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LiTHiUM0XiD3
10-05-2009, 06:41 PM
so i picked up this card from a buddy...
figured since it was a BFG it would be a half decent card..
boy i was wrong... this card is KNOWN for burning out within a month of use... or days...

so this is my rebuild
first picture is the card...

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/original.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture002.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture003.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture004.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture005.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture006.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr48/LiTHiUM0XiD3/7300GTmod/Picture007.jpg

see if u can figure out where i got the heatsink from... yes it is very chopped
nevermind1534
10-05-2009, 06:44 PM
Nice sink
FuzzyPlushroom
10-05-2009, 06:49 PM
Hmm, I'm guessing it came from an amp, and the fan from an early-P4-era CPU heatsink - HP/Compaq, maybe, I've seen 'em use that rebadger.

Nice work, anyway. Worth it to keep a decent AGP card around.
LiTHiUM0XiD3
10-05-2009, 07:02 PM
wrong on the heatsink... but i will tell ya the fan is from a AMD athlon XP 2200
... come on... i figured the remains of the back clamp would tell ya where its from.. :)
slaveofconvention
10-05-2009, 08:57 PM
Probably a bit late to mention this, but BFG cards have a lifetime warranty - I'm in the process of returning a 7600gt for a rattling fan
LiTHiUM0XiD3
10-05-2009, 09:41 PM
i dont know the meaning of that word :P

*hint*
http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4758163/3478imp_Full.jpg
i trimmed 2 spokes offa mine..

*edit*

i have also noticed the PCB is straighter now :)
billygoat333
10-08-2009, 01:33 AM
from a 360?
Luke122
10-08-2009, 03:23 PM
LOL.. a 360 heatsink! hahahah
FuzzyPlushroom
10-08-2009, 04:41 PM
Ahhhh. That makes sense! Nice work.
slaveofconvention
10-08-2009, 04:44 PM
So I might be getting a little pedantic here but *shrug* - you took a video card that overheats and "fixed" it by fitting a GPU cooler from an xbox360, which are notorious for overheating with that GPU cooler to the point where they melt the solder holding the GPU in place?

Here's hoping the BFG runs cooler than the xbox natively :p Course, the direct cooling should help
LiTHiUM0XiD3
10-08-2009, 07:44 PM
before/after temps
idle 57C/40C
game 70C+/49C
o/c **/41C

** = just crashed so i rly didnt get a chance to look....

Mhz..
original/overclock
GPU 350/500
MEM 333/380

512Mb DDR2

significant drop in temps...
im guessing due the HUGE increase in surface area...
i also applied AS5 :)