Use an aio water cooling for gtx 980?

[vandalblue]

Hello people, i have an gtx 980 zotac amp! Omega... one day i send my gpu for cleaning the heatsink from dust in an car workshop, but they ruined and destroyed one of the fans.. nevermind, some discusilns there and there but i cant do they paid for my error (send my card to them) ...

So im decided to remplace the stock cooler with and more advanced one, a cpu water cooling (thermaltake water 3.0 pro). Can it be possible? Maybe modify some parts to make the pump/block compatible, can i do that? Or the card will burn into flames? Please, need some advices 🙁

 

[LuckyTheLadyBug]

not only do you need to worry about the chip itself, but the VRMs. what you could do is ghetto zip tie the block and card together, then see if you can find heatsinks for the VRMs (or make them yourself out of the old card heatsink) and perhaps attach a fan to help cooling.

It wont look pretty, but ittl work.

 

[vandalblue]

Or maybe replace the fan? How?

 

[LuckyTheLadyBug]

Or maybe replace the fan? How?

Buy a fan that will fit. hot glue it in place. then plug it into the normal header for the old one

 

[vandalblue]

Done! I put an molex quiet but full speed fan there and works fine... and provide better cooling than the old stock fan thats mad... but works really good... btw, there r any way to use that aio wster cooling for the gpu? Cuz i will not use that aio anymore and dont want to throw it to the trash

 

[Gam3r01]

There is the Kraken G10, or the Corsair HG10.
http://support.nzxt.com/hc/en-us/articles/202479944-What-is-the-G10-compatible-with-

I dont recommend the setup you have now, gluing a fan to the graphics card? Not really technical there.

 

[Prawnflakes]

not only do you need to worry about the chip itself, but the VRMs. what you could do is ghetto zip tie the block and card together, then see if you can find heatsinks for the VRMs (or make them yourself out of the old card heatsink) and perhaps attach a fan to help cooling.

It wont look pretty, but ittl work.

Hey, speaking from experience with my HD7950 with a H55 zip-tied on, it works really good! My card did have a metal plate/brace which cooled the VRMs etc. My temps are down from 80C at load to around 65C.

OP, if you are thinking of doing this mod to your card, there are really useful threads around, i linked one below. If your card doesn't have any sort of cooling for the VRMs, cheapo heatsinks with some thermal glue or pads are good. I have no fans blowing over the card at all, and the radiator is ghetto mounted but it runs well.

My rig (red mod):
http://i.imgur.com/S8nO0s0.jpg

[Guide] Closed loop AIO coolers on your GPU (Warning! Picture heavy):
http://www.overclock.net/t/1479716/guide-closed-loop-aio-coolers-on-your-gpu-warning-picture-heavy

 

[vandalblue]

Here chileans (i live in chile) we have no choices to buy these special aio coolers like the special cooling for gpu, so gluing a fan to the heat sink r the only solution that comes to my mind... and if works thats good to me, and i keep the config for now, im still looking for an aero cool hybrid for universal gpu,a fully heat sink and water cooling for the gpu chip... but is not cheap and need to wait months for it... 🙁 by the way, my setup works fine for now...

 

[vandalblue]

Ohh ... but my graphics card has an cooper bracket for vrams and i can put an cutie small heatsink for the vrms and a little fan for them, and sure,modify the s2011 bracket to make the pump/block compatible with the gpu... that works? I want to use my unused water 3.0 pro for it 😱

 

[Prawnflakes]

Ohh ... but my graphics card has an cooper bracket for vrams and i can put an cutie small rad for the vrms and a little fan for them, and sure,modify the s2011 bracket to make the pump/block compatible with the gpu... that works? I want to use my unused water 3.0 pro for it 😱

So do you have something similar to this underneath the heatsink on your card?

 

[vandalblue]

Similar, without that black thing, just an small thermal armor for the vram and a tiny heatsink for the vrms,i thing i need to put a fan there and the pump to the other side (onthe gpu chip)

 

[vandalblue]

This is it

 

[Prawnflakes]

This is it

Ok, that looks good! From here on you should follow this guide:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1479716/guide-closed-loop-aio-coolers-on-your-gpu-warning-picture-heavy

It will tell you averything you need to know, and there are some videos if you can find them!

If you want to, you can ask me if you need anything help as I have done the mod before.

Good luck,
Prawnflakes

 

[vandalblue]

Thats not hard to do with the materials that i have... but these thermal armor for the vrams (a plate without heatsink, just thermalpads and the plate)would be enough? Or requiere some more advanced cooling? And the vrm tiny heatsink with an 120mm fan would work? How much cooling these components need?

 

[Prawnflakes]

Thats not hard to do with the materials that i have... but these thermal armor for the vrams (a plate without heatsink, just thermalpads and the plate)would be enough? Or requiere some more advanced cooling? And the vrm tiny heatsink with an 120mm fan would work? How much cooling these components need?

I think if you have a side fan on your case blowing air over the card you should be fine, but if you don't, finding a way to get some airflow over the card is a good idea. Maybe mount the fan from the HDD bays?

 

[vandalblue]

I can buy an pair of 120 mm fan and put them over the card, i had an storm inside the chassis with my fans installed, but its a good idea to cool by that metod,at least,the thermal plate would work similar to a heatsink, right? And with that pair of fans i can make some new armor for the gpu and that will be great 😀 ... the other thing isbthe pump, the mb can feed two pumps? Or just adapt the pump to molex? Cuz i already have a pump for the cpu...

 

[vandalblue]

Hey.. anyone... the pump will explode if i connect it to 4 pin molex?

 

[Prawnflakes]

Hey.. anyone... the pump will explode if i connect it to 4 pin molex?

I'd just get a fan splitter or something like that. Im not sure about molex but google it because it might be OK