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Looking for a good 4870 water block

BTRY B 529th FA BN

BTRY B 529th FA BN

Lifer
Hi, I am looking for some opinions on GPU water blocks. I'd like to get one for my 4870 as it gets loud and thus my main reason for getting one. I bought all the parts for a CPU loop for my new Q9650 and I'd like to hear opinions and configuration suggestions with doing this. My loop consists of 1/2" barbs...

Where can i find GPU waterblock reviews?

What is the best I can buy for my 4870?

Thanks,

529th
 
Depends which way you want to go, full cover blocks or GPU only blocks. Full cover are more expensive and cannot be reused but you cool the GPU, VRMs and Memory under water, and GPU only blocks perform better (temps) and you can use them later on down the track but you don't cool memory/VRMs under water. For Full cover blocks- EK are the best and have the most options. For GPU only you have a few choices, both D-Tek and EK have new GPU only blocks out- but reviews are scattered (I am sure they perform excellently though) and then theres the legendary MCW60 which has been the best for many years and still rocks! (Gabe is even coming out with a new base for it).

I have two MCW60's and they're great but then again the FC blocks sure look great in a loop 🙂.
 
Chances are you can't cool your cpu and your gpu on a single loop though?

And I think full cover blocks are designed mostly for heavy overclocking, gpu only can do the trick, if you have decent airflow over the case, cooling the ram and the vrms.
 
Parts I have so far:

MCP355
EK Supreme
XSPC res top for Laing DDC
25' of 7/16 ID & 5/8 OD MasterKleer PVC tubing
MCR320 rad
2 1/2" barbs that came with cpu block
2 1/2" babs that came with res
8 or 9 Danger Den Fatboys - 1/2" Barb
2 Dangerden Fillport - Delrin
2 Dangerden Derlin T

If I just get a GPU block and not a full cover GPU block, will these parts be enough to cool my CPU & GPU??? And if so, how do I keep the Ram sinks cool?
 
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

If I just get a GPU block and not a full cover GPU block, will these parts be enough to cool my CPU & GPU??? And if so, how do I keep the Ram sinks cool?
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Ram sinks are air cooled, a little air movement and your fine. My bottom radiator blows up at the pci slots but you don't need 3 panaflows to keep the ramsinks happy.

The 320 rad should cool your CPU and vid ok but many of us use dual loops to keep the temps down.
 
I don't recall you mentioning your case, what is it? Martin, of "liquid labs" fame mounted 2 320s' on the back of his case like wings, a very neat idea and minimally invasive as far as mods go.
 
Hey woodbutcher how about doing a window for you ole friend evil sponge nice work! Hey BTRY B don't be discouraged creativity has allot to do with water cooling and seeing what others have done check out the xtreme systems gallery for ideas that you can use.
Good Luck!,

-sponge
 
This guy? Well I'm not sure what you had in mind for mounting rads but that is generally the difficult part. I went looking for a pic of Martin's "wings" but was unsuccessful, sorry but have a look at the XS water gallery, 420 pages worth!

edit- Evil, I've seen your stuff, you can pull that off easy....
 
Ok, so I decided I want a 4870 water block in the loop. I was thinking of running the outlet line from the cpu to a small swiftect 120mm radiator that I can mount on the back 120mm exhaust fan. And then from there run it to the GPU water block.

How does that sound. Will that help at all or no? And will my MCP355 pump be enough?

Thanks,

529th

EDIT: and do I need a T-line still even if I have a reservoir? Or do they serve the same purpose?
 
The second rad will help and that pump will be fine, I did something similar with a TJ08.
Even with a res having a T -line for a drain is a godsend when cleaning / flushing your loop.
 
T line? I use my daughters beach bucket its just the right size to fit into the case pull the tube and let her rip! LOL woodbutcher you give me way toooo much credit

-sponge
 
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Chances are you can't cool your cpu and your gpu on a single loop though?

And I think full cover blocks are designed mostly for heavy overclocking, gpu only can do the trick, if you have decent airflow over the case, cooling the ram and the vrms.
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actually its the other way around marc.

LOL..

Core only blocks > full cover blocks.

Full cover blocks just look nicer, and are blinger. But performance wise, a core only block is about 3-4C better.

Now BTRY, the question is do you volt mod your gpus? Because if you dont, every block on this earth will give you the same max overclock. Even AIR sinks can give you max overclock.

Remember GPU is voltage limited, so running your blocks at 30C vs 50C is nothing except maybe a longer lifespan. Which i highly doubt you'll need.

Im falling in love with DangerDen on the GPU Full Cover Block again. So my recomendation goes out to them on the Gpu line if your looking for that.

If you want the BEST Block, it will be the new swiftech MCW60 rev.2 with the smaller diamond matrix.

That block isnt out yet, probably in the next couple months.


Lastly, if your going for good overclocking on that cpu, you need it on its own loop:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...ghlight=fullcover+core
Its not a 4870, but its close. :T

Summary:
"By the way the 8800GTX at full load added about 7-8°C the the CPU core temperature. "

your cpu is not going to like you when its on full load, AND your gpu is on full load.

BTRY!!! BABY STEPS!!!!!!

Evil you understand now why i said dayam you were the most paitent person i met at starting.
 
Curious how much my temps on my Q6600 will be affected once I throw my 4870 in the mix with the MCW60 on my MCR320. With X1950XT in the loop they were about 47C loaded, now without the X1950XT it is 42C. So I'm thinking around 52C? Will find out soon and report back! Hopefully will help the OP with the info 🙂
 
Oh aigo, I was mistaken then, thinking the vram and such also needed max cooling to ensure the highest overclock, but I guess aircooling on those parts, from mere airflow in your case is enough?
 
I did buy a full cover GPU block by EK so it shouldn't be a problem + i have a 120mm fan blowing towards the vid card.

I'm going to monitor the temps over the winter, and if they get worse during the summer, I'll get the gpu on a separate loop 🙂

I heard that swiftec is a great block, but I kinda wanted to stick with the same company. I didn't research Swiftec. I should of, but I learned the EK was a copper block so that was a big plus in my decision.

My main reason for a gpu block is to keep my room temps down, it can add up to 5*f to my room. I'll probably never overclock the GPU as I found out my old 1900XTX that it didn't do much. I knew the XTX was at its full potential at stock and could only be clocked a little bit higher but I'm happy with the 4870's performance as it is. Besides, if I can get my Q9650 to 3.6Ghz, i'll be content and maybe i won't see as low of fps drops.

My last question in my venture (for now) is what kind of additives to add to my distilled water. I read that i can just use distilled water if I don't mix metals cause the copper has an anti - alge effect... what additives do i use???
 
People are so confused about heat and heat output. No matter how you cool your GPU BTRY B, the heat will ALWAYS end up in your room. Heat doesn't just go poof and dissapear. With your watercooling the heat gets transfered into the water, then it gets transfered to the air when the water hits the radiator. Either way, with air or watercooling, the heat ends up in your room.
 
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