Modded Corsair H70 as a GPU Cooler

[Yellowbeard]

Our very own Jake Crimmins has modded an H70 and fitted it to an Nvidia GeForce 480 GTX replacing the stock GPU cooler. Read about the astonishing results HERE.

 

[dac7nco]

That's pretty nice for a hillbilly mod, but Aigo's going to laugh at you.

Daimon

 

[Kenmitch]

That's kinda cool. Doesn't look all that complicated....Wonder what the missing picture was.

 

[Yellowbeard]

That's kinda cool. Doesn't look all that complicated....Wonder what the missing picture was.

No clue but Jake checked it from his side and it shows up. I couldn't see it though. We'll get it sorted.

That's pretty nice for a hillbilly mod, but Aigo's going to laugh at you.

Daimon

LOL...no worries. He laughed at the H50 when it came out too. ;-)

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Love the idea but it needs to keep cooler. 89*c seems high during furmark, no?

EDIT: oh, you know what, i'm sorry, the first Furmark pic is with the fan, the second pic is with the H70 and tops out at 60*C Very Nice :thumbsup:

EDIT2: corrected. The temps max out at 60*c in pic 2. the 6 was so tiny it was mistaken for an 8, thanks Corporate Thug for bringing this to my attention.

 

[lsv]

Looks nice, I wonder if Corsair will make adapters for their closed water coolers after seeing this 😱

 

[aigomorla]

LOL...no worries. He laughed at the H50 when it came out too. ;-)

this would be such an epic sig... 😀

If i follow that thread closely... he had to JB Weld the holder and sand it.

If corsair gives you a mount tho, it would fix it,
Swiftech also has a unisink so the solution is workable. :T

 

[Lightflash]

Interesting work, maybe it could lead to a closed system for people that are too afraid to put in a true loop. 10*C drop is pretty good in my book.

 

[Rhoxed]

Interesting work, maybe it could lead to a closed system for people that are too afraid to put in a true loop. 10*C drop is pretty good in my book.

Am i missing something? People keep saying 10C but the article says "That is a 34°C drop versus the stock cooler on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480!"

 

[Thor86]

I probably already know the answer, but does anyone think that H70 radiator will be able to dissipate both cpu and gpu at the same time?

That bracket is by no means "ghetto", even the setup looks pretty decent.

 

[fffblackmage]

So when is this coming to the market?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Love the idea but it needs to keep cooler. 89*c seems high during furmark, no?

EDIT: oh, you know what, i'm sorry, the first Furmark pic is with the fan, the second pic is with the H70 and tops out at 80*C Very Nice :thumbsup:

i must be blind, where do you see 80C in the second pic?

 

[Zen0]

Are the memory and VREGs not melted by now?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

i must be blind, where do you see 80C in the second pic?

fixed my post. the 6 looked like an 8 in the pic.

The Max temp is 60*C

Sorry.

 

[Corporate Thug]

So when is this coming to the market?

i think corsair is one of the few companies that really listens to its consumers...I would LOVE to see this on the market.

 

[deimos3428]

i think corsair is one of the few companies that really listens to its consumers...I would LOVE to see this on the market.

Would love to see a version with two heads for CF/SLI (or single GPU + CPU).

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Are the memory and VREGs not melted by now?

Wondering about this as well.

 

[Ben90]

For the air cooling people we can mount a D14 onto the video card! Also lets not neglect our north bridge, D14 on that as well. I bet a D14 could cool our PSU for better stability. lolol

I'm actually not making fun of the mod. I find it pretty useful, as generally a super highend water loop tends to be in the price range of a custom phase change unit.

 

[jrocks84]

Can this be done with the H60?

 

[stahlhart]

You should try to put two of them on a 6990 next -- I said, YOU SHOULD TRY TO PUT TWO OF THEM ON A 6990 NEXT!

 

[tnt3k]

I probably already know the answer, but does anyone think that H70 radiator will be able to dissipate both cpu and gpu at the same time?

That bracket is by no means "ghetto", even the setup looks pretty decent.

I think its he has two radiators

 

[fire400]

...sweet