[EXTREMEoverclocker]

just curious if anyone thought it would be useful ... if so i documented what i just did when i installed mine earlier today ...

Installing after market air cooling:

Setup:
Accelero S1 Rev 2
8800GT

Stock temps:
Idle - 49c
Load - 61c

Accelero temps:
Idle - 40c
Load - 51c



First you need to unscrew all the screws holding on the present VGA cooler.


Once this is done you can flip it over and finish taking off the original cooler.


The most important part of doing this is cleaning off the old crap. Luckily all the memory pads came off with the heatsink so there is only a quick cleaning job for those. The GPU however looks like a mess. Time to bust out the Isopropyl Alcohol 99% and go to town on it

Ahhhh much better

[yeshuas]

Wow that is quite the undertaking. I have a ATI 1600XT that I need to replace the fan on as it is noisy, but it would nothing like that to replace whew

[EXTREMEoverclocker]

Wow that is quite the undertaking. I have a ATI 1600XT that I need to replace the fan on as it is noisy, but it would nothing like that to replace whew

heh, ya it took a good 30-45 mins to get it all done too
but it helped a ton so im happy with it ...