ULTRA VGA Heatpipe Cooler Installation & Results 8800GT OC 512MB

[1648sandro]

congratulations

[amigofication]

nice man! one question though if u can help me! i recently bought a new cooler for my 8800 and the radiators (vga ram hs) that came with the cooler have a very low sticky surface, 2 of them already dropped and i had to point them back ! what do u suggest? is it ok if i use some paper glue in the future in case this happens again or the video card can go on without 1 radiator?

[TunaFish359]

@amigofication Mine started falling off as well try heating up the adhesive and sticking it on again it will stick better but its fine if its not on, 3 of mine fell off and i just kept it off and its fine even when playing games and stuff.

[amigofication]

@TunaFish359 thanks for the fast reply man! good to know i'm not the only one ^^

[abc9354]

can this work on a 8800gts oc completly different from 88000gt oc

[TunaFish359]

@abc9354 Yes it can, the board has the same screw holes and the 8800GTS is listed as compatible for the product.

[ZarafanKO]

i have a ATI hd 5770 problem. my fan did stop working, and dunno how to fix that, im wishing that is only a dust and clean problem, but i dunno either how to clean it, its a XFX, its the cooler version 2, opened with circular heatpipes. any help about, plz post it, or pm. thx.

[TunaFish359]

@ZarafanKO Try giving the fan a push with your finger to see if it is stuck.

[Geoxile]

Where do you buy the thermal epoxy pads?

[TunaFish359]

@Geoxile I don't think they sell them, it's just cheap stock solution instead of thermal paste. Unless you mean the small sticky heat sinks which already has the adhesive on the side.

[Locke35]

Ultra Aluminous case right?

If it is, I had the same one. I recently updated to the Antec 1200. I miss the the $50 price tag for the Ultra though. :)

I'm looking into aftermarket coolers for my 2 8800GT's, so thanks for the vid.

[fedexB]

You have to modified the VGA like that in order to install the cooler? Can't you install somewhere near the VGA but not necessarily modifying the VGA? I'm thinking of buying a cooler cause I have the same VGA and I get high temps, but I dunno on the process of installing a cooler

[TunaFish359]

What do you mean by modify? You don't need to modify anything, only removing the stock heatsink and cleaning the old thermal paste and applying new thermal paste and put the new cooler on. I guess you could buy a PCI slot fan to cool to VGA but it won't have that much of a impact than a new heatsink, if you don't want to move anything on the VGA.

[fedexB]

Yeah, my original idea was not to move anything on the VGA so that's why I asked bout the PCI slot fans, but I guess I'll look for coolers to put on the rear of the case and direct them at the VGA instead. Thanks anyway :)

[Hekynn]

Very nice once my 8800gt fan dies out I will replace it with the vf900 I'm getting in the mail tomorrow :)

[TunaFish359]

Nice cooler. I got this ULTRA cooler because it was only $20.

[xAbubakr]

Your CPU runs pretty cool. That's a good thing about Intel. :)

My AMD will never go that cool. I don't know if it is true, but I hear Intel runs cooler.

[TunaFish359]

I think they are about the same, depends on the cooler I suppose.