Heatsink removal?

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Task Force

Could you change to a smaller heat sink...

Or replace the heatsink with a lower profile chipset fan.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Thomen

Or replace the heatsink with a lower profile chipset fan.

That introduces the nasty possibility of fan failiure leading to the chipset temp rocketing, which isn't good at all. I had it happen to my first pc, since then I've stuck with heat sinks instead. Once my stuff arrives back from Norway soon I'll be able to rebuild my old PC, thats got no cooling issues ever since it was rigged up to a vapo chill unit. the CPU usually ran about -50C

[nikbear]

Thats what I would love,watercooling I think I've found a heatsink that will fit and is only 12mm high,problem is it has no mounting lugs,so would have to attach it using 3M thermal tape Just how good is that stuff? I've never used it before so I'm not to sure

[Task Force]

they want you to attach a part of the computer with tape... sounds... stupid...

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by nikbear

Thats what I would love,watercooling I think I've found a heatsink that will fit and is only 12mm high,problem is it has no mounting lugs,so would have to attach it using 3M thermal tape Just how good is that stuff? I've never used it before so I'm not to sure

I've tried watercooling and it's not all it's cracked up to be to be honest, and there's always the nasty risk of a water leak frying everything. Vapochill is far far better by comparison.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

I've tried watercooling and it's not all it's cracked up to be to be honest, and there's always the nasty risk of a water leak frying everything. Vapochill is far far better by comparison.

Liquid cooling "which I have" uses a non-conductive liquid not, Water. Self installed I haven't had a problem.

Anything installed Halfassed can be a nightmare includeing a simple fan.

[nikbear]

Is there any all-in-one Watercooling kits out there FIREWALL at some time in the future it is something I'd like to seriously think about
And Ford Prefect,what is Vapochill Sorry for the dummy questions but I've just got a new system worth doing things to so I'm looking around at different stuff
All my previous systems were made up of other peoples cast off equipment,But now I'm all ears for any advice

[donut]

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/706-68...d=130287933703

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by nikbear

Is there any all-in-one Watercooling kits out there FIREWALL at some time in the future it is something I'd like to seriously think about
And Ford Prefect,what is Vapochill Sorry for the dummy questions but I've just got a new system worth doing things to so I'm looking around at different stuff
All my previous systems were made up of other peoples cast off equipment,But now I'm all ears for any advice

Vapochill is a company that make refridgeration cooling for computers, they do both stand alone units that can be hitches up to near any pc or towers to use. I've got the stand alone unit, lightspeed I think they called it. I've not seen it since september 2005 when I moved to norway, me and my belongings haven't managed to coincide in the same place at the same time since! The pc I had the vapochill unit on was over clocked by insane amounts and remained stable because it still ran at 40 degrees below freezing! For gaming it was well worth the money.