Water Cooling Bracket for Sapphire R9 280x GPU?

[Andy0432]

I was just wondering whether there were any good GPU brackets for Water cooling the Sapphire Dual-X R9 280x. (And also "all in one" water coolers" that can fit on them)

Price is not a factor.

Thanks!

 

[i7Baby]

Try Kraken G10 - http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html

 

[Andy0432]

Thanks for the quick reply! are there any good watercoolers which work with it?

 

[disturbed force]

The h55 works good on the 290's i've used the g10 with.

 

[Andy0432]

Does it make a difference that its 280x's? Or is it the same?

 

[disturbed force]

It's doing the same job, and it does it well for the price.

 

[Andy0432]

ok! Thanks!

 

[RobCrezz]

Just dont forget you need to get some little heatsinks and thermal sticky pads for the Vram modules and the VRMS (voltage regulators), as the liquid cooler wont cool them, and they get rather hot.

 

[Andy0432]

?? Sorry I'm a total noob at anything which requires modding XD

 

[i7Baby]

NZXT say you don't need them - http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html

But I'm with Rob Crezz on this. eg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118220

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah in theory the Fan on the G10 will cool them, but IMO for the small cost and effort while the cooler is removed you should do it

These kind of things do the job fine
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15573/vid-184/Akust_Copper_Memory_Chip_Heatsink_-_13mm_x_12mm_x_5mm_-_4_Pack_RS00-0602-AKS.html?tl=g40c21&id=E4I46T5I

 

[RobCrezz]

This is what I did to mine

This way the fan makes more of a difference as its cooling the heatsinks rather than just the chips.

 

[Andy0432]

Can I ask what GPU that is? I have a Sapphire R9 280x Dual-x and I don't know if it fits or not?

 

[i7Baby]

In the G10 link it says it fits the 280X.

 

[Andy0432]

But it does have the two asterix next to it meaning "Some variations in AMD die height may require the use of a shim"

 

[RobCrezz]

Can I ask what GPU that is? I have a Sapphire R9 280x Dual-x and I don't know if it fits or not?

Mines a GTX 680, but the bracket should fit the 280x.

 

[RobCrezz]

But it does have the two asterix next to it meaning "Some variations in AMD die height may require the use of a shim"

Yeah ive heard that, some require a copper shim otherwise you cant screw the aio down far enough, not a big deal though.

 

[Andy0432]

Thanks for all your help!