Water Cooling

[Thor.]

Hello does anyone know of any small solutions to water cooling the video cards only, i don't need cooling for the motherboard or cpu, just the video cards, since I'm getting an Antec case, I'm going full out. Also going to get the 300gt when it comes out for sure, that's what my plans are. Any suggestions.

 

A small out of the way cooling unit would do, the last time i went water cooling one of the tubes ripped at the seems. So i had to remove it, luckily i didn't have any spillage.

 

Only video cards...

[Pronam]

Link

 

lol, that was a joke. It seems that mostly Water-blocks are sold. So you need a system besides it so it seems. It's more like looking for a part than a whole thing. It'll be hard to find any for a new card though..I don't even know how it looks..let know if anything would be compatible. Which can be a major problem, especially with next gen cards which always use to surprise you in the looks.

[Vagrant0]

Could always just approach it from the standpoint of swapping out air in your case faster.

 

2 of these (1 in front, 1 in back)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835103063

and 1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835119065

with an aftermarket fan on your videocard should move enough air through your case to lower temps.

 

It's not a normal solution, but might be a sound idea if you have enough air volume in the room to maintain a supply of cooler air. I've been using this kind of setup to help heat my office.

[Thor.]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835119065

 

i have something like that, but i was thinking have oc'ing my 9800gtx until the 300gt comes out, even with all that air flow they tend to get really hot oc'ed.

 

you get specific video card cooling mounts that you place on each video card like this.

 

http://hothardware.com/News/Liquid_Cooled_..._GTX_Spy_Shots/

 

but it wont work on the gtx2 witch i have, there is one out though, demonstration.

 

just wanting to know of any good makes for the water cooling unit on its own, tubes included.

 

the 9800gtx 1gb ram is highly overclockable, just never got around to it.

 

note i have 2 in sli.

[CorrodedSoul]

for a nice watercooling system you should go here www.dangerden.com

 

if you want some kind of advice on the building process, just drop me a line (or PM)

[bben46]

My own solution to a hot video card was to move it to the bottom e-ide slot. Then cut a hole in the bottom of my case in line with the fan. This allows the card to get fresh unheated air from outside. The card exhausts the hot air directly out the back and not into the case. I also placed filter material over the hole to keep the dust down. My case sits on top of my desk, so I don't have to deal with a dirty floor. The case is also aluminum, so it was fairly easy to cut the hole.

 

Be sure to remove everything from your case before cutting if you decide to go this route.

 

Just remember that if you are blowing air in, it has to have a way to get out.

 

One of the drawbacks to water cooling is condensation when the water is too cool and the humidity is high. So take that into account if you do go with water cooling. - I learned this working with a 300 Horsepower water cooled industrial motor that was using chilled water for cooling 45 degrees F (7 C) When the motor was stopped, moisture condensed inside the motor. leading to shorted windings and a US $12,000 repair bill. Luckily my company was on the receiving end of the $12,000. They lost 8 motors in this way before we figured out the real problem and put in a valve that stopped water flow when the motor stopped. This little bit of knowledge cost them almost US $100,000.

[Thor.]

Yea i had thought about the water and humidity thing, but i had no problems with that the last time i went water cooling, everything was as dry as bone. except when it broke on me :verymad: , I'll take that into account the move to the bottom of the case, but i was going to remove to drive bay also and putting a small pci fan forcing air flow out. Since there is a big fan on the top of the case, it would keep the dust down.