8800GT Voltage Regulator heatsink help

[Stephen]

yeah the cooler already had thermal paste ready on it's heatsinks etc and I just thought hmm dunno if I need some more and I probably do cos there was hardly any on there tbh. I guess they do that on purpose so that you'll buy their one.

I have the accelero s1 rev 2 without the turbo module. Do you think It'd be alright if I just get the turbo module instead of more heatsinks because they're all partly covered (like in first post, second picture)

gonna buy:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Pr...Paste-S027862-
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Pr...r-Accelero-VGA

[Stephen]

I got the stuff but it's still running idle in the 60s which is where it was with the stock cooler. And the turbo module comes with a 3 pin power plug so i can't plug it into the graphics card slot and I don't have a spare one of my mobo.

Can anyone tell me where I can get a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter for the fan so that I can plug it into my graphics card?

also with gpu-z what should I trust more? The gpu driver says the core temp is 65 but the adt7473 sensor chip says 56

[Stephen]

Actually it's not in the 60's it's decided to go in the 70s now so it's back to where it was yesterday. I put thermal paste on the gpu and spread it so it covered it.. HOW CAN IT BE HOT STILL

[Stephen!]

You should have bought the cooler I recommended.

[Stephen]

I didn't wanna pay £37 for the cooler and fan Plus it would probably be hot with that too. I think it's my case airflow maybe? I probably need a fan on them. So stupid though because I looked on other online shops and they actually give you a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter but the place i bought mine from didn't :S

Off website: "3 pin plug (with power plug convertor)" I didn't have a converter in mine.. Stupidstupidstupid. Seriously everythings going wrong when I've been putting this in. First the temp, then a screw got wedged on my mobo and now I haven't got a converter for the 3-pin fan power plug

[Stephen]

finally I can play games again! Took it all apart, made sure I made that gpu sparkle then reapplied the thermal paste to everything. I also took some of the slots out of the back of my case for better ventilation and I'm getting 65-70 load on games. I've ordered a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter which should arrive next week so I'll have the fan installed then which should drop the temp.

But I'm happy I can play games til then, atleast it isn't going in the 90s on a flash game anymore..

[LMS16]

MX-2 Thermal paste ftw.

Arctic silver ftw

Lew.

[Stephen!]

OCZ Freeze!