Latest toy - Thermalright V2 VGA cooler

SUBMAN1 · 02-09-09, 10:59 PM

I installed this VGA cooler on an ATI 4870 1GB and what an improvement! I have a silent 2000 RPM Scyth (http://www.coolerguys.com/kflex80.html) on there and it outperforms the loud stock cooler night and day. Have yet to see this thing leave the 50C area where the stock cooler pushing up towards 90C!

Copper is by far the best metal for comp coolers. It may not dissipate as much immediate heat as alum, but it will take away and absorb much more heat than alum! Of course, along with the same surface area comes more mass which makes cooling much more efficient on all fronts. Low RPM fans work perfectly fine with copper.

-S

PS. I also run a low RPM fan on my CPU with a copper heatsink. This is what the CPU heatsink looks like:

FIREWALL · 02-09-09, 11:46 PM

Very kool , No pun intended.

Can you show a screen shot on the vid kooler installed before putting in case ?

SUBMAN1 · 02-10-09, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Very kool , No pun intended.

Can you show a screen shot on the vid kooler installed before putting in case ?

Too late!

I have so much copper in there, it looks like a store for a federal vault!

-S

SUBMAN1 · 02-10-09, 12:21 AM

I think this is my next motherboard. Has 2 x copper layers. Should help distribute heat evenly and then dissipate it evenly.

http://www.gigabyte.us/FileList/WebP...3_overview.htm

-S

FIREWALL · 02-10-09, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Very kool , No pun intended.

Can you show a screen shot on the vid kooler installed before putting in case ?

Too late!

I have so much copper in there, it looks like a store for a federal vault!

-S

That mb is sweet Subman1 Past one and present mb are Gigabyte here.

Had good luck with last one . 5 yrs.

Digital_Trucker · 02-10-09, 11:29 AM

Firewall, here's a review that shows the whole installation process: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/the...v2_vga_cooler/

AVGWarhawk · 02-10-09, 11:38 AM

That is nice. Installation does not look to difficult.

FIREWALL · 02-10-09, 12:33 PM

[quote=Digital_Trucker]Firewall, here's a review that shows the whole installation process: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermalright_v2_vga_cooler/[/quote]

Thx D T

EDIT: What I want to see is how it looks installed.

02-09-09, 10:59 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Latest toy - Thermalright V2 VGA cooler I installed this VGA cooler on an ATI 4870 1GB and what an improvement! I have a silent 2000 RPM Scyth (http://www.coolerguys.com/kflex80.html) on there and it outperforms the loud stock cooler night and day. Have yet to see this thing leave the 50C area where the stock cooler pushing up towards 90C! Copper is by far the best metal for comp coolers. It may not dissipate as much immediate heat as alum, but it will take away and absorb much more heat than alum! Of course, along with the same surface area comes more mass which makes cooling much more efficient on all fronts. Low RPM fans work perfectly fine with copper. -S PS. I also run a low RPM fan on my CPU with a copper heatsink. This is what the CPU heatsink looks like: __________________

02-09-09, 11:46 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Very kool , No pun intended. Can you show a screen shot on the vid kooler installed before putting in case ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-10-09, 12:21 AM	#4
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think this is my next motherboard. Has 2 x copper layers. Should help distribute heat evenly and then dissipate it evenly. http://www.gigabyte.us/FileList/WebP...3_overview.htm -S __________________

02-10-09, 11:29 AM	#6
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Firewall, here's a review that shows the whole installation process: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/the...v2_vga_cooler/ __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

02-10-09, 11:38 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,281 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That is nice. Installation does not look to difficult. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-10-09, 12:33 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	[quote=Digital_Trucker]Firewall, here's a review that shows the whole installation process: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermalright_v2_vga_cooler/[/quote] Thx D T EDIT: What I want to see is how it looks installed. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???