volcano 7+ for ati 9800 pro

[ho_bag22]

i was wondering if removing the stock heatsink and fan from my ati radeon 9800 pro and modifying a volcano 7+ to fit it woudl this be too much for over clocking? im sure if it can keep my cpu cool it can defently handel the video card right?

[amd_man2005]

Odds are it would be way too heavy for ya Vcard to support

[AsianBatman]

If you can succesful do that, i would love to see some pictures. :D

[ho_bag22]

there is nothing some time and a dremmel tool cant do, i understand that 680g is a lot of weight for my vid card but i coudl make a bracket to support the card very easily, so weight asid would this work well?

[amd_man2005]

Weight aside yes it would if you can find a way to mount it to the card as well as make a bracket

[zeradul]

It would be like putting a car radiator on your processor. Unecessary overkill that you cannot reap the rewards of. Other aspects will fail long before you get any substantial increase out of the card.

[Soulburner]

It would be like putting a car radiator on your processor. Unecessary overkill that you cannot reap the rewards of. Other aspects will fail long before you get any substantial increase out of the card.

Not true at all. CPU HSF's can greatly increase your clock speeds and run your card much cooler.

[zeradul]

IF the heatsink is the limiting factor......

Part of what I was saying was that a FAR lesser processor heatsink could do the exact same job the Volcano 7+ would do, AND fit better....

[ho_bag22]

but the volcano7+ is free:)

[johnerz]

Quote "but the volcano7+ is free"


a man? after my own heart lol

[The__tweaker]

I wouldn't worry to much about the weight, just look at the biggest heatpipe coolers by Zalman.. :)

It's the actual mounting that you'll have to figure out..

[sepherum2ya]

How much room would the volcano7+ occupy?

[ho_bag22]

mounting shoudl be easy, it doesnt hit anythign the card and the just drill 2 holes through it where the stock heat sink mounts and then use to nylon bolts and nuts to hold it in place, easy as pie

[minibubba]

How much room would the volcano7+ occupy?

~3 inches (70mm) i think, so you had better not have anything in the first 3-4 PCI slots :hammer:

[sepherum2ya]

Well that's no good.. In my case.. that would take like all 3 of my PCI slots.. and i wouldn't even be able to get online .. without my modem.