Is it safe to watercool my 6800GT?
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Is it safe to watercool my 6800GT?
I've got a 6800GT and i want to watercool it.
I saw a thermaltake GPU waterblock for about R350, but it only cools the processor itself, not the memory. (and thermaltake sucks anyway). Is it safe to cool the core and leave the RAM bare? An engineer and PC enthusiast told me that the RAM on the 6800GT can rise to temps of 90 degrees without frying.
I also saw a cool Innovatek block that cools the core and RAM, but it's R1000, which is a bit rough.
Any ideas guys?
I saw a thermaltake GPU waterblock for about R350, but it only cools the processor itself, not the memory. (and thermaltake sucks anyway). Is it safe to cool the core and leave the RAM bare? An engineer and PC enthusiast told me that the RAM on the 6800GT can rise to temps of 90 degrees without frying.
I also saw a cool Innovatek block that cools the core and RAM, but it's R1000, which is a bit rough.
Any ideas guys?
Try these: http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/produc ... 4835b8b0f5
They should work alright presuming you have a case fan.
edit: alternatively, you could always make your own from old heatsinks you may have lying around.
They should work alright presuming you have a case fan.
edit: alternatively, you could always make your own from old heatsinks you may have lying around.
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Take a look at synapsys.co.za they have a water block for a 6800. Specifically the Inovatek which also has ram coolers built in.
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Yes, your card will be fine. Get some decent heatsinks and if you want, an Antec VCool to blow cool air from the outside of the case to the actual card. Shouldnt be a problem at all.
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512MB OCSystem CL2 DDR400
Seagate 80GIG SATA + NCQ
Asus SLI Premium
Gecube X800XL (selling)
Evercool WCKit
http://www.allroundmodders.co.za/
Cool the GPU with water, and the mem with decent ramsinks.
Don't o/clock witout them.
Take care mounting the waterblock on the gpu, it is fragile, and make sure you have a proper contact pattern on the waterblock (gpu core impression) before you fire up the card.
Some of these have shims, which are thicker than what the core protrudes from the gpu, and may not make proper contack with block, that's why they use this grey thickish tim material.
Take care, use your common sense, and all should be ok. Don't overtighten block.
Have fun.
Don't o/clock witout them.
Take care mounting the waterblock on the gpu, it is fragile, and make sure you have a proper contact pattern on the waterblock (gpu core impression) before you fire up the card.
Some of these have shims, which are thicker than what the core protrudes from the gpu, and may not make proper contack with block, that's why they use this grey thickish tim material.
Take care, use your common sense, and all should be ok. Don't overtighten block.
Have fun.