i just twisted mines off. oh wait nm the heatsink is a whole piece on my msi

 

[qbackin]

Yes im talking about a RAMsink. Namely, the rear one on the Asus EN6600GT.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

how will you get past 7000 in 05 without oc'ing past 650 or sometihng?

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
how will you get past 7000 in 05 without oc'ing past 650 or sometihng?

Currently I am @ 6784 in 05.
I still have more headroom in the 3000+. And the 6600GT sli has yet to be OC'ed and they are on stock cooling for now. So I dont think reaching 7K will be a problem

 

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[Greenman]

Try goof-off, it might melt the glue used. The only other method I know of is pry and pray.

 

[CheesePoofs]

You could warming it up with a hairdrier or running some GPU intensive program, quickly shutting down the computer and then removing the ramsinks.

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
You could warming it up with a hairdrier or running some GPU intensive program, quickly shutting down the computer and then removing the ramsinks.

Hmm I could try that, but im guessing that it isnt that easy...

 

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[Vesper8]

well.. i too have a asus n6600gt extreme.. and i was wondering the same question

after a few google searches i finally found a site that recommended a well known trick which is called the blowdryer trick

ive just used it and i have to say im quite happy that it worked surprisingly well!

all i did was put my hairdryer on the hottest setting.. aimed it at each heatsink for no more than 10 seconds.. and then with a flat head screwdriver that i softly slipped under the middle of the heatsink (since each heatsinks cover 2 chips) i twisted it a bit and the heatsink came right off with all of it's glue too! i repeated the same process for the 2nd heatsink and voila! it was that simple