T-Rad2 installation Guide and Initial Thoughts

[lettuce]

Well the new heatsinks arrived from the US today. They are very nicely finished. I'll try to get them installed later today and post back any results.
Here's a quick pic...

Drsteve, did you place the plastic waasher on the underside of the card or inbetween the HS's and the card itself???

 

[Clairvoyant]

Ok so I got the new sinks installed. Used MX-2 between the sinks and VRMs/RAM. Very easy to install. Here's what it look like.

Going to fire up ATITool and see if it actually makes any difference to the temps.

DrSteve any update on your temps.

 

[DrSteve]

Drsteve, did you place the plastic waasher on the underside of the card or inbetween the HS's and the card itself???

Yep - the washers went between the screws and the back of the card. And sorry for the slight delay in answering - only just saw the question!

As for the temps I got about a 10-20C drop in the VRM temps. Not a huge drop but it keeps me happy

 

[vincentchen]

Another homemade VRM heatsink:http://bbs.expreview.com/?fromuid=13687