R9 280x cooling scheme

[Roman Mandeleil]

Hey Fellow card monkeys,

This is a naked R9 280x:

I want to put this device:

http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p11088_Alphacool-HF-14-Smart-Motion-universal-copper-edition.html

on the main chip (area 1)

and this passive cooling device for memory chips (areas 2)

http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p13663_Alphacool-GPU-Ram-Aluminium-Heatsinks-15x15mm---black-10-pcs.html

What about area 3 and 4 what can/should I use there ?
What else should I include in my expanses list ?

P.S. not a world about pumps and pipes at
this stage.

Thanks in advance
Roman

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

for 3 and 4 you can still put a passive heatsink on it. a seperate option is to buy a compatible fullcover waterblock (find exact model of 280x, and remember that reference boards are identical to the 7970, so those waterblocks will be compatible as well

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p13664_Alphacool-GPU-Heatsinks-RAM-Aluminium-7x7mm---black-10-Stk-.html if space is an issue, but i'd still recommend a full cover waterblock instead of passive heatsinks

 

[Roman Mandeleil]

http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p13664_Alphacool-GPU-Heatsinks-RAM-Aluminium-7x7mm---black-10-Stk-.html if space is an issue, but i'd still recommend a full cover waterblock instead of passive heatsinks

The full block is very expensive and
I am trying to keep it on very low cost.
I have 40 of this to cool.