Socket 7 HSF for geforce 3 ok?

[RgrPark]

I was looking at Socket 7 hsfs and was wondering if they're ok for GF3? they should work better than any "orb" solutions... would they fit though?
anyone have experiences with them?

 

[FlowerMan]

Do you know how many socket 7 heatsinks there are on the market? Get one and fit it on your card yourself. I'd suggest a newer Socket 370/A HSF

I know you're probably gonna ask how to mount the HSF, so here it is:

1) Arctic Silver Thermal Epoxy or Arctic Alumina Thermal Epoxy

2) tap holes in the heatsink and mount with nylon nuts and bolts.

 

[BD231]

Have you looked at the blorbs that are made for cooling V-Cards?, they do a pretty good job!.

 

[PhiI2e]

The best thing to do is buy a blorb and a Chrome or S-orb. Take the fan off the Chrome Orb and mount it on the blorb. Fits perfect and there's an 80% increase in CFM

 

[FlowerMan]

<< The best thing to do is buy a blorb and a Chrome or S-orb. >>



LOL, I think not. If you're serious about cooling your chipset/GPU, use that socket7/370/A HSF with a decent fan. Or, check out some of the great chipset HSFs at http://www.2cooltek.com or http://www.millisec.com

 

[RgrPark]

I already have a crystal orb...was not really impressed... and what do you guys do for cooling the backside of the GPU?

 

[FlowerMan]

copper spacer, frag tape, and any decent heatsink. When I upgrade to an AMD system, I will have more room to mod the back of my GF3. My slot-1 P3 system doest allow much room right above the video card

 

[Dundain]

When I had my TNT2 video card (died bout 5 months ago and finally upgraded to that Sexy GeForce 2, hehe) I had put an old GlobalWin Socket 7 heatsink on it (cant remember which type, it was one of those in Anand's old heatsink round up...back when Celeron 450s were the gods of overclockin) and a slimline fan on it. It worked great and got an extra 50mhz on the core RAM still wouldnt go anywhere but atleast I could say I had the biggest gfx card heatsink! (It did take up 2 PCI slots though...so wasnt the most economical thing...hehe)