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Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach
25.07.07 at 21:18:19

All the new graphics card have today an agressive and great look. The colling is more efficent too.
Why not to change the look of a voodoo5 5500 card ?

You will need for the start some paper ( later Plexiglas ), some 3dfx logos, 3dfx advertising, patience, and a lot of imagination. Wink

So that i obtain this "paper prototype" :

Top View !

The air should be taken from the case inside.

The blow holes...the air will be blast outside..something like the OTES sistem from ABIT cards...

After the model is choose the paper will be replaced with Plexiglas... some red LED can improve the optical effect.
With this big "case" the first PCI Slot will become unavailable.
In my Fotos the card has the original collers. But not for long time..... Grin

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Radu.

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exxe God Member Offline ^^ Posts: 1316 germany	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #1 - 25.07.07 at 21:56:12 nice work you should spin the Voodoo5 on the "power side" 180° inside the case it have the right direction
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Tweakstone Full Member Offline Banshee - Addict Posts: 217 Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #2 - 25.07.07 at 22:45:01 Awesome idea!! I'm really curious about your progress with this project, keep us updated!
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #3 - 26.07.07 at 05:11:48 The flat fan you have is no good! You will need a BLOWER fan if you are serious about this... ...but I'm sure you knew that anyhow!
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ps47 God Member Offline Keeper of the 3Dfx Helppage Posts: 988 Slovakia,central Europe Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #4 - 26.07.07 at 21:25:49 the concept looks AWESOME
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #5 - 26.07.07 at 23:14:10 Air gets trapped at the blue swirls. Placing a curved corner there will ensure the air can get away far better; better cooling.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #6 - 27.07.07 at 07:40:10 I will improve the Cooler " Design " an post new pictures asap. I think about closing also the rear side of the card...the PCB behind the VSA Chips get's hot and an air flow in this area will "do the job". What about a cooler for the Voodoo5 6000 ? This will look really "BIG" Radu.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #7 - 28.07.07 at 09:54:13 updated.
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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #8 - 28.07.07 at 18:04:08 Very orriginal ideea of a modding job applied to an aging Voodoo5. I like it alot, Radu. I try to imagine how nice would the cooling system be, built in plastic with the 3DFX workart displayed. Do you plan to use a heatpipe cooler inside it? Happy modding!
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #9 - 28.07.07 at 18:21:50 Yes, i plan to use some cooper heatsinks, connected between with a heatpipe. My choosing possibilityes are limited because of the poor PC accesories Market here in Romania. One big cooler should be enough to cool the card.
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exxe God Member Offline ^^ Posts: 1316 germany	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #10 - 28.07.07 at 18:45:36 you can use voodoo3 3000 heatshinks sorry for poor image quality but you have to cut of 1cm of the heatsink or nned a Mainboard with no parts betwine AGP and 1st PCI slot and bend the power plug of the rear chip fan near the bios)
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Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach
Reply #11 - 28.07.07 at 21:45:34

For best Cooling, you should use a radial fan like this:

http://www.tiger-electronics.de/KUeHLUNG-und-LUeFTER/DC-Kompaktluefter/Titan/Tit...

The Problem will be, that either the whole thing would be either very high (2cm height of the card in the back + 3,3cm height of the fan) or very long (+ ~9cm) if you place it behind the PCB...

In this case, it'll be even longer than a V5-6k Cheesy

There's a smaller radial fan http://www.tiger-electronics.de/KUeHLUNG-und-LUeFTER/DC-Kompaktluefter/Titan/Tit... which only has ~ 1,5cm height, but this would look less "massive" overall Sad

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Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach
Reply #12 - 22.09.07 at 12:57:50

Found this fotos on the internet...

The nv5 Silencer seems to fit on the voodoo5 card. Just take a look at his size !

The only pat that need to be changed is the heatsink ( two instead of one piece ), and the NV5 silencer can be used then on a voodoo5 card.....
Let's call him them 3dfx silencer Grin

The cooler case can then later be customized with " of course " the voodoo eyes Grin

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #13 - 22.09.07 at 13:37:08 Might fit, the board in the picture does not look to be a V-5500, it has a AGPx8 cutout on the edge connector and dual DVI. Edit- Sorry if I misunderstand your post, the picture makes it look like the silencer is on a 3dfx board.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 Cooler - Another approach Reply #14 - 22.09.07 at 13:42:44 no, the coller in the picture is mounted on an nvidia card. there is no doubt about. But, the size of an nvidia card and a v5 card seems to be the same.. so that i came to the ideaa to put on a 3dfx card a modified nvidia cooler.
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