How to cool down old stuff

[Dreadlockyx]

Let's take a single-slot, low-profile Radeon HD 2400 Pro (128Mb).

After vmodding the card with tape (and not soldering sh*t, it's useless ) we have to cool it. Why not stick a Socket 462 heatsink on it ?

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Since this brand new dual-slot card take some place we had to move it to the bottom of the motherboard. To hold the heatsink on the GPU we use red ribbons with plastic zips. Other color ribbons may improve heat dissipation.

Also, don't forget the fan.

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Results were not good enough. The core was not even in contact with the surface of the heatsink. We decided to do a stack of two heatsinks. The card is now triple-slot.

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We managed to get it into the first PCI-Express slot. Success !

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Notice how the card is bent:

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Finally, we put the black heatsink since the big grey one was crap.

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It still didn't work so let's get to our conclusion:

1) We can transform single-slot cards into double-slot cards.
2) We can transform single-slot cards into triple-slot cards.
3) We can make low-profile cards look cool.
4) The ribbon is a lie.
5) Don't forget the fan.
6) Air cooling < LN2

[Christian Ney]

Man you shall feel bad

[Dreadlockyx]

Also, the live test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmqEAp9K5_Y

[Dreadlockyx]

Originally Posted by Christian Ney

Man you shall feel bad

Why ? It's not even suffering.

[der8auer]

This red gift ribbon just perfects the whole thread xD

[Apfelkuchen]

I did this once with an old Ati 9250 and some of the heatsinks of a REX.

Smart decision, the only thing this card has rendered since are blackscreens with pink squares.

[Vinster]

Great post...

Vin

[GunGod]

Originally Posted by Dreadlockyx

Also, the live test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmqEAp9K5_Y

Prefer 8bit Rosenrot

[I.M.O.G.]

Quit screwing around... Grab a sandwich bag and dry ice and get that sucker subzero.

We did an article on that a couple years ago:
http://www.overclockers.com/extreme-...extreme-budget

[Dreadlockyx]

I'm going to try your dice technique.

Originally Posted by GunGod

Prefer 8bit Rosenrot

While benching, right ?