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banksd1983 · Post by **banksd1983** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:04 pm

Limited room with the 8800gtx and HR-03+ underneath pointed up.

I'd put it under the card but i'd prefer not to as with the fan, there will be no room for that air to go anywhere with a sound card under it as well.

So, i need a heatsink that preferably is wider/horizontal that wont get in the way of the hr-03.

Any suggestions?

socket 939 in a p180

nevermind the wires, those will be cleaned up when i get a new heatsink in there.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:02 pm

is that a full sized board?

i would say move the soundcard down to a different PCI slot if possible, and get a PCI blower fan.

now, i don't have one myself, as i've got no money to use for it, but i hear they're ok for graphics cards...

now, this creative issue with the top of the card, i wouldn't say go out and spend a fortune on it, but get a blower fan, or just search it endlessly...if theres a way to take the bracket off and flip it over, you could have the exhaust fan sucking air from the heatsink on that 8800 from above and getting it right out of the case.

another thing you could do is look into 8800GTX complete heatsink/fan things...the big plastic things with the fans that funnel all the air away from the system...that might help too.

unless its a mATX board, i don't see why the sound card should be so close...its just producing heat to add to the card.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:17 pm

Hmmm, can't you rotate Thermalright Ultra-120 about 90 degrees? Then I think it would fit. Only downside is that it would fit so that fan would blow towards PSU.

Maybe Thermalright Ultra-90 would fit better? Its bit smaller and lighter than Ultra-120 but doesn't loose much in clooing power.

banksd1983 · Post by **banksd1983** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:09 pm

both suggestions i was actually looking into. can the 120 be rotated? the ultra-90 was perfect but isn't that only compatible with one socket?

zoob · Post by **zoob** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:25 pm

It looks like a Ninja would fit perfectly... it'd piggyback off the hot air from your video card though.

J. Sparrow · Post by **J. Sparrow** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:26 am

The U120 can be rotated with the aid of the S-Clip (optional) - it's worth noting that the updated version of the U120 should be out real soon now, but I don't know if it will fit on 939.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:42 pm

banksd1983 wrote:both suggestions i was actually looking into. can the 120 be rotated? the ultra-90 was perfect but isn't that only compatible with one socket?

You can get additional brackets for Ultra-90 from various shops. Quiet PC has good selection if you're european. For american Sidewinder computer's might be good place to starts searching additoonal brackets if you need.

For 939 you don't need addtional thingies if I remember correct. For AM2 you only need to buy custom plastic bracket which is around 4$. But with S-clip you can rotate 90 degrees Ultra series, Sl-120 and Sl-128 and HR-01 coolers. Older revisions do not necessarily have S-clip included but newer versions should have.

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:20 am

Looks like a Noctua NH-U12 would fit perfectly in that kind of arrangement. http://www.noctua.at/images/products/fu ... bottom.jpg

pfft · Post by **pfft** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:19 am

Do you think that a pair of slow thin 80mm fans might do as well as that 120mm fan on the vga cooler? That would buy you 10mm. Newegg is selling some new thin 80mm fans with perhaps literally unbelievable specs(silenX).

The ultra-90 is on sale for 15 bucks at svc now. The specs say socket 754,939 and 940. They also sell an s-clip that allows rotation of the ultra 90.

Hmm. I just noticed that is a p180 case so the top fan is blowing out. Assuming the vga fan is blowing up then a ninja or hr-1 might work fanless if either will fit.

ryboto · Post by **ryboto** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:09 am

i don't know why so many people are talking about the s-clip and rotating an ultra 120 or 90...they would clearly have clearance problems, and even if they didn't, they'd be blocking the cooling fan on the HR03. I say have an ultra 120, arrange the fans so that they're all pushing are toward/through the U-120 upwards to the top exhaust. Unless of course you want to run the video card passive, Madshrimps did, and saw some pretty safe temperatures.

dfrost · Post by **dfrost** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:36 am

Rather then putting the VGA fan directly on the HR-03 "pancake-style," how about placing it vertically as a case intake fan (either at the case front or under the drive cages) so that it blows across the length of the HR-03 toward the exhaust fan? Here's that arrangement with an Aerocool VM-101 (quite similar to an HR-03) in my Sonata case. That would give you much more room for a variety of CPU coolers.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:57 am

ryboto wrote:i don't know why so many people are talking about the s-clip and rotating an ultra 120 or 90...they would clearly have clearance problems, and even if they didn't, they'd be blocking the cooling fan on the HR03.

S-clip would enable using both ways and would extend usage of Thermalrights coolers in AMD system also in future upgrades.

ryboto · Post by **ryboto** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:46 am

thejamppa wrote: S-clip would enable using both ways and would extend usage of Thermalrights coolers in AMD system also in future upgrades.

I know what it does, I have one, but for his situation, it wouldn't be useful, there doesn't appear to be enough room to rotate the cooler towards the rear exhaust. If he upgrades in the future, and he wanted to reuse the cooler on another machine, i'm sure he could purchase an s-clip then, no sense in making excess purchases now if you don't need to.

banksd1983 · Post by **banksd1983** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:11 am

Obviously the 120 won't fit going "vertical", and you're right, "horizontal" may have a problem with that rear case fan. However, I was planning on removing that fan, sealing up the grill, and moving that rear fan to the front to be an intake fan.

Air blows in from front of case, and pushed out by the fan on the hr-03 and exhaust fan at the top of the case

hot air
^
|
exhaust fan
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^
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TR120
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^
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hr-03 w/fan
--------<----------------cool air

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