Cooling a radeon 8500le

Behemoth69 · 15-April-03, 08:02 PM

Im debating between the vantec iceberg and the tt crystal orb. Heard good things about them both, but that the tt is better since it has way more cfm. Which would people suggest? Any other coolers that would work good, but wont break the bank (zantec is pretty much out)

lcpiper · 15-April-03, 08:17 PM

If you have an ATI built Radeon like mine, then the heatsink is thermal appoxied to the GPU and is not easy to remove.

I did mod my 8500 and used AS Thermal Apoxy adding a Crystal Orb to my card.

The cooling is sufficient, it can not be easily undone, and the orb is a little noisy. I would consider the Iceberg as well, it was not available at the time for me.

Remember that the GPU is located very close to the edge connector on the card so you need to be carefull about how you place the heatsink so that it doesn't prevent your being able to insert the card into the AGP slot.

putwig · 15-April-03, 08:19 PM

Zantec ...... ant-acid medication? I think you meant Zalman!

Anyhow, I already answered your question over here:

http://www.modthebox.com/cgi-bin/yab...1907;start=0#3

Behemoth69 · 15-April-03, 08:23 PM

yea except "Probably six of one and a 1/2 dozen of the other." makes no sense lol

Behemoth69 · 28-April-03, 08:38 PM

about attaching the hs to the card. Since theres no holes for me to screw the hs onto the card, i guess im stuck with either epoxy or the thermal pad. Now i know the thermal pad sucks, but i dont want to have to go out and buy thermal epoxy, id rather just use whats included. Is the thermal pad REALLY that bad a thing, or is it more of a rumor of it being as bad as people say?

15-April-03, 08:02 PM		#1 (permalink)
Behemoth69 Apex Techie II	Cooling a radeon 8500le Im debating between the vantec iceberg and the tt crystal orb. Heard good things about them both, but that the tt is better since it has way more cfm. Which would people suggest? Any other coolers that would work good, but wont break the bank (zantec is pretty much out)

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15-April-03, 08:17 PM		#2 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	If you have an ATI built Radeon like mine, then the heatsink is thermal appoxied to the GPU and is not easy to remove. I did mod my 8500 and used AS Thermal Apoxy adding a Crystal Orb to my card. The cooling is sufficient, it can not be easily undone, and the orb is a little noisy. I would consider the Iceberg as well, it was not available at the time for me. Remember that the GPU is located very close to the edge connector on the card so you need to be carefull about how you place the heatsink so that it doesn't prevent your being able to insert the card into the AGP slot.

15-April-03, 08:19 PM		#3 (permalink)
putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp	Zantec ...... ant-acid medication? I think you meant Zalman! Anyhow, I already answered your question over here: http://www.modthebox.com/cgi-bin/yab...1907;start=0#3

15-April-03, 08:23 PM		#4 (permalink)
Behemoth69 Apex Techie II	yea except "Probably six of one and a 1/2 dozen of the other." makes no sense lol

28-April-03, 08:38 PM		#5 (permalink)
Behemoth69 Apex Techie II	about attaching the hs to the card. Since theres no holes for me to screw the hs onto the card, i guess im stuck with either epoxy or the thermal pad. Now i know the thermal pad sucks, but i dont want to have to go out and buy thermal epoxy, id rather just use whats included. Is the thermal pad REALLY that bad a thing, or is it more of a rumor of it being as bad as people say?