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37 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

The blood of the firstborn, I believe.

 

19 minutes ago, Generallee said:

There is surprisingly low info about this, all I could find is that it's an aluminium frame that cools the memory chips 

Good news peeps,

 

I sanded the nickel finish down to see the unmistakable hue of copper. Whew. this cooler is safe for liquid ultra :)

 

and I hereby claim the title of discoverer of the coppery nature of gtx 480 heatpipe design ;)

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hey peeps,

 

I was wondering what material is the heatsink of the gtx 480 made of? is it aluminium or nickel plated copper? it seems to have heatpipes that directly contact the gpu core. I want to use liquid ultra on this card and repurpose it for something else.

 

Cheers :)

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23 minutes ago, LordGabeNisBae said:

hey peeps,

 

I was wondering what material is the heatsink of the gtx 480 made of? is it aluminium or nickel plated copper? it seems to have heatpipes that directly contact the gpu core. I want to use liquid ultra on this card and repurpose it for something else.

 

Cheers :)

There is surprisingly low info about this, all I could find is that it's an aluminium frame that cools the memory chips 

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37 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

The blood of the firstborn, I believe.

 

19 minutes ago, Generallee said:

There is surprisingly low info about this, all I could find is that it's an aluminium frame that cools the memory chips 

Good news peeps,

 

I sanded the nickel finish down to see the unmistakable hue of copper. Whew. this cooler is safe for liquid ultra :)

 

and I hereby claim the title of discoverer of the coppery nature of gtx 480 heatpipe design ;)

Powerhouse: i7 5960X, RVE, 64GB 2400Mhz DDR4, GTX 1080ti SLI, Intel 750 400GB boot, 850 EVO 1tb storage, AX1500i

 

proto-Powerhouse: i7 3930K, RIVE, 32GB 2133 DDR3, GTX 980ti SLI, 850 EVO 1tb boot, barracuda 4 tb storage, HX850i  ded RIP

 

Work in progress: Powerzen: R7 1700, X370 Taichi, 32GB, gtx 1050ti (temporary), 850 evo 1tb, Hx 850i

 

Unraid NAS Server: i7 5820k, X99E-mitx, 32GB 2133 DDR4, THE MIGHTY GT 710 (WITH GOLD PLATED HDMI!!!!!), 3x 10 tb drives, 250 gb ssd cache, Antec 550W PSU, Node 304

 

Early 2015 Macbook Retina pro 13"

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