adding heat sinks to gfx cards.

[strayha]

how do people go about mounting heat sinks on graphics cards?

[Chezman29]

Thermal epoxy usually.

Chez

[strayha]

exactly how though? i assume you don't just slap it on the pcb.

[Soulburner]

You need to drill holes to screw it on. Theres an article somewhere but I can't remember.

BTW, I am in Lincoln.....about 45 mins away :cheers:.

[drenader]

oh great nebraska people, reminds me of my childood in Grand Island NE wow what crappy place to grow up

[Chezman29]

LOL poor Nebraska...

If you are putting on RAM heatsinks, you use thermal epoxy. There is no where to use a drill or holes.
If you are going to put a GPU cooler on it, you fasten it through the same position as the stock one.
DO NOT DRILL HOLES IN YOUR GRAFFICS CARD. OR any other PCB as well.
Not a good idea unless you don't like that piece of electronics equiptment anymore. LOL

Chez

[Soulburner]

Just for Chez....

Heatsink Mod

:thumb:

So far I have taken this PowerColor 9700np from a stock of 275mhz to 410mhz without any artifacts or voltage mods.

[Soulburner]

oh great nebraska people, reminds me of my childood in Grand Island NE wow what crappy place to grow up

LOL......i've never been to Grand Island. Lincoln though, I like.....good city.

[strayha]

millard - t3h rockz0rz

[Wordbiker]

If you'd look a little closer at that HS mod, there were no holes drilled in the PCB....just in a $20 HS. They did however pry off the shim, and in their words it was risky, and would definitely void the warranty at best, or ruin the card at worst.
IMHO, I admire the craftsmanship and egnenuity shown in that mod, but I wonder at whether or not the money and time spent wouldn't better be applied to selling the old unmodified card, and buying a better card. I suppose if you had a proper HS/F as surplus, a lot of time on your hands, and were willing to risk trashing your GPU for a modicum of performance....go for it. I do know as a fact that buying a better GPU WILL give you the performance you're seeking, guaranteed.
If you're stuck on modding your existing card, my approach would be frag tape, or a very thin layer of thermal epoxy, as it would leave you the option of returning everything back to stock with no holes in it or parts ripped off.
:cheers: