sapphire x800gto ultimate too big for my shuttle!

enzobond · Apr 3, 2006, 02:21 PM

excuse mates, could u give me an hand?
i bought the sapphire x800gto ultimate to unlock the 4 pipelines and get a x850xt very silent.
but now that i´ve mount the vga into my sn25p barebone by shuttle i see that the rear heatsink is too high and i can´t close the side panel of the shuttle cube.
is there any solution? could i toggle the original heatsink and mount another fanless heatsink but higher on the front side and lower on the rear side?

any help will be great..

peta01 · Apr 3, 2006, 07:57 PM

I think that you would not be able to run your card as X850XT with passive cooling. Unlocking pipes brings increase of temperature and you wont be able to overclock your card too much.
If you want to have silent and good cooling, try ATI silencer from ArcticCooling(it takes two slots, but it is really quite and provides very good cooling).

zekrahminator · Apr 3, 2006, 09:35 PM

not to mention that its not as wide as the GTOultimates stock cooler, so it'll fit better

ou7shined · Apr 4, 2006, 01:35 AM

I'm not sure that an ATI silencer will go into a Shuttle unless you're gonna use a can opener first.

enzobond · Apr 4, 2006, 07:03 AM

if the arctic cooler is only on the front (chip) side, it´s not a problem, because i´ve to close the side panel of the barebone, and the sapphire ultimate cooler is higher on the rear side, so higher that i can´t close the side panel because it goes out!

if i´ve to use the other pci slot (that is near the pci-ex slot´but internal) it´s not a problem, the main thing is that arctic cooler is only on the front side.
i hope i´ve been clear in explanation.
so could i mount arctic cooler on the sapphire ultimate and remove the original heatsink without problems?

thanx mates for these helps

ou7shined · Apr 4, 2006, 02:41 PM

Your drive cage must be modded, and if I remember correctly, the fan shroud has to be removed in order to fit the silencer. Some guys have had success with both the Zalman VF700-CU and the VF900-CU, although the drive cage still has to be cut.
Do a search here (if you haven't already) you should find lots of help on the subject.

enzobond · Apr 4, 2006, 04:28 PM

yes i saw sudhian forum, but i don´t understand one thing: there´s another x800gto card from any manifacturer which is unlockable to 16pipes and very silent?
or remove the sapphire cooler and substitute it with another cooler not too big to fit inside my shuttle?

Apr 3, 2006, 02:21 PM	#1
enzobond Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italia Posts: 15 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sapphire x800gto ultimate too big for my shuttle! excuse mates, could u give me an hand? i bought the sapphire x800gto ultimate to unlock the 4 pipelines and get a x850xt very silent. but now that i´ve mount the vga into my sn25p barebone by shuttle i see that the rear heatsink is too high and i can´t close the side panel of the shuttle cube. is there any solution? could i toggle the original heatsink and mount another fanless heatsink but higher on the front side and lower on the rear side? any help will be great..

Apr 3, 2006, 07:57 PM	#2
peta01 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Prague Posts: 382 (0.14/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	I think that you would not be able to run your card as X850XT with passive cooling. Unlocking pipes brings increase of temperature and you wont be able to overclock your card too much. If you want to have silent and good cooling, try ATI silencer from ArcticCooling(it takes two slots, but it is really quite and provides very good cooling). __________________ ABIT AN8 ULTRA with pasive northbridge cooling, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (2.5 GHz) , Sapphire X800GTO2 (510/585, 16 pipes), 1024MB RAM(2x512, CL2), HDD 200GB + 120GB, Blue Chieftec bigtower with aditional cooling ABIT KD7E, AMD Athlon 1700+ (1700 MHz), Sapphire Radeon 9600PRO(482/702), 768MB RAM, HDD 80GB, connected to Home Theater Windows 2003 Server: ASUS P2B, PIII 450MHz (575 MHz), 512MB RAM, MSI GeForce 5200, 8.4 GB HDD

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Apr 3, 2006, 09:35 PM	#3
zekrahminator McLovin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My house. Posts: 6,280 (2.35/day) Thanks: 105 Thanked 340 Times in 246 Posts System Specs	not to mention that its not as wide as the GTOultimates stock cooler, so it'll fit better __________________ “Just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you should do porn.”

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Apr 4, 2006, 01:35 AM	#4
ou7shined Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 24 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	I'm not sure that an ATI silencer will go into a Shuttle unless you're gonna use a can opener first.

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Apr 4, 2006, 07:03 AM	#5
enzobond Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italia Posts: 15 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	if the arctic cooler is only on the front (chip) side, it´s not a problem, because i´ve to close the side panel of the barebone, and the sapphire ultimate cooler is higher on the rear side, so higher that i can´t close the side panel because it goes out! if i´ve to use the other pci slot (that is near the pci-ex slot´but internal) it´s not a problem, the main thing is that arctic cooler is only on the front side. i hope i´ve been clear in explanation. so could i mount arctic cooler on the sapphire ultimate and remove the original heatsink without problems? thanx mates for these helps

Apr 4, 2006, 02:41 PM	#6
ou7shined Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 24 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Your drive cage must be modded, and if I remember correctly, the fan shroud has to be removed in order to fit the silencer. Some guys have had success with both the Zalman VF700-CU and the VF900-CU, although the drive cage still has to be cut. Do a search here (if you haven't already) you should find lots of help on the subject.

Apr 4, 2006, 04:28 PM	#7
enzobond Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italia Posts: 15 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yes i saw sudhian forum, but i don´t understand one thing: there´s another x800gto card from any manifacturer which is unlockable to 16pipes and very silent? or remove the sapphire cooler and substitute it with another cooler not too big to fit inside my shuttle?

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