Radeon 9800 + ram heatsinks: any suggestions?

[Cheetah8799]

Any suggestions for heatsinks to put on my Radeon 9800 ram? Games have been crashing lately, so I put my finger on the ram chips and it is smoking hot! I'm pretty sure the ram heat is the problem, but in case it's the gpu I have ordered a better cooler for that, it hasn't arrived yet though...

Anyway, I'm thinking of chopping up some old Pentium heatsinks and sticking those on the ram chips with some sort of epoxy or thermal adhesive. If anyone has a better idea, that doesn't cost much, I'm listening.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Talk to UFOKILLERZ or use the search button for MOSFET and you'll find some perfect heatsinks for the RAM. I think they are like $0.55 each and they work great because I got some for my 9800 Pro. Might wanna get a southbridge heatsink too while your at it.

 

[Brian48]

Radio Shack has some pretty good RAM heatsinks for about $1.75 each. They're pretty beefy and works really well. You'll need either thermal epoxy or tape to mount them. I use tape. While not optimal, they appear more than adequate.

Here's a pic of what they look like on my 9700Pro.

 

[Cheetah8799]

Thanks for the search tip, I found the threads. Thanks for the pic too Brian48.

links for reference:
thread 1
thread 2

I think I'm going to try chopping up some old heatsinks first, just to see how that goes.

 

[TrailerParkKing]

Personally I went with the OCZ all copper sinks myself and have liked them a lot....

Just my $.02