New VGA cooler from Aerocool
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New VGA cooler from Aerocool
This might be old news, I just saw it on Aerocool's site. They have released a new passive VGA cooler, VM-103, with the option to mount a 120mm fan on it.
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Its predecessor the VM102 was the same.Sylph-DS wrote:Is it just me, or did they use pretty copper heatpipes and sink, but an aluminium block directly on the processor? :/
It does seem a little back to front, especially with the greater weight of copper increasing the force on the card, but it didn't stop the VM102 from being one of the best passive coolers.
It was reasonably priced as well and hopefully that'll be true of this VGA cooler.
Bah, although the heatsink design looks promising, the fact that they have only two heatpipes, and an aluminium block, scares me. I don't think it'll be much for high-end cards.
Just as well it looks like it won't work for a PC with a large CPU tower heatsink on most motherboards. In effect, this thing won't even fit in the average SPCR system.
Just as well it looks like it won't work for a PC with a large CPU tower heatsink on most motherboards. In effect, this thing won't even fit in the average SPCR system.
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Looks a lot like my modified VM-101. The caption under the photo describes the results compared to unmodified VM-101. My 9600 Pro is far from a "high end" GPU, so I'd be hesitant to make any claims in that regard.
I was a little worried about the torque applied to the mounting block and its skinny little arms, but haven't had any problem.
I was a little worried about the torque applied to the mounting block and its skinny little arms, but haven't had any problem.
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I like the idea... it use spaces that would otherwise go to waste. You could have the heatsink pointing down and a full set of expansion cards underneath without any interference. What they should've done though is attached a couple of adjustable legs on it that can be lowered to the bottom of the case to provide additional support.
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I dunno, the 8800-series cards all use a single heatpipe to good effect. An HD 2900 XT, with it's slightly-higher thermal envelope uses two.IMO is has two drawbacks, one is the torque applied (but not as bad as the Condor) and the other one - the scrooges still use only two heatpipes.
GPUs all seem to be OK with running at or above 75 degrees, unlike CPUs, so they don't really take advantage of that extra cooling. And if you're after overclocking, well, watercooling is getting really easy and just as expensive as high-end air cooling.
wow - you BENT your heatpipes? did you use a tiny pipe spring? former? did you heat it first?dfrost wrote:Looks a lot like my modified VM-101. The caption under the photo describes the results compared to unmodified VM-101. My 9600 Pro is far from a "high end" GPU, so I'd be hesitant to make any claims in that regard.
I was a little worried about the torque applied to the mounting block and its skinny little arms, but haven't had any problem.
do people go around bending their heatpipes a lot? I know when i've done plumbing at home my work always looks a bit 'creative' when i don't use a pipe bending tool.
I wish somebody made a heatsink somewhat like this, one that would fit even with a tall tower CPU heatsink installed. Downwards mounting of the VM-103 is a no-go as well in microATX cases, so why not place the heatsink at the level of the graphics card? The fin section would then be a little over the card and mostly under, but not too far to require more space than a microATX board has. Maybe four heatpipes, with two going up and two down. If you had a vent in the side panel right there and a negative pressure design, it could be fanless, and perhaps there might be enough clearance for a fan as well. I'd buy one like that.