Parts and Pieces...

     Look like a lot of parts? Well then, just wait until you unwrap everything and lay it out on your workbench. The kit is designed to work on pretty much any ATi or nVidia video card, so this is the reason for so many mounting brackets. The good thing is, once you've identified the mounting brackets you need, you can toss the others in the trash to get them out of your way. As for us, we choose our super hot ATi X850XTPE video card to modify. We hope Kingwin's cooling kit will help reduce temperatures and stabilize the video card during prolonged gaming. 

Thankfully, the kit comes with clear and precise directions, or I would have been totally lost.

After about 30 minutes of tinkering, Matt and I had the heatpipe kit put together. It was pretty simple once we got going.

     The one and only problem came in the end when we went to install the cooling fans. Have you ever tried running a screw into hot butter? Well, installing the fan screws into soft aluminum cooling fins is a lot like that. The screws strip out very easily and it's hard to space the fans just right so that there is a good area for the screws to grip the fins. We ended up sliding one fan about 1/4 of an inch off to one side so that the screws would grip.

SUGGESTION: To fix this problem I suggest using larger diameter fan screws. Another quick fix is to shoot some hot glue into the edges where the fans attach. Let the glue setup, then install the screws. The hot glue will give the screws something to grip.

To Kingwin, I suggest that they modify the edges of the heatsinks where there is a solid edge for the fans to attach. That way they could tap out screw holes in the aluminum for solid fan mounting.