I have artic silver adhesive, which is perfect for ramsink usage ... i doubt it would hold something heavy like zalman hp ... and there's no option to use it at the back of the card as there's nothing to "adhesive" it to.

Bummer, that ati-fan was the noisiest bugger in my system.

a big heatsink and a 60mm fan @ low RPM should do :)

What weight does the adhesive hold ?

Is it considered as "super glue" ?

Plenty of room, all pci-slots are free :D

Remember the card is a 500 EUR DV-card.

adhesive holds vewwwy tight
used it for the very first time when I mounted a blorb on my GF2MX, but I didn't notice one of the feet were in the way of the AGP port. so I pushed it reallly hard so it would fit into the AGP port (but it couldn't, a piece of the blorb was in the way)

when I finally realized what was the problem, I was amazed how strong this stuff was
if you want to be able to remove the HS later, use some superglue; the tiny core of my TNT2M64 alreade bore a dragon orb of 500 grams :D



try something like this:
http://users.pandora.be/deschildre/m...o/PIC00004.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/deschildre/m...o/PIC00007.jpg

Hmmm, have a alpha 6045 laying around ... but no silent 60mm fans i think ... will delve in my archive tomorrow.

Or just wait to see if the Silentmaxx absorbs the noise.

Plugged in two different 90mm YS-tech fans. The -most silent- 49CFM version is already more noisy than the ati-cooler fan.

First it sounded like this:

http://www.madshrimps.be/upload/Boss/old.MPG

Now, after 4 hours of Laurel and Hardy construction, it sounds like this (with a more powerful and noisier fan (*))

http://www.madshrimps.be/upload/Boss/new.MPG



(*) and with another proc :(

a tight fit!

damn this is a waste of a good CPU :--/

EVIL thermaltake Spacer!

would that be an 50 or 80HP model?

80HP