8800GT heatsink modification

Don't forget to subscribe! The Nvidia 8800GT Alpha Dog edition graphics card is powerful enough for most games but the heatsink / fan seems small. The GPU was around 65 degrees celsius on idle and I found that too much. The chip reached 85 celsius during a normal game. Since I just built my pc and I installed an aftermarket cpu cooler, I didn't need the stock AMD heatsink anymore. I searched a use for it until I tought of my graphic card. The heatsink of the Nvidia is too complicated to just replace it with the AMD one. So I decided to fix the AMD fan on the Nvidia and it worked! The GPU runs much cooler now. Updated specs (some not showing on this video, see newer vid):
Antec three hundred case with 4 fans
AMD Phenom X4 965 quadcore cpu, Black edition
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO motherboard
OCZ 4GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 RAM with heatsinks
OCZ ModXstream-Pro 600W Power Supply
Zalman CNPS8700 all copper heatpipes cpu cooler
Nvidia 8800 GT Alpha Dog with custom heatsink mod.
Seagate Barracuda Sata 2 500GB hard drive
LG Super Multi dual layer DVD burner
Acer S243HL 24'' high definition LED flat screen
Hitachi 2 TB external storage hard drive
Hitachi 320 GB external storage hard drive
Maxtor 250 GB internal storage hard drive
Altec Lansing 3 frequencies range sound system
24 blue LEDs custom setup, 12V

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• Nvidia
• 8800
• GT
• GTX
• GTS
• ultra
• graphics
• card
• video
• heatsink
• fan
• mod
• modification
• overclock
• alpha
• dog
• edition
• radiator
• cooling
• gamer
• gaming
• games
• gpu
• avg
• dvi
• slot
• pci
• express
• x16
• 2.0
• amd
• crysis

[PenguinRecordings]

OMG what an amazing contraption. I think your video is the first of its kind that I have seen!

[corght]

@PenguinRecordings

Thanks, I like to think outside the box!

[SnoweyMan111]

@corght Have you had any problems with it since you did this?

I can imagen that PCI-E connection bearing alot of the weight.

[corght]

@SnoweyMan111 I'm still using this same graphic card right now and I never had any problem with it. The extra weight is held by the screw that secures the card outside the back of the case, the PCI-E is not damaged. This video was posted in May 2010 and now it's November 2011, so it's been more than a year. I bought this card used and it's a 2007 model! This graphic card is a tank, it just won't die. I unplugged the AMD fan on the cooler a few months ago to reduce the noise and it's fine.

[vietboiwond3r]

what did you use to cut the metal with?

[corght]

@vietboiwond3r

A sheet metal scissor

[CoolConejo]

@amigofication Just use some stickier thermal paste to it. do this every 3 months or so. just take those little heatsinks off, clean the old Thermal-paste residue, then apply a fresh coast. and no, don't use normal glue lol.

[CoolConejo]

your idles at 150F lol wow. yeah mine used to also. that was a few years ago. Now it just idles at 95-98F. and only reaches maximum temperature of around 130F if put on maximum load for a few hours. Also the aftermarket cooler i bought doesn't even use a fan.The card is 4 years old.

[GazIsARM]

hahaha



[thomasjackdavies]

Son, that's FUCKING retarded.

But lol.

[KEEVVY]

My riches 90'C in crysis 2 & it's a zalman edition, but the bad think is the case, the hot air is throwed in a closed left pannel, because of the designed of the case.

[XiuhcoatlWesley]

Genius :D



[MrTeaze45]

Good luck fitting that into most pcs