BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC/AC silencer 5 cooler. help

european · 01-01-2007, 02:40 AM

hi,

i bought a 7800 GTX OC PCI-E card and i changed the cooler/heatsink to the Arctic Cooling Silencer 5 (rev. 3)
everything went well. but i have one concern. theres a plate that goes on the back that sits on top of the memory. the original plate that goes on there was screwed into the original cooler but i cannot screw it into the new cooler. i was wondering if it is necessary for me to put that plate on using thermal paste?

a picture i found online since my brother borrowed my digi cam for new years.
that plate came with the AC silencer 5 but if you look at the picture very closely, there are holes where you can screw it in. i assume the person who took this picture used some type of thermal compound and pressed the plate onto the memory.

my question is, should i do the same? is it necessary or will i be fine without it. please tell me. i don't want to ruin anything.

thank you.

cheers

happy new year

**Archangel** · 01-01-2007, 04:47 PM

you already have the NVsilencer? I hear that ram heatsink comes with self stickin thermal pad's on it.. the NVsilencer 5 seems to be sold a lot,.. so i dont think there are much issues with it. (I just ordered 2 of them for my 7800GTX's.. so I'll soon enough know how/if it works out ^^

european · 01-01-2007, 07:51 PM

thats how it looks like. the person who took this picture, must have taken the thermal compound off that was in the middle. there are 8 pieces of thermal for the memory, which on some graphics cards all 8 chips are on the front. but on the 7800 GTX there are 4 in the front and 4 in the back.
i just want to know if i should put that plate on the back using thermal compound. if its necessary or not.

Jet · 01-01-2007, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by european

thats how it looks like. the person who took this picture, must have taken the thermal compound off that was in the middle. there are 8 pieces of thermal for the memory, which on some graphics cards all 8 chips are on the front. but on the 7800 GTX there are 4 in the front and 4 in the back.
i just want to know if i should put that plate on the back using thermal compound. if its necessary or not.

It isn't necessary, but it would allow you to overclock your memory a bit more. If it fits, you might as well put it on.

01-01-2007, 02:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
european New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 20	BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC/AC silencer 5 cooler. help hi, i bought a 7800 GTX OC PCI-E card and i changed the cooler/heatsink to the Arctic Cooling Silencer 5 (rev. 3) everything went well. but i have one concern. theres a plate that goes on the back that sits on top of the memory. the original plate that goes on there was screwed into the original cooler but i cannot screw it into the new cooler. i was wondering if it is necessary for me to put that plate on using thermal paste? a picture i found online since my brother borrowed my digi cam for new years. that plate came with the AC silencer 5 but if you look at the picture very closely, there are holes where you can screw it in. i assume the person who took this picture used some type of thermal compound and pressed the plate onto the memory. my question is, should i do the same? is it necessary or will i be fine without it. please tell me. i don't want to ruin anything. thank you. cheers happy new year __________________ P4 3.0GHZ SB Audigy 2 80GB (7200RPM) ASRock 775Dual-880Pro 2.0GB DDR2 RAM(PC2-5300) BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB PCI-E

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Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,869	you already have the NVsilencer? I hear that ram heatsink comes with self stickin thermal pad's on it.. the NVsilencer 5 seems to be sold a lot,.. so i dont think there are much issues with it. (I just ordered 2 of them for my 7800GTX's.. so I'll soon enough know how/if it works out ^^ __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Corsair HX620W PSU

01-01-2007, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
european New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 20	thats how it looks like. the person who took this picture, must have taken the thermal compound off that was in the middle. there are 8 pieces of thermal for the memory, which on some graphics cards all 8 chips are on the front. but on the 7800 GTX there are 4 in the front and 4 in the back. i just want to know if i should put that plate on the back using thermal compound. if its necessary or not. __________________ P4 3.0GHZ SB Audigy 2 80GB (7200RPM) ASRock 775Dual-880Pro 2.0GB DDR2 RAM(PC2-5300) BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB PCI-E Last edited by european; 01-01-2007 at 07:54 PM.

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