Zalman VF700

[movieman]

I have a friend installing the following for a new system of mine:

• ANTEC P180
  
  PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool® 510W ATX-Deluxe Fully Sleeved Power Supply
  
  WD740GD RAPTOR 74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB...(2) --- RAID
  
  WD4000KS 400 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB
  
  VANTEC VTX-C01-BK VORTEX Hard Disk Drive Coolers
  
  ASUS A8N-E NF4U 939 Retail
  
  Swiftech MCX159-CU Universal MotherBoard Chipset Heatsink
  
  AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2000MHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 retail
  
  ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm
  
  CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PRO - Retail 2-3-3-6 settings on AMD platforms
  
  XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
  
  Zalman VF700-CU
  
  Pioneer 111D
  
  Sony Floppy

He says that the VF700 is a really tight fit on the videocard when installed in the ANTEC P180...any advice on the setup, or what other comparable option would be available...???

THANKS!

Richard

 

[pkme2]

I recommend you consider the Lian Li cases. They're quite roomy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112105

 

[Xed]

Is it because of the air duct? It can be removed or you can order the p180b which doesn't have it

 

[soydios]

It should fit without any issues. You shouldn't have to even remove the air duct, if there is one, because the air duct is limited by the width of the video card, not the heatsink.
And I would take a look at the VF900-Cu. It like the VF700-Cu, but with heatpipes, so it's even better.

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Check the orientation of the cooler on your video card by looking at what holes would be used. I have an A8N-E with the swiftech cooler (running passive) and I had to bend a few fins of the VF-700 so that they wouldn't interfere with my chipset cooler. here's a pic:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/scrawnypaleguy/computer022.jpg

My video card is a Radeon X800XL, however, so yours might be different.

 

[movieman]

Thanks for the responses!

Richard

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: scrawnypaleguy
Check the orientation of the cooler on your video card by looking at what holes would be used. I have an A8N-E with the swiftech cooler (running passive) and I had to bend a few fins of the VF-700 so that they wouldn't interfere with my chipset cooler. here's a pic:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/scrawnypaleguy/computer022.jpg

My video card is a Radeon X800XL, however, so yours might be different.

I installed a VF700-Cu onto a friend's X800XL into an A8N-E motherboard with a CNPS7700-Cu CPU heatsink. If all that can fit into an Antec Sonata II, you should have no problems whatsoever.