used pennies as graphics cards ram sinks

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: SketchMaster
I dabbled in making heat spreaders for my 9800. They worked good but I think buying some HeatSinks from FrozenCPU is alot more easy. 🙂

Tryed this first.

Then made them bigger.

They did help cool them alot, the big spreaders were cool to the touch. Too bad I fryed the card trying to see how hard I could push it. 🙁

My birthday is on thursday by the way. 🙂

:laugh:

 

[jasonja]

You guys do realize that pennies are no longer copper, right? Today's pennies are about 98% zinc at 2 % copper. Zinc's heat conductivity properties are about 1/4th that of copper and about 1/2 that of aluminum. So Rollo is right (I can't believe I just said that), you'd probably be better off using a beer can.

If you want to know what year pennies to use for copper check out this link
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fu.../index.cfm?flash=yes&action=fun_facts2

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: jasonja
You guys do realize that pennies are no longer copper, right? Today's pennies are about 98% zinc at 2 % copper. Zinc's heat conductivity properties are about 1/4th that of copper and about 1/2 that of aluminum. So Rollo is right (I can't believe I just said that), you'd probably be better off using a beer can.

If you want to know what year pennies to use for copper check out this link
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fu.../index.cfm?flash=yes&action=fun_facts2

I never lie about video cards or beer, jasonja! 🙂:beer:

 

[jasonja]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: jasonja
You guys do realize that pennies are no longer copper, right? Today's pennies are about 98% zinc at 2 % copper. Zinc's heat conductivity properties are about 1/4th that of copper and about 1/2 that of aluminum. So Rollo is right (I can't believe I just said that), you'd probably be better off using a beer can.

If you want to know what year pennies to use for copper check out this link
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fu.../index.cfm?flash=yes&action=fun_facts2

I never lie about video cards or beer, jasonja! 🙂:beer:

I bet you love that GREEN beer come St. Patricks day, huh? 🙂

btw, that's blasphemous to vandalize such a vintage piece of graphic card history.

 

[bdoople]

I have that same CD-RW in my P2 box!

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: jasonja

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: jasonja
You guys do realize that pennies are no longer copper, right? Today's pennies are about 98% zinc at 2 % copper. Zinc's heat conductivity properties are about 1/4th that of copper and about 1/2 that of aluminum. So Rollo is right (I can't believe I just said that), you'd probably be better off using a beer can.

If you want to know what year pennies to use for copper check out this link
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fu.../index.cfm?flash=yes&action=fun_facts2

I never lie about video cards or beer, jasonja! 🙂:beer:

I bet you love that GREEN beer come St. Patricks day, huh? 🙂

btw, that's blasphemous to vandalize such a vintage piece of graphic card history.

Heh- the V2 SLI rig has been gathering dust many a year. I wanted to do it with an old Banshee card, but could not find it.

 

[theblackmages]

i think that the best gettho thing is to take a old p1 or something heatsink and cut it,and then put some thermal paste and stick them on the mem.

 

[Fardringle]

I actually did this once to make some chipset and ram sinks for a "Ghetto PC" contest a local PC shop ran several years ago. To obtain the necessary surface contact that Rollo mentioned, I sanded down both flat sides of one penny to get smooth surfaces, then cut off about 1/4 of a few more pennies (to make them look something like a 3/4 moon) and smoothed the cut edges to make them straight and flat then attached the straight edges to the smoothed penny as a base. Thermal epoxy to attach the whole thing to the chipset and it actually worked fairly well. I wouldn't recommend doing this over the simpler and safer solution and relatively low cost of some REAL chipset heatsinks, but it was fun and got a prize for "The best waste of money to avoid spending money". 🙂

For a small chipset, you could use dimes, and you could even go with quarters or silver dollars to make a bigger heat sink. 😛

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: chinkgai
you can always sand down the pennies for better contact

anyhow he got a 25mhz improvement...more than i've ever gotten even with ramsinks

i wouldnt recommend using thermal epoxy...you want to be able to remove this.

hey rollo, your sarcasm cracks me up. i've seen your many other similar posts in the video forums. i really really wish i could meet you in person to see how you really are in real life. thanks for the tips.

Actually I was thinking if you put the pennies on train tracks it would flatten them.

Anyway, here's a BETTER solution:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0419.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0420.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0421.JPG

I use Miller Genuine Draft. It's "cold filtered" so I get higher performance from their cans. I use the nylon ties to hold the flattened back of the can to the GPU, and a CPU fan to lift heat off of the heatsink.

One of the many advantages of my solution is that the more heatsinks you create, the better you feel about life in general, and less you care about OCing.

hahaha, thats the best thing you have ever posted

 

[TheoPetro]

umm unless the pennies are like old there not pure Cu i dont think. im pretty sure there Cu plated zinc.......maby dont quote me on that im pretty sure its true tho. try cutting one open and see.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Actually I was thinking if you put the pennies on train tracks it would flatten them.

