DYI VRM cooler I made out of a ram cooler.

I am not the kind of person to let things go to waste, so when my new motherboard prevented me from using my cool ram cooler, I went to thinkwork (thinking what I can use it for). So I ended up making a small vrm cooler with temp display via LED's, a function that came with it, so I can't take credit for making that part, but it does work with my large MOSFET VRM. So here are some pics of what I used, and some pics of what it looks like. I know it does not look *professional*, but my vrm temps have dropped 10~ degrees C under idle, and about 5 under 100% load. Id say that is pretty good for reusing parts. Ok so, the first pic is a before shot of the VRM. Second pic is the loop interior fan removed, vrm cooler in place with a small *heat shield* made out of a PCI slot cover ( you know the dohickies that pop off in the back if you have snapon instead of screwon peripheral covers. 3rd pic is the tools I used. I will list them and their use, because I am sure some of you are wondering what my grammas nail clipper is doing in there.

Video of cooler working (360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p for real clear up close shots)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5R...it?usp=sharing

1. Hair tweezers - I am clumsy and drop screws often and I have big hands, so it's hard to reach in there to find it, plus I later used it when I was applying heat with my trusty flame.

2. Zippo lighter, the screws were from another fan and were a little to chubby, so I would screw it in a little, then apply flame to the screw to soften the insertion.

3. Grammas nail clippers - I needed to cut off some plastic parts of the fan and damn those things are sharp.

4. Nicotine gum - Stress during work.

5. Electrical tape - Obvious with any electrical work.

6. All in one scredriver and a 100 year old pair of pliers lol..and some left over ram cooler parts.

Last pic - Cooler in action.

Ralph that is mighty MIGHTY impressive !

I couldn't even begin on how original your idea is you might want to patent that as well

temps are super sweet

Temps with window open, it's not a very cold night tonight. My VRMs were NEVER under 40C even with windows open. I forgot to add, this is temps with these overclock settings. Bus OC = 31%, CPU OC = 18%

Very inventive, and nice cpu cooler by the way

All your cores are the same temp must be an AMD thing.

17c........... Impressive, most Impressive :)

Really cool project Ralph. Does the fan have a thermistor with a lead to the VRM?