MSI GX740 with 5870 1gb ddr5

[Danteleet]

Here You go:

Unfortunately, I haven't bought these heatsinks online, just in a random computer shop somewhere in Poland . The fins used to be straight, I used a knife to bend them, so they would fit in my laptop's chassis.

Sorry for the late reply.

Thanks !
Huh, these heatsinks do look weird, especially after you bended them I purchased these, which are more classical... : Cooltek VGA-RAM Cooler - Kupfer - beste Kühlung! bei eBay.de: Modding (endet 03.07.10 21:17:47 MESZ)
Recieved them this morning, so I guess I'll try out tonight. I hope they can somewhat meet the same performance as yours (although I haven't modded my backplate yet, except from removing the metal mesh )

[NotEnoughMinerals]

wat method did you use for removing the metal mesh? how much do you think it reduced temps?

[Danteleet]

errr.. I used my fingers and my arms and ripped it off ?

About 2-3°C difference I think. Although ambient air is really warm these days in my appartment (definitely above 30°C) and I would need to try in a normal environment to see true results

[wahad]

What is the lowest price of this laptop atm and if someone can post me a website from where I can order it...

[Danteleet]

Ok, here's what I've juste done with my newly acquired copper heatsinks :





I have 3 heatsinks left now. Waiting for some advice, I'm hesitating. I can't place them on the cpu heatpipe since there's not enough room for them there. I could place some on the cpu heatsink directly, but I'm not sure if it would make good contact since there's a sort of gap there.

I could also place some on the gpu heatpipe, but I'm not sure this is good idea either. If everyone advises me to just keep it this way, then I will...

Pretty happy already, just from idling I'm about 5-6°C cooler.

[Ghola]

is it possible, could all that copper just store more heat?
more bad than good?

i wonder if theres a really low profile fan out somewhere to wedge in the laptop?

[Danteleet]

So far it's not doing bad, and I haven't modded the backplate yet !
Can't really test it though, ambient temp is way too high...

[geisttgih]

What is the lowest price of this laptop atm and if someone can post me a website from where I can order it...

ordered mine from J & R at jr.com under "MSI E7405-080US Gaming Laptop" for $1,179.99. This is also the price that Amazon lists.

[Marecki_clf]

Danteleet, these heatsinks You bought are darn expensive! I've found the same heatsinks on ebay for 1USD for 8pcs. Just type in "copper ram heatsink" in ebay search engine...

[Danteleet]

Yeah but they arrived in a couple days, from germany. I wasn't confident with the chinese ones sent from hong kong or whatever !

Anyways, apart from this would you say I did something alright or I should redo it? Any tips ?