Hello People!
Well here is the ram cooling section of my 9700 pro card. The ram gets damn hot so I thought I would chill it out! Now that my 9700 sports more aluminum than some small japanese compacts I am ready for some serious overclocking! Woohoo! Will follow up later on the results, do not have time right now. The rear main sink on the heat pipe is soooo close to the card that I had to use two long small flat heat sinks on them instead of the other taller ones.
Were did I get silver ram sinks like that..?? hehe well they started out life as 3 blue thermaltake heat sinks from their ram cooling kit. I soaked them in CLR for about 2 weeks which the acid in it removed the blue anodization. Then I took my handy dremel and cut them up, they used 600 grit, then 1000 grit and then 2000 grit to flatten and polish the back side of the for max heat transfer. Turned out good I think! It may be goofy overkill but I think it's cool and adds 3000 points on 3dse in looks haha!