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Re: **ENDED** [GA] Damaged V5 5500 PCI
Reply #30 - 03.02.06 at 12:57:43
 
-1 member, Boba's watching us!

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Don't forget to show us pics of that card Paul, if you gonna do something artistic with it!
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Reply #31 - 03.02.06 at 23:30:34
 
Okay, I have the cash - so negotiations are underway... Cheesy

...assuming all goes well and the repairs 'revive' the V5500, I think I'll opt for the silent approach and go with two Zalman heatsinks... Grin

...plans remain open though, as I'm in no hurry and will wait for SURFACE shipping (gives me time to think what I want to do with the card) Wink
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Reply #32 - 04.02.06 at 00:32:20
 
I went with the 32mm Zalmans on my Mac edition 5500, and they seem to work pretty well... but I also have a 120mm Panaflo fan blowing down the length of the card.  There's lots of airflow over the sinks, and it's still almost silent (all you can hear is a whisper of air movement).

I posted some pictures in this thread, if you're interested.



I also considered using a pair of copper Vantec Iceberq chipset coolers.  I have one of these on a northbridge chip and it's quite effective, but with the 5000 rpm fan it's relatively noisy.  I suspect they would seriously outperform the stock coolers at similar noise levels, though, and they wouldn't overflow into a second PCI slot.  They also look damn sexy.

Put some of these babies on the RAM, and you'd have the nicest-looking 5500 ever.

Of course, all that would set you back about £50...   Grin
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Reply #33 - 05.02.06 at 02:53:47
 
Hmm...I'd like to see your pictures, bou could you provide SMALLER versions (800x600) as 3MB is HUGE for any picture! Cheesy

Vantec coolers are sexy indeed...but WAY too noisy! Sad

NICE RAMsinks...drool! Grin

P.S. - cash sent, card bought!
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Reply #35 - 05.02.06 at 19:38:53
 
Very nice heatsinkage!

P.S. Hyperlink for Angle 4 is broken...
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Reply #36 - 05.02.06 at 19:53:53
 
Hmmm... file must have been damaged during upload.  I've been having some trouble with my connection, so it might have been resumed and got messed up.

Fixed now.

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Re: **ENDED** [GA] Damaged V5 5500 PCI
Reply #37 - 08.02.06 at 23:47:30
 
Hmm...apparently surface mail from Canada to the U.K. is MUCH faster than from U.S.A. to U.K.

CAN -> U.K. = 1 month (4 weeks)

U.S.A. -> U.K. = 2 months and a week (9 weeks)

Crikey! A bit of a difference...

Anyhow, I'll let you all know when the card shows up...

(oh and I got the mail turnover times from experience, as I also collect Laserdiscs from U.S.A. and CAN)
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