Zalman7000 and other cpu coolers on x1800xt and GTX

[Sume4]

Ok i have found a Zalman7000 now, but he only have the s478 adapter.
Will it work on my GT?

You dont need the zalman 7000 cpu adapter. You have the mounting holes in the cooler itself and you need couple of bolts, nuts, and washers to mount the cooler.

Or VF700 mountings.

[titouille]

done some month before on a 7800 gt , it need a fix on the back of the card to report forces behind the gpu, with only screw the card is too heavily squized

http://www.nokytech.net/forum/showth...light=enerv%E9

[JuanFlaiter]

I did it with my 7800GT.







I had to cut some fins off the Zalman so it could enter the slot. Otherwise it will touch with the other PCI-e slot.



Here you can see how to install it, you use the install process of S939.





BTW it works increbible. Now my roof isn´t the temperature, is voltage, I need to voltmod this bastard.

[Sume4]

GJ. Its as easy as driving a bisycle

[Revv23]

my sp-94 brought my load down to 40c BTW, thats from 60C on the VF-400, over 70c stock.

[mbm]

It looks like the fan is very close to the other expansionslots?
Have some tried it with a X1800XT, DFI SLI-D mobo using PCI-E 1?

[Semper Fi]

instead of cutting the fins... can't you just bend them to the side?

[Sume4]

instead of cutting the fins... can't you just bend them to the side?

Theres so much fins that theyl eventually get involved with the fan. And i think its a little hard to bend that many fins. Correct me if im wrong.

[mbm]

It actually doesnt bend THAT much that there would be any issues. Its just that in BTX the fan is near the pci-e slot and ATX it interferes. Macci had a 7000B Cu on his x1800xt with normal DFI NF4 board and the fan went in the middle of the slots so there was no problem.

I would really like to get this straight befire ordering the HSF.

Sume4 I can se you are using the DFI SLI-D board. Is there any problems with the fan interfering with the other slots?

[titouille]

yes to much fins , in my case (asrock dual) i had to reduce the pales (don(t know in english sry) of the zalman too, but the temp is really incredible; i thank ther is something buggy:never go up to 31 °c @stock but not: after oc 500 /1190 ti went to 38 in load , tested in load in passive 2h 86° no shutdown but i think it's a bit too much

[bAdboLL]

Hm i dont get it really, i have now bought a Zalman7000.
I will get it on Friday..
But how the hell should i mount it? Does it really work with the VF700 mountings?

And one more, how much lower temps did you guys got when swiching to this from VF700?

[Sume4]

I would really like to get this straight befire ordering the HSF.

Sume4 I can se you are using the DFI SLI-D board. Is there any problems with the fan interfering with the other slots?

I got the SLI-DR Expert which has a different layout But ive seen a picture by Macci where the card is on "normal" DFI NF4. The fan goes in the middle of the slots on that version.

[mbm]

hmm just got the Zalman7000alcu.
First of all. It doesnt fit 100% with the mounting holes on the PCB.
And I dont think im going to cut anything off the heatsink, because the way I see it, the fan will hit the PCI-slots?
Waste of money. I also got some nice copper heatsink for the ram. No use of them either.

[bAdboLL]

I have now mounted the cooler on my card and it works great!

Loadtemp before: 61-61 (With VF7000)
Loadtemp now: 46-47

Here are some pictures!













Thanks for the tip!

[SynGroW]

I wanna see you get a big typhoon on it.

I'll post pics of that tonight (well, when I don't forget to that)

[Elfear]

hmm just got the Zalman7000alcu.
First of all. It doesnt fit 100% with the mounting holes on the PCB.
And I dont think im going to cut anything off the heatsink, because the way I see it, the fan will hit the PCI-slots?
Waste of money. I also got some nice copper heatsink for the ram. No use of them either.

Did you try mocking it up to see if it would hit the PCI slots? I'm curious to see if this will work with the regular DFI Ultra-D/SLI boards before I order anything.

[mbm]

Did you try mocking it up to see if it would hit the PCI slots? I'm curious to see if this will work with the regular DFI Ultra-D/SLI boards before I order anything.

I didnt but im almost sure the fan will hit the PCI slot.

[bAdboLL]

The fan will not hit the pci-slot, i am almost sure of that.

[Sume4]

bAdboLL sweet pics you got there. That XFX card is nice because of that side thingy supporting the card from bending.

I ran 3Dmark06 today with clocks 796/910mhz with NO artifacts \o/ 800+/910 could be nice

.... I had my window open and its -22c outside. Oh and cpu running 3.1Ghz with aircooling.

[mbm]

If you see the last pic in #28 you will see the fan goes below the slot.
Some say the fan will go between the slots? On almost every mobo the are resitors etc. between the slots??.
The PCI slots are also a bit higher than PCI-E slots. So I just couldnt se how it would fit in my mobo (DFI SLI-D)
On the DFI SLI-D EXpert there are more space between the PCI-E slots. This is maybe the reason for Sume4 to have succeeded.
I would like to hear from someone with a DFI SLI-D if they have mounted the Zalman?

[bAdboLL]

Sume4, what gives the best OC result? With or Without delta on 7800GT?
I only have the 1.5V bios mod but i couldnt OC any higher with this cooler than with my vf700 =/
Even though the temps lowered by ~15c in load. Thats with a 20 mhz delta, maby i should try with 0 delta again?

Now when i have good cooling, 1.6 or 1.7V hardmod should be pretty safe right?

[Elfear]

Sume4, what gives the best OC result? With or Without delta on 7800GT?
I only have the 1.5V bios mod but i couldnt OC any higher with this cooler than with my vf700 =/
Even though the temps lowered by ~15c in load. Thats with a 20 mhz delta, maby i should try with 0 delta again?

Now when i have good cooling, 1.6 or 1.7V hardmod should be pretty safe right?

You should be fine at that voltage. ViperJohn says he runs his aircooled 7800GTs at 1.6V and his watercooled GTs at 1.66V. That's for 24/7 use so you could probably go higher for strictly benching.

[DevilCry]

Hey Guys,I was wondering If i can mount an COOLERMASTER MINI AQUAGATE 120 to my x1800xl...Any Ideas???Do you thing that the heatsink can be fit on my ati core???

[NightCrawler™]

Zalman CNPS9500 CPU cooler on a XFX 7800GTX with pics...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=86526

NC™

[SynGroW]

Thermaltake Big Typhoon on a XFX 7800GT