Water Cooling Guide

2011-11-29 03:39:09

#1

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

So I want to water cool the hd 6990 and i would like to know do i use the same water cooling block from the cpu?
Won't that make the card get hotter since the water coming out from the cpu is not cold but warm?

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2011-11-29 03:43:24

#2

Microwave: _; +515|6906|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

That's why some people have a separate loop for CPU, GPU.

You'd probably be ok putting them in the same loop if there's only one graphics card.

2011-11-29 04:56:17

#3

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

Ok, I only have 1 6990, you think it would be enough?
I mena the card gets really hot with the fans, peaks at 88°-90° at full stress.

2011-11-29 13:13:30

#4

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6001|شمال

aerodynamic wrote:
I mena the card gets really hot with the fans, peaks at 88°-90° at full stress.

i bet it gets pretty loud too, thats typical high end amd cards, if u ask me :love:

am thinking of playing with water too..its all about thermodynamics. i have 0 experience though..lol.
the thought of having the cpu and the multiple gpus makes me sick.. as long as it is one gpu, i think it will be ok. try to seach on the net and see how others solved the problem with the 6990. i bet they get half of the 88°-90° under load... without the bloody noisy stock fan lolol

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2011-11-29 16:23:56

#5

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

I'm looking at people who installed a water block on the 6990 but can't find any of them.

2011-11-29 16:41:16

#6

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

aerodynamic wrote:
I'm looking at people who installed a water block on the 6990 but can't find any of them.

Go to www.xtremesystems.org check the liquid cooling section there. Its about the wattage of heat you need to dissapate not the heat, because you have 2 gpus at 88 degrees with the 6990, not one. That being said the easiest to build and maintain would be a loop for just the card using a 240 or 360 swiftech rad that has the pump built in. Attach that to an EK or Koolance full cover block and you have a system thats as easy to remove as one of the corsair all in ones.

2011-11-29 17:48:07

#7

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

Basically you are looking at 300 bucks to quiet down a video card. If quiet is all you want, an arctic cooling accellero is far cheaper an easier. If you really, really want to get into watercooling, I can help, but the price is rarely worth the performance increase. Much more fun as a hobby, but they need to be maintained properly, which can be an annoyance.

2011-11-30 02:36:09

#8

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

-Whiteroom- wrote:
Basically you are looking at 300 bucks to quiet down a video card. If quiet is all you want, an arctic cooling accellero is far cheaper an easier. If you really, really want to get into watercooling, I can help, but the price is rarely worth the performance increase. Much more fun as a hobby, but they need to be maintained properly, which can be an annoyance.

that arctic cooler looks interesting.

2011-12-10 00:32:57

#9

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

Installing the Arctic Accelero now.
Hope i don't put the thermal paste on the wrong place

2011-12-10 00:42:25

#10

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

do i clean off the orignial thermal paste?

2011-12-10 00:54:06

#11

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

yhus

2011-12-10 01:04:23

#12

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

how much thermal paste do i apply?

2011-12-10 09:30:26

#13

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6039|Catherine Black

Enough, but not too much.

2011-12-10 10:40:25

#14

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5219|Dundee, Scotland.

aerodynamic wrote:
how much thermal paste do i apply?

The whole tube

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-12-10 10:48:52

#15

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

Yeah abit late guys.

anyway, here is the finished card.

https://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1/7uX/IMG_0045.jpg

arctic vs stock

Last edited by aerodynamic (2011-12-10 10:49:26)

2011-12-10 10:49:57

#16

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5219|Dundee, Scotland.

aerodynamic wrote:
Yeah abit late guys.

anyway, here is the finished card.

arctic vs stock

Specs of pc?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-12-10 10:58:38

#17

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

i7 2600 3.9ghz
8GB RAM
Hd6990 4gb
1tb sata

2011-12-10 11:23:54

#18

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

let us know how it effects the temps and noise.

2011-12-10 11:46:40

#19

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

30-31°C at idle, 60-70°C Gaming.
Noise, can't even hear it.

2011-12-10 11:47:38

#20

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

a good buy then. much cheaper that water to get rid of the noise.

2011-12-10 11:51:19

#21

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

Yeah ,thanks for the suggestion.

2011-12-10 12:34:46

#22

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6967

aerodynamic wrote:
how much thermal paste do i apply?

about the size of a rice grain (cpu) or enough to just thinly spread over the whole die

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2011-12-10 13:21:03

#23

Brasso: member; +1,549|6882

Cybargs wrote:
aerodynamic wrote:
how much thermal paste do i apply?
about the size of a rice grain (cpu) or enough to just thinly spread over the whole die

dont forget to apply it to the pin side

oh wait, it's a gpu...fuck

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