FX5900 waterblocks?

PJDez · 12-August-03, 05:23 PM

It's been awhile since my last post, but life is in the fast lane now with a new baby:-) I've upgraded all my parts and have a new FX5900. Anyone know if any GPU water blocks for the FX line are available?

PJDez

ZENNZZO · 12-August-03, 09:40 PM

Congrats on the new baby, Bro, Check out Danger den

here ya go... http://www.dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4gpu.asp

lAnonymousl · 13-August-03, 12:24 AM

I'd buy it frrom cooltechnica. They're cheaper on the products and usually on the shipping as well.
http://www.cooltechnica.com/Merchant...egory_Code=VCW

Congrats on the new baby.....now wheres our cigars?

PJDez · 13-August-03, 09:51 AM

Heh, well the 'chocolate' cigars went fast. Wish I had more. I bought 3 good cigars for the guys in the family and I still have mine:-)

With that Maze4, I'll need to get separate ram sinks too. The FX card seems to have the cube shaped ram instead of the rectangular ones my ti4200 have (which are harder to find sinks for). There are 8 ram chips for the ultra, but what about the non-ultra? I'm guessing 4 since it's half the memory. That makes 8 sinks I'll need. Any good ram sinks out there?

I've gotten the card using the stock cooler to OC to 455/960, but Star Wars Galaxies doesn't like it. I've played 2 hours of Unreal2 without incident. I figure with a good GPU water block, I'll be very stable at 455/960. The card hits 59C at peak and 45C idle, so that should drop quite a bit. The CPU temp maxes out at 43.5C at peak and 35C idle in a room that averages 26C.

I really never knew how great water cooling was until I built my son a machine based on 90% of the components I had. His temps average 54C even with a OCZ Goliath and 3 other case fans. I actually had to drop his video card a bit to 250/440 because it would drop out of games. That card also has a TT gpu cooler on it. Water cooling really is worth it.

PJDez

lAnonymousl · 13-August-03, 05:35 PM

If you have a dremel I would really suggest just cutting up an old heatsink from the northbridge or stock CPU before buying any. Also if you don't have any try to find a large square heatsink and cut that up....chances are that will save you alot more money than buying these for $30 + S&H. Not worth that much IMO.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ram-07.html

This site may help out a little...don't know what their pricecs are like though:
http://www.radianheatsinks.com/Produ...dardLineup.htm

ZENNZZO · 13-August-03, 06:11 PM

30 bucks is alot to pay for 8 bga ram sinks.... but with the time it takes and all I just went ahead and bit the bullet...

and copper is a much better sink than aluminum..I couldn't find any short copper sinks to cut-up either...your choice.

12-August-03, 05:23 PM		#1 (permalink)
PJDez Apex Techie Wannabe	FX5900 waterblocks? It's been awhile since my last post, but life is in the fast lane now with a new baby:-) I've upgraded all my parts and have a new FX5900. Anyone know if any GPU water blocks for the FX line are available? PJDez

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12-August-03, 09:40 PM		#2 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	Congrats on the new baby, Bro, Check out Danger den here ya go... http://www.dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4gpu.asp

13-August-03, 12:24 AM		#3 (permalink)
lAnonymousl The Who? Hoe	I'd buy it frrom cooltechnica. They're cheaper on the products and usually on the shipping as well. http://www.cooltechnica.com/Merchant...egory_Code=VCW Congrats on the new baby.....now wheres our cigars?

13-August-03, 09:51 AM		#4 (permalink)
PJDez Apex Techie Wannabe	Heh, well the 'chocolate' cigars went fast. Wish I had more. I bought 3 good cigars for the guys in the family and I still have mine:-) With that Maze4, I'll need to get separate ram sinks too. The FX card seems to have the cube shaped ram instead of the rectangular ones my ti4200 have (which are harder to find sinks for). There are 8 ram chips for the ultra, but what about the non-ultra? I'm guessing 4 since it's half the memory. That makes 8 sinks I'll need. Any good ram sinks out there? I've gotten the card using the stock cooler to OC to 455/960, but Star Wars Galaxies doesn't like it. I've played 2 hours of Unreal2 without incident. I figure with a good GPU water block, I'll be very stable at 455/960. The card hits 59C at peak and 45C idle, so that should drop quite a bit. The CPU temp maxes out at 43.5C at peak and 35C idle in a room that averages 26C. I really never knew how great water cooling was until I built my son a machine based on 90% of the components I had. His temps average 54C even with a OCZ Goliath and 3 other case fans. I actually had to drop his video card a bit to 250/440 because it would drop out of games. That card also has a TT gpu cooler on it. Water cooling really is worth it. PJDez

13-August-03, 05:35 PM		#5 (permalink)
lAnonymousl The Who? Hoe	If you have a dremel I would really suggest just cutting up an old heatsink from the northbridge or stock CPU before buying any. Also if you don't have any try to find a large square heatsink and cut that up....chances are that will save you alot more money than buying these for $30 + S&H. Not worth that much IMO. http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ram-07.html This site may help out a little...don't know what their pricecs are like though: http://www.radianheatsinks.com/Produ...dardLineup.htm

13-August-03, 06:11 PM		#6 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe	30 bucks is alot to pay for 8 bga ram sinks.... but with the time it takes and all I just went ahead and bit the bullet... and copper is a much better sink than aluminum..I couldn't find any short copper sinks to cut-up either...your choice.