Can anyone recommend a third party graphics card cooler for a 9800 XT which will fit inside a Shuttle XPC SN45GV3? The cards onboard fans are failing. It would be a shame to have to replace it...
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Can anyone recommend a third party graphics card cooler for a 9800 XT which will fit inside a Shuttle XPC SN45GV3? The cards onboard fans are failing. It would be a shame to have to replace it...
http://www.casetech.co.uk/Vantec-Ice...r-p-17995.html
in stoke here:
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/...ard_HS_71.html
Try this one.
The vantec Iceberq 4 fitted fine on my old GeForce FX5200, in a Shuttle SK43G
Those coolers you linked to won't fit inside the Shuttle as it takes up 2 PCI slots due to the height of the heatsink.
I'd try and contact the manufacturer of the card and see if they could mail you a reference cooler for the card.
Failing that, ask in the sale section if anybody has one spare.
Lots of people upgrade the cooling on the cards and will probably have a the default heatsink spare.
ah you're right, its about 3 times higher than the vantec iceberq 4... sorry
The iceberq 4 WOULD fit. It says it'd work on a 9800Pro but there's no mention of the XT
Will an Arctic Cooling ATI silencer fit inside a Shuttle SN45GV3 XPC?
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.p...&data=4&disc=#
Arent the mounting holes on the XT the same as the Pro tho?Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyboy83
(I just wish there was a silent cooler that would fit in a shuttle!)
Has anyone tried a thermalright V1 in an XPC yet? Looks like it could be ideal as it cools on the back of the card.
Chris
you got a linky Chris - sounds interesting.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Others.html
Right at the bottom.
Chris
Been looking into this and I'm convinced it won't work. I think the heat pipes will foul on the optical drive.
However, I did find this
http://forums.kustompcs.co.uk/showth...3&page=1&pp=15
Chris
Ok, another crazy idea.
How about a system blower, removed from the backplate and somehow fixed so that it blows across the stock heatsink with the stock fan unscrewed from the heatsink. I think you would need to duct it a little but it should do the trick in terms of cooling.
Chris
I have adapted and mounted a passive vga cooler (zalman zm80c) and the original amd cpu cooling fan. The fan is mounted inclined infront of the card. They cool my tuned 9800se quiet and without problems.
Do you have any pictures of this. I would be interested to see. :)
here is one pic of my semi passive ati 9800aiw mod.
http://www.forum-barebonecenter.de/a...9&d=1136923374
That looks pretty interesting. What exactly have you done here? I can't see the heatpipes that are normally fitted to that cooler.
Chris
My approach was quite challenging and I can recommend it only for people with technical skills or even better for modding enthusiasts. It took me at least 2 hours for the engineering and 4 hours for the construction job. But it was fun.
The card with the cooler fits extremly tight into place with millimeter gaps around. I mounted the zalman cooler in a special way, to save depth space. The heatpipe is located in the lower Unfortunately I do have only a few production pics and now it is difficult to shot good pics.
http://www.forum-barebonecenter.de/s...657#post110657
Unfortunately I can only host 3 more pics at the barebonecenter.de. If you need more infos send me a pm.