Quality aftermarket HSF for 5600?

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I own this card (warning BIG pictures): MSI GeforceFX 5600 VTDR128

had it up to 425/658 @ 1.5v (stock 270/550) before my mb died on me (not due to OC) with zero visible artifacts in 3dmark or my games. It *said* it was 52°C under full load at these speeds.

The stock hsf kinda reminds me of a mini AS, and it works fairly well except that the pins are so tight they pull up the aluminum spreaders at the edges so they barely (if at all) touch any of the ram. I've tried bending the back spreader...I eventually got it to touch all 4 rams and the back of gpu heh, barely touch any of them that is

Well I think I could get pretty darn high and run cooler if I got me some OCZ copper ramsinks and a nice aftermarket hsf for the gpu ~ due to circumstances (not $$ so much) upgrading to a new card ain't possible so I figured I could have some fun with this one.

Only thing is, there aren't any Arctic Silencers that *say* they fit a 5600. Although this one looks as if it would:NV silencer 1

There is also this (much cheaper) but who knows if its worth using:Vantec

Any ideas? Anyone know an AS that fits my card?

 

[THUGSROOK]

vantec? get real ~ you may as well blow on the HS yourself 😉

 

[boatillo]

Yea I don't really like the design of the Vantec, but it does say it fits 🙁 Basically just a fan strapped to a thin piece of copper (the fins around the outside don't even touch the gpu looks like)

Which is why a silencer looks so nice, a real copper hs directly over core and a fan that blows across the fins and out of the case....

 

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