v5 5500 no coolers ?

[qrazi]

hmmmz, well that is just what i did with the side panel of my Aopen hq08 aqua Big tower. but amp_man and Phalanx dont have huge towers, but small cases (amp_man has microatx) so i can imagine there isnt a lot of room to get air flowing.
what i do know: one of my 120mm papst side panel fans is attached on the outside of the panel. it has to be installed that way, or else i t would fit past the molex connecter of my voodoo5... i also had to relocate my HDD to above the PSU, or else it would have gotten in the way of the second fan... guess i should have bought a bit slimmer fans.,...

[NitroX infinity]

qrazi, as I stated before: I have a BIG tower!!
I don't have a small case.

[lecram25]

First off, I must say, I did nt read this thread...I can only point out that your v5 is not screwed in, plus you've got those two uber heatsinks on it. Where's the support?!

[amp_man]

lecram, if you look at the other picture, the V5 is out. Obviously, he just put it back in, and didnt bother screwing it back in or anything (although I'm not quite sure why)

[NitroX infinity]

The image was taken before I put the screw and the powercable back in.
The support for the heatsinks can be seen on the first image. Two pushpins are used per heatsink to hold them in their place, ever seen those four holes on a V5 around the VSA-100 chips?

And if anyone is wondering; these are Zalman NB32-J northbridge heatsinks. They fit perfectly on the V5.

[lecram25]

Ok, amp_man, I understand what you're saying...

Phalanx, what I mean by support is, what's holding the card up? Besides the one screw. Because I can only imagine that those two heatsinks are pretty heavy.
I hope you understand what I mean...if he doesn't, could someone reiterate what I mean, that's if you, being that "someone", know what I mean

[NitroX infinity]

I know what you mean
The fact of the matter is that these heatsinks aren't that heavy (36g according to Zalman)
And don't forget, the AGP slot is also holding up the card