Anyway, here's a BETTER solution:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0419.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0420.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0421.JPG

I use Miller Genuine Draft. It's "cold filtered" so I get higher performance from their cans. I use the nylon ties to hold the flattened back of the can to the GPU, and a CPU fan to lift heat off of the heatsink.

One of the many advantages of my solution is that the more heatsinks you create, the better you feel about life in general, and less you care about OCing.

You have so many good ideas going on here I can't even begin to list them all... One thing I did what to add thoough was an additional reason that your choice of Miller Genuine Draft was a good one. The color of the can is black, which has been proven to increase the speed of PC hardware.

http://www.dansdata.com/black.htm

Excellent job.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: chinkgai
you can always sand down the pennies for better contact

anyhow he got a 25mhz improvement...more than i've ever gotten even with ramsinks

i wouldnt recommend using thermal epoxy...you want to be able to remove this.

hey rollo, your sarcasm cracks me up. i've seen your many other similar posts in the video forums. i really really wish i could meet you in person to see how you really are in real life. thanks for the tips.

Actually I was thinking if you put the pennies on train tracks it would flatten them.

Anyway, here's a BETTER solution:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0419.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0420.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0421.JPG

I use Miller Genuine Draft. It's "cold filtered" so I get higher performance from their cans. I use the nylon ties to hold the flattened back of the can to the GPU, and a CPU fan to lift heat off of the heatsink.

One of the many advantages of my solution is that the more heatsinks you create, the better you feel about life in general, and less you care about OCing.

hahaha, thats the best thing you have ever posted

I agree. Lay off the bourbon before you take pics tho Rollo, some of those were pretty tipsy. :beer:

 

[gwag]

Dude everyone know when using pennies as heatsinks the lincoln memorial side goes down!

 

[imported_g33k]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: chinkgai
you can always sand down the pennies for better contact

anyhow he got a 25mhz improvement...more than i've ever gotten even with ramsinks

i wouldnt recommend using thermal epoxy...you want to be able to remove this.

hey rollo, your sarcasm cracks me up. i've seen your many other similar posts in the video forums. i really really wish i could meet you in person to see how you really are in real life. thanks for the tips.

Actually I was thinking if you put the pennies on train tracks it would flatten them.

Anyway, here's a BETTER solution:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0419.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0420.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944956/DSCF0421.JPG

I use Miller Genuine Draft. It's "cold filtered" so I get higher performance from their cans. I use the nylon ties to hold the flattened back of the can to the GPU, and a CPU fan to lift heat off of the heatsink.

One of the many advantages of my solution is that the more heatsinks you create, the better you feel about life in general, and less you care about OCing.

ROFL did you just do that for this thread? LMAO!

 

[VIAN]

I use Miller Genuine Draft. It's "cold filtered" so I get higher performance from their cans. I use the nylon ties to hold the flattened back of the can to the GPU, and a CPU fan to lift heat off of the heatsink.

One of the many advantages of my solution is that the more heatsinks you create, the better you feel about life in general, and less you care about OCing.

LOL

 

[VIAN]

nm

 

[coomar]

with no way to dissipate the heat with your "ghetto" heatsinks, its better to find aluminum, rollo has the right idea with the beer can assuming he can make it flat at the contact area

 

[tvdang7]

well normal heatsinks isnt much differnt they are jsut spread out more maybe i should position a fan on it......lemme go browse some fans.....any one know how viperjohn gets those fans to stick on the side?

 

[Jakebrake]

If you cannot afford a heatsink, it seems that you cannot afford to overclock your video card. If you damage it you obviously cannot afford a replacement. Do what Nancy Reagan says, and 'Just say no.'

 

[Todd33]

Originally posted by: Rollo
Smart people, listen to me.

LOL.

 

[theblackmages]

hum the dude that has his beer can on his video card,if you have those white wraps going on the pci thingy how can you put it in the pci socket 😛

 

[aka1nas]

If you need a ghetto method of cleaning your ghetto-sink pennies, try leaving them in Taco Bell hot sauce for a few hours. Should clean them right up. 😛

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

hahaha, thats the best thing you have ever posted

Thanks! Glad to give you a laugh!

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: g33k
ROFL did you just do that for this thread? LMAO!

Yep it was rainy here yesterday, I was stuck inside. 🙂:beer:

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: theblackmages
hum the dude that has his beer can on his video card,if you have those white wraps going on the pci thingy how can you put it in the pci socket 😛

I'm building a home made riser card that I will hardwire to the pinouts. It's worth it for those extra 14MHz dude.