VGA cooler for XFX nVidia 8600GT

HunterICX · 02-13-15, 04:54 AM

Well, you could look on Ebay for 8600GT fans and then there are these manufacturers that make high performance heatsink&fans for Video cards like Zalman but then you're looking at a price tag of 30-40$, like this one for example, listed to be compatible with the 8xxx series of Nvidia including the 8600GT)

http://www.zalman.com/global/product...ad.php?Idx=374

(scroll down for compatible VGA cards and you can download the manual for further inormation)

Syxx_Killer · 02-15-15, 07:06 PM

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it!

I'll have a close look at that Zalman and see what I want to do from there.

Blebby · 02-25-15, 10:57 AM

You can do a not so elegant, but cheap solution. Not worth investing in such an old video card anyway. Take the existing fan out and leave the heatsink in place. Place a small fan on top of the hole where the old fan used to be and glue it in place. Power the fan from motherboard headers or using power supply adapters.

I once did this to a radeon card. But instead of gluing, I screwed the fan in place. The heatsink had fins and I could screw a screw between the fins. Searching the net for your card I saw that your heatsink is smooth. I think your only solution is gluing.
Again, not very elegant, but cheap and efficient.

Aktungbby · 02-25-15, 11:32 AM

Blebby!

Harvs · 02-26-15, 04:10 AM

I had a liquid cooled block on my last Graphics card,it covered the card completely but I still fried it, now I only have a liquid cooler on my CPU, I find the fans on my new cards do the job well enough.
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Jimbuna · 02-26-15, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blebby

You can do a not so elegant, but cheap solution. Not worth investing in such an old video card anyway. Take the existing fan out and leave the heatsink in place. Place a small fan on top of the hole where the old fan used to be and glue it in place. Power the fan from motherboard headers or using power supply adapters.

I once did this to a radeon card. But instead of gluing, I screwed the fan in place. The heatsink had fins and I could screw a screw between the fins. Searching the net for your card I saw that your heatsink is smooth. I think your only solution is gluing.
Again, not very elegant, but cheap and efficient.

First sign of a wearing noise and I change mine.

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02-13-15, 04:54 AM	#1
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well, you could look on Ebay for 8600GT fans and then there are these manufacturers that make high performance heatsink&fans for Video cards like Zalman but then you're looking at a price tag of 30-40$, like this one for example, listed to be compatible with the 8xxx series of Nvidia including the 8600GT) http://www.zalman.com/global/product...ad.php?Idx=374 (scroll down for compatible VGA cards and you can download the manual for further inormation) __________________

02-25-15, 11:32 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,028 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Blebby! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-26-15, 04:10 AM	#5
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	not the best I had a liquid cooled block on my last Graphics card,it covered the card completely but I still fried it, now I only have a liquid cooler on my CPU, I find the fans on my new cards do the job well enough. ------------------------------------------------------- Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT

02-15-15, 07:06 PM	#2
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it! I'll have a close look at that Zalman and see what I want to do from there.

02-25-15, 10:57 AM	#3
Blebby Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You can do a not so elegant, but cheap solution. Not worth investing in such an old video card anyway. Take the existing fan out and leave the heatsink in place. Place a small fan on top of the hole where the old fan used to be and glue it in place. Power the fan from motherboard headers or using power supply adapters. I once did this to a radeon card. But instead of gluing, I screwed the fan in place. The heatsink had fins and I could screw a screw between the fins. Searching the net for your card I saw that your heatsink is smooth. I think your only solution is gluing. Again, not very elegant, but cheap and efficient.