Best VGA RAM Sinks
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Best VGA RAM Sinks
I am changing my video card to watercooling now which is going to be overclocked a smigen or 2 and i was wondering what the best vga ram sinks are. i was looking at the FrozenCPU Monster Copper BGA Ramsinks found here. http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ram-19.html
they seem to be the best but i was just wondering what was the best
they seem to be the best but i was just wondering what was the best
Those are probably as good as any. RAM-sinks of any form are really only marginally successful. Read the reviews, a "good" ram-sink gets you maybe 10mhz extra overclock. (which is probably close to being within the margin of error anyway) With watercooling the GPU they may be somewhat more effective, since there is less airflow swirling about.
In general, you can use the same criteria you'd use for looking at a passive CPU heatsink: Copper is better than aluminum, bigger is better than smaller, wide spaced fins are better than close ones. I wouldn't worry too much about brand-loyalty or reviewer's accolades.
In general, you can use the same criteria you'd use for looking at a passive CPU heatsink: Copper is better than aluminum, bigger is better than smaller, wide spaced fins are better than close ones. I wouldn't worry too much about brand-loyalty or reviewer's accolades.
Bend the fins? I considered that, but assumed it would be dangerous, due to possibility of deforming the base. I suppose it's okay if you try to bend them not at the bottom but closer to the middle. Are you thinking of the typical flat fin designs? Any idea if drilling a few holes through the fins would improve those for passive cooling?
If they are triangular fins it wouldnt be a good idea, but for normal flat fins, if you clamp the base and bend each fin carefully with a pair of thin pliers, there should be no problem. Spacing the fins out will give better cooling performance. I dont think drilling holes through them would help at all, it'd just create turblence and reduce the total cooling area, which is a bad thing.