Vapochill on the Videocard

[Colin]

Well I guess I'll be first! :D

As you guys know I bought a Vapochill XE for the videocard, well over the wknd I finally got to build my mounting mech.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/csmo/Computer/Cooling/Vapochill%20XE/M_Mech1.jpg

Haha yes it is messy, I don't care I was never big with looks. ;)

http://members.lycos.co.uk/csmo/Computer/Cooling/Vapochill%20XE/M_Mech2.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/csmo/Computer/Cooling/Vapochill%20XE/M_Mech3.jpg

Works very well, I'm having some problems with condensation right now but I'll have things figured out by the time I slap a X800 XT there. ;) Currently I'm using a Visiontek GeForce3 Ti200 and the core is doing a nice 261 MHz wihtout volt mod... After that I hope I can hit 300 MHz! :D

[Ace]

WTG Colin! I'm guessing that Geforce 3 doesn't have a temp sensor on the GPU hehe. Your case looks so neat, that's prompted be to pull my finger out. Where's the green light coming from on your mobo?

Oh right, I've only just figured out how your mounting thing works. I missed the screws in the plastic sheet last time. So that insulated pipe thing just presses against the core with the force from the two long screws right?

[therealwesty]

Wow nice job on the Dual Phase Change cooling Colin!! I can't wait until you get an X800 in that thing! You will make Top20 no problem!!

[PCgeek]

Im so jealous :P
Good luck!!! Colin for top 20 3Dmark!!!

[GNXtreme]

Great Job Colin!

well...what did you use to cut the lexan with? the edges look kindof yucky....you need to sand them down and use a little heat to make 'em clear again...c'mon man take pride in your work...it needs to look good too!

I still love it even though it's ugly....

[Colin]

Haha, thanks for the kind words guys. :)

Ace no the GF3 doesn't have any thermal monitoring but according to my Fluke 50S the back of the card runs around -15 with the card under load. :D Those green things are the LED's next to the MOSFETs. All ABIT Max3 boards have LED's around that area. :)

Hehe well I hope to bust into the top 20, I'd better haha spent enough $$$ the last little while. ;)

GNXtreme haha yeah I should clean things up huh? I used my dremel to cut through the plastic, yeah I know it looks like crap but I'm too lazy to sand down right now. ;) I will make it look pretty soon I promise! :D

[SSL]

thats pretty cool man, u should bench at stock and OC'ed for us, u know, show us some potential?

[Colin]

Haha SSL I need a great card before I can show off the potential.. ;) The Ti200 stock core is 175 and I'm at around 260. :)

[SSL]

Haha SSL I need a great card before I can show off the potential.. ;) The Ti200 stock core is 175 and I'm at around 260. :)
maybe u didn get what i said. i said i wanted some BM's, so b a good boy and get me some BM's....and maybe ill leave u some cornbread on the step, lol

[ElrichMeister]

whoa awesome colin good luck on fixing your condensation problems

[Nova]

a great card huh? well will my 9600 se do? (this is the part where everyones jaw dropps in awe of my fabulous card :) ) well back to reality, what about memory speeds, should you be worrying about those as well?

[Assimilator87]

You can't really cool the RAM on a graphics card unless you get some fancy waterblocks or have a case cooler like the one made by Asetek so the memory speeds will be similar to everyone elses overclocks.