X1600 Pro cooling

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llwyd

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Im going to be sticking in two X1600 pros in crossfire in the next month or so and i cant seem to find a cooler for them that will fit in crossfire :( i had a good look around at arctic coolers, but the ATI ones clearly state x1800/x1900 will they fit anyway and will they fit in crossfire?

cheers
 
But thats water or tec. Air for awesome performance in crossfire is trickier. I'm suprised no company is selling a crossfire edition cooler that heatpipes to both cards.
 
Looking at whats available im thinking i will have to go with building my own, the stock heatsink on hams is crap, idles in the high 40s with fan on 100%
 
Well the Arctic Cooling Acelero's are looking good.

Viper John makes air coolers:

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With the fan at 100% it idles at 44 and outputs a huge noise. at 50% about 50degC withe aperfectly standable noise. Under load it can go anwhere between 56 and 75.

But i keep the case off my PC to get as much air round it as possible, llwyd duns't.

Edit: Kempz that bloody huge
 
Iv got a zalman on my 6800 at the moment and its great, but i really doubt it will fit in crossfire. ill have to wait till i get the cards in before i commit to anything
 
me? relatively capable, plus have access to most tools and a good few people who specialise in things i might get stuck on
 
A/s Level D&T handy/crafty officaly. Pretty good at ghetto stuff that dus the job. Llwyds better at making stuff presentable.

Incase your wondering hes having my X1600 as the first of his pair, hence my involvment.
 
Ah...

Okay,

Here's what I can see working with this heatsink,

Mod a duct, lexan/acrylic/duct tape/metal/cardboardwhatever, from where the fan is to a pci slot area on the back for fresh air.

Or,

Rip off the top of that heatsink, remove the crappy fan, mod a 80mm ish fan to center of the heatsink and shroud its intake to the back of ur case pci area for fresh air.
 
i was thinking, you see the PCI extractor in the pictures, butcher one of those to fit to an 80 or 60 mm high CFM fan which would then either attach straight to the HS or somehow into the casing and over the HS. I could also put some form of heatsink inside the PCI extractor so the air coming in is cooled (my room temps go from one extreme to another)
 
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