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trapperjohn3400 t1_itjdedc wrote
Nice, cpu coolers are really down in price so it's an attractive option
N_Anglo OP t1_itjepl4 wrote
Beats buying an aftermarket cooler if you're willing to spend hours of planning and building and risking your expensive components in the process
Performance_Fancy t1_itlaowb wrote
Nzxt makes a bracket to do this. Kraken g12
Curunis t1_itwbugq wrote
That bracket is amazing. My 1080ti was a blower style that should never have been made (99-100C under load even after repasting). Slapped on the g12 bracket and an AIO and voila: cooled it so much better I could OC it if I wanted to, and that's in a tiny non-optimized ITX case. Gives me even more time before I need to upgrade.
N_Anglo OP t1_itlvu3m wrote
That was my inspiration!
Screamingholt t1_itk7qpt wrote
I like it, nice clean finish. I want to Water Cool my newest card (prev was) but errrg the effort.
N_Anglo OP t1_itk8ytm wrote
Thank you, I try. Yeah, it's a lot of effort; IMO it's honestly not worth it unless you're overclocking hard, or (like in my case) your stock cooler is bad lol.
Screamingholt t1_itl5ea1 wrote
Yeah previous card for me was a 1080ti with the snot clocked out of it. So far this card stays cool n quiet and isn't really being taxed by anything I play atm. So yeah, no real need for water.....yet
Cmiselem t1_itkxzc7 wrote
The cpu of the gpu is cooler but the memory is going to run hotter since the new heat sink doesn't touch it. It does get air from fan but I doubt it's as effective as it was. You could use a wider and longer heat sink they are pretty cheap and will cool the gpu a lot better.
N_Anglo OP t1_itlpzw8 wrote
The reference RX480 VRAM and VRM modules are heatsinked to the shroud's aluminum "frame", which I kept intact. The GPU has been running fine heavily overclocked for over 2 years, so I think this worked.
Agreed that this is a big concern; it's the reason I decided to keep the fan on the GPU instead of just liquid cooling it.
EDIT: added pic
Apotropaic_Sphinx t1_itl6x61 wrote
I’d be concerned about the memory and VRMs. GPU water blocks are expensive because they’re milled to conform to those components, not just the processor.
diuturnal t1_itl9lwn wrote
I miss when amds reference blowers looked like this.
N_Anglo OP t1_itlq9ly wrote
Dude I know. IMO one of the best looking GPUs ever. It's one of the reasons I decided to make this instead of buying an aftermarket heatsink lol.
diuturnal t1_itltq4c wrote
Was refreshing to see an industrial design after the 290x was edgy AF. I think I still have my sapphire anime waifu blower 290.
N_Anglo OP t1_itj9uiw wrote
This was an older project of mine that I completed about two years ago; I always meant to post it but never got around to it until now.
I love doing secondhand builds, and I especially love making them my own and pushing them to the limit. Really happy how clean this came out, and how well it performs!
EDIT: since people were (rightly) concerned about the VRAM and VRM heatsinking, I added a pic in the album highlighting this in case someone that wanted to do the same thing stumbled upon this post.