Replacement Zalman Ramsinks?

[MikalCarbine257]

Are there any good ramsinks out there that will still work with the Zalman VF700? Any linkies?

 

[zagood]

I've got some lying around here (got the cooler for a 6600GT AGP that can't use them), let me see if I can track them down.

Edit: hmmmm gonna take some digging. You can buy them new if you want to go retail:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/...roduct_info&cPath=196&products_id=2026

-z

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

These swifties look really good, although they are optimized for no air blowing over them (for watercooled systems). I cant' imagine they'd be too tall for a VF700.

 

[MikalCarbine257]

They do look nice, I think they are still too tall though, the ones that came with it are no more than 6MM high

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I got a set of those Swifties and a 6800 w/Zalman700 on it.
Want me to checK fit on my VGA card.?

...Galvanized

 

[MikalCarbine257]

That'd be pleasant

 

[Operandi]

Whats wrong with the included RAM sinks?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

The Zalman 700 is installed with the fins toward the rear of the case.

The four Ram chips at the front are clear of everything.

The two RAM chips at the rear of the card with the Swifties on will just clear the 700's fins.
At worst a few file strokes on the inner most copper pins.

The two RAM chips at the top of the card are really close the the tighter part of the 700's
fins. About 3mm at the most will have to be taken off the inner two rows of 4 copper pins.

The Swifties appear to be sand cast copper and not near as nice as the photo-op pic
They are a little rough in apperance. They are most likely dead soft, so the ends of the
pins could be nipped off then finished with a file.

Do not use a bench grinder to shorten the pins. Remember, it is a copper sink directing
heat to finger tips.

I'd use them myself for your application. I lapped the Zalman chip sinks, then bonded them
on with AS Alumina Epoxy
Sorry it took so long to get back at ya. I had to find the Swiftie, then poke around the
case's internals.

I bought the Swifties for sinking mainboard chips and have two left over.

Good luck on whatever you decide.

...Galvanized

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Whats wrong with the included RAM sinks?

I have a feeling he did what I did and bonded them on a card.

Now he wants to re-use the 700 on another card.

Yeah.! OP. What happened to the original sinks.


...Galvanized

 

[MikalCarbine257]

Haha, nah I epoxied/AS5 the Zalman onto my 7800GT

Volt modded, my memory can almost hit 1.4ghz but they overheat, so I am looking for a better cooling solution for them