The Heatpipe Mod on XPPort-II (8/11)
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All three bases were installed according to the shape of the heatpipe. The heatpipe is the same thing that are used in the Zalman video card heatpipe coolers; straight from their heatpipe manufacturing facility. The only difference is that I had requested a specific 90-degree bend like this, instead of the usual 180-degree bend.
To finish up, I used the heatsinks from the ZM50-HP. The top left one is the front side heatsink, and the bottom ones are the back side heatsinks. With these three heatsinks acting as one through the heatpipe, I can efficiently spread and dissipate heat, far better than the copper heatsink that used to take place, while actually weighing almost the same. In fact, now I can touch the heatsink without the fear of getting a burn. This was immediately noticeable in the video card, as now the 3D game screen does not show any anomalies even without having the ramsinks attached like the picture above. That's how cooler it is now.