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 [WTA] Watercooling a GPU, need help to find a good cooler

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TSDouchebegTan
post Mar 21 2015, 04:04 PM, updated 11y ago

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Hey guys im using a Powercolor HD6950 1GB and im trying to find the cheapest way to water cool it. i thought of getting a H80i CPU cooler and see if i can use it on the GPU or not. but this would be the first time watercooling so i pretty much have no experience whatsoever so im relying on the PROS on how to do this the cheapest way possible. will one 120mm rad give enough cooling? or do i need more? i dont OC cuz the games i run are not so demanding and does not get the heat up too high. maybe 60 celsius max on Payday 2 on a hot afternoon. so guys. it would be great if i get an insight whether using a cpu waterblock on a gpu wont be a prob or not, and whether the rad is enough to provide sufficient cooling for the waterblock.
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post Mar 23 2015, 01:58 AM

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Not worth it. You can't just use AIO on a graphic card, you have to buy a bracket like the NZXT Kraken G10.

Total combined cost comes to around RM 330 - 350.

You're better off just selling your card for RM 400 (might be less than that) and buy yourself a GTX 960.

Costs you just a bit more but you get a much faster card (almost 2x the performance) that runs cooler (almost half the power draw).
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post Aug 19 2015, 08:46 PM

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bro,just clean it and replace a thermal paste like silver 5 from card and and 2 nice pressue air flow at pcie slot. it not cost u much.

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post Sep 21 2015, 05:04 PM

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Do not do it. Trade it for a new card.

 

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