Zalman VF900 and extra heatsinks for $45 incl. shipping @ Dell

[angry hampster]

I just bought this:
http://accessories.us.dell.com...dhs&cs=19&sku=A0712690

with these heatsinks:
http://search.dell.com/searchc...bd69-59b1-a79a6b251958


and the total came to around $45 with Dell's free shipping. This is an unbelievable deal, considering it'd cost about $20-25 more at the Egg after shipping.

ard loves this thing as well:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...w2LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

[cboath]

FWIW, a hair under $53 shipped at newegg 33 hsf, 10 heatsinks, 10 shipping...

Still %20 cheaper though.

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: cboath
FWIW, a hair under $53 shipped at newegg 33 hsf, 10 heatsinks, 10 shipping...

Still %20 cheaper though.

Ahhh I didn't realize it was that cheap at newegg. I wast looking at their price on the LED version for some reason.

 

[cubeless]

the vf900 comes with ramsinks... at least the retail version does... the tech spec on dells page seems to say that they are included... and it works great on the 8800gt... 10c cooler at max and virtually silent...

 

[cboath]

the hardocp review of the zalman for use on an 8800gt said that while it did come with some heatsinks, it didn't have enough to cover all the mosfets. If they've changed that since then so there's enough, that's even better

 

[ja1484]

They have not. You will still need extra sinks for the mosfets...if you want to sink the mosfets. In all honesty, I wouldn't bother sinking the memory or the mosfets/VRMs unless you plan to overclock. As long as there's airflow over the card, they'll stay cool enough.

 

[WT]

FWIW, these GPU coolers cannot be run in an SLI config without modification to the 4 backing bolts that hold the heatsink in place (don't ask why I know that ... )

 

[nyker96]

thanks OP for posting this! The following has nothing to do with OP but Dell's rep in my eyes is pretty low right now after their indefinite postponement of 8800GTs I ordered.

 

[superHARD]

do the HS coolers come with the thermal tape?

 

[cubeless]

the ones in the hsf package do...

 

[Cable God]

Originally posted by: WT
FWIW, these GPU coolers cannot be run in an SLI config without modification to the 4 backing bolts that hold the heatsink in place (don't ask why I know that ... )

Hmmm, I have 2x Asus 8800GT's in SLI with a VF900 on both with ramsinks. I didn't have any issues. Keep in mind though, you'll lose the slot directly underneath the card, as it is larger than stock.