Graphics cooling in Shuttle XPCs

[Quercus]

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...

[dannyboy83]

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

[GuruJockStrap]

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.

[dannyboy83]

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

[Quercus]

Will an Arctic Cooling ATI silencer fit inside a Shuttle SN45GV3 XPC?

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.p...&data=4&disc=#

[Atomic]

The iceberq 4 WOULD fit. It says it'd work on a 9800Pro but there's no mention of the XT

Arent the mounting holes on the XT the same as the Pro tho?

(I just wish there was a silent cooler that would fit in a shuttle!)

[hotpurple]

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

[dannyboy83]

you got a linky Chris - sounds interesting.

[hotpurple]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Others.html

Right at the bottom.

Chris

[hotpurple]

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

[hotpurple]

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

[sokrates]

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.

[hotpurple]

Do you have any pictures of this. I would be interested to see.

[sokrates]

here is one pic of my semi passive ati 9800aiw mod.
http://www.forum-barebonecenter.de/a...9&d=1136923374

[hotpurple]

That looks pretty interesting. What exactly have you done here? I can't see the heatpipes that are normally fitted to that cooler.

Chris

[sokrates]

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.