Reddit mentions of Cosmos 20 PCS mini Aluminum Chips VGA RAM Cooling Heatsinks heat sink cooler + Cosmos Cable Tie

The problem with the Kraken is, that it only cooles the GPU chip itself. But stuff like the GDDR5 RAM and the Voltage regulation need cooling, too! You dont need another fan, the Krakens fan is there to cool the other stuff besides the GPU chip, but with heatsinks the fan will be much more effecitve.

Depending on which GTX 970 you have you might actually be able to recycle the heatsinks/plate the cooler already has.

e.g MSI's 970:

http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTQxMTk3NjU5NW5pdEZaMTFFZzFfMV83X2wuanBn

The left heatsink with fins is the VRM cooler, the plate on the right is for the RAM.
taken from here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/244715-msi-970-aio-liquid-cooled-and-cpu/

Some different heatsinks would be like those:

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427036240&sr=8-2&keywords=VRM+heatsink

For them to fit on your VRM and your VRAM you need some thermal glue if its permanent or some adhesive thermal tapes. But i cant help you in this case because i have never installed those kind of heatsinks since im currently using a full cover block in a custom loop.

It looks like there is a beefy heat sink on the VRMs already, but if you run into issues down the line with the other VRMs, these heat sinks can work well for the VRMs without the cooler. I wouldn't worry about the motherboard components overheating otherwise.

You'll be fine. My EVGA 970 SSC has the same basic layout and I don't have any issues. If you're really worried you can get little heatsinks like these for the VRMs, but they're not going to make a huge difference. The mid plate on that card should do a fine job keeping everything else cool enough that any heat from the VRMs should dissipate quickly.

If you are really really worried get these and stick them on to the VRMs

vrams

vrms

do you think that these would be better than the stacked thermal pads. Maybe i should get both and stick the heat sinks on the vrms and stick a thermal pad on top?

buy some of these heatsinks

and some thermal adhesive

and stick them on the vrms.


or if you have the reference 290x, the corsair hg10 + aio clc will have vrm cooling.

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00


Don't think that I did anything out of the ordinary with washers or anything like that. The G10 comes with some rubber ones if that is what you mean

You gotta find out how many you need to cover and the sizes but these are the ones I am using:

http://koolance.com/video-ram-heat-sinks

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396836163&sr=8-1&keywords=vram+heatsinks

IR temp reader. These are the heatsinks. One per stick is all you'll need

Here are the links to the different heatsinks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GN969QM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014KKY3KI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XACV8O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The VRMs will be cooled to an extent by the white 92mm fan that's included on the Kraken G10. Since you have the same card as OP, you could follow his route and buy these heatsinks he used to cool the VRMs better.

Edit: missing word "card"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XACV8O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426042

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/product-reviews/B007XACV8O/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Would it even be worth it to buy these?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XACV8O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - I used these for the vrm

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014KKY3KI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - I ordered 2 sets of these for the memory chips

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XACV8O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007XACV8O/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483242946&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=vrm+heatsink&dpPl=1&dpID=31yBzaLRwFL&ref=plSrch


Just get these heatsinks if you're worried since you're pushing the max TDP. Stick them onto everything including MOSFETs.

So the cooler on my XFX 290x DD broke, and I currently have one in transit to me. I plan to put these on my VRMs to cool them, but I'm not sure what thermal paste I should use on the GPU die. Would Arctic Silver 5 or the Cooler Master paste that comes with the Hyper 212 evo be better? I understand AS5 has a long curing time but the temps on my i7 have gradually gotten lower and lower.

No problem :)

Also, I'd recommend getting some heatsinks for your VRMs and some thermal tape to stick them on. I've heard that the fan on the G12's predecessor the G10 hasn't been adequate for cooling them and that the heatsinks would make a huge difference in terms of temps. AFAIK, the same should apply for the G12 as not much has changed from the G10 in that regard. I'll leave a couple of links below for what you should get for your VRMs, as well as some advice from an expert on NZXT's liquid cooling brackets for graphics cards, which includes instructions on how to apply the thermal tape and heatsinks.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XACV8O/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQ23OQA/

Instructions + advice (note that this is for the Kraken G10, but most things covered should apply to the G12):
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/233847-how-to-watercool-a-cpu-single-gpu-for-under-200-in-the-us/

Will this work

Motherboards shouldn't need cooling specifically as long as you have decent airflow. As far as I know there's no such thing as a chipset cooler, but if you want you can get some thermal adhesive and some tiny heatsinks like these. Bear in mind it would probably be a permanent modification.

How about some of these? Stick them on the metal heat spreader(or directly on the chips if it doesn't have one) of the card.

couldn't you use these? https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550107694&sr=8-2&keywords=cosmos+heatsink

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they're aluminum but really small, should fit right?

you should always put heat sinks on mosfets. they get hot. its their job. you can get some heatsinks for less than 1$ a piece retail, and they are self adhering.
the steppers heat sinks are the same. https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O

I put these on these on the gddr5 chips. I cleaned the adhesive off of them and used thermal pads to attach them.

Cosmos ® 8 PCS Copper VGA RAM Cooling Heatsinks cooler + Cosmos Cable Tie https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00637X42A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_p-GFAbB3SJHEM

I couldn't find low profile copper heatsinks small enough for the vrms on my 480 so I used these aluminum ones with some more thermal pads. Most small copper ones were tall, and I wasn't sure if it would fit together once the gpu cooler was attached .

Cosmos ® 20 PCS mini Aluminum Chips VGA RAM Cooling Heatsinks heat sink cooler + Cosmos Cable Tie https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XACV8O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_YcHFAbPZYMDVB

These might do

Enzotech Mosfet Passive Heat Sink, 6.5 x 6.5 x 12 mm, Copper, 10-pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CLDIHK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DlHFAbSCQFKPV

Unless you find a R5 1600(X) for a really good deal (e.g. R5 1500X for $100, R5 1600 for $138, R7 1700 for $196, etc), you'll be fine just waiting for the R5 2600. Technically you would also be fine with the R3 1200 and could choose to wait for the Ryzen 3000 series CPUs that are coming out next year.

I'm not sure about the motherboard though. Maybe you'll want to add some little heatsinks to the mosfets (maybe put a case fan on the vrms as well) to reduce the temps or just get a new motherboard altogether; the safer option that would also give you peace of mind would probably be the latter.

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    Heatsinks you can put on the vrms; they come with their own thermal tape:
    
    $5.88 Aluminum Heatsinks
    
    $20 Copper Heatsinks
    
    
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    Or $8 Copper Shims that can be used as copper heatsinks.
    
    Use with thermal tape or very viscous thermal paste like Ceramique 2.
    

Well you could get those baby heatsinks and just stick them on! That's what /u/Hubris_draws_stuff did on his when he used these brackets on his 780's (which he got with a huge overclock from /u/psikeiro).

Thanks a ton for this info!

I have small sinks coming for my VMRs, I got these. I figure I'll jam them on as tightly as I can to make something like the one-piece sink described in the guide you linked. The 92mm fan I went with is pretty high CFM too so I think I should be ok. Depending on how many I use I'll throw the rest on my RAM.

What I didn't know was the fact that cgminer would want a temp so I will definitely get the adapter.

What about the mosfets? I was thinking about buying little heatsinks for the things I circled in blue.

https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O/

glue these shit on the chip