GPU Watercooler

[Icelander]

GPU Water cooler from Alphacool.. Something LINUS Has to review and show us hot to INstall.

 

This is Brilliant how this works in every way.  Great Price and the Waterblock is upgradeable with minimum hassle.

 

 

http://www.alphacool.com/popup_image.php/pID/1431/imgID/0

 

http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1431_Alphacool-NexXxoS-GPX---Nvidia-Geforce-GTX-980-M02---mit-Backplate---Schwarz.html

 

What do u Think ? Get Linus to install this on his youtube channel ?

[HeathCliff]

The concept is pretty cool, but honestly, it looks absolutely horrible.

[Icelander]

well then maybe do a proper paint jop. To me it looks good

[HeathCliff]

well then maybe do a proper paint jop. To me it looks good

 

To each our own. I'm more into a clean and sleek look. EK's waterblock for the 295x2 would be a prime example:

[Faceman]

Its not a watercooler, its a waterblock.  It is very cool that it is upgradable though, that is going to make a lot of people happy and save some money.

[paprikman]

GPU Water cooler from Alphacool.. Something LINUS Has to review and show us hot to INstall.

 

This is Brilliant how this works in every way.  Great Price and the Waterblock is upgradeable with minimum hassle.

 

What do u Think ? Get Linus to install this on his youtube channel ?

I did similar alphacool waterblock setup for gtx 760.

This is kind'a... bad. It doesn't provide good cooling to the vram, so u'll want to do some airflow setup to this 'radiator' plates, but gpu cooling is ok.

[ZarosTenjin]

I did similar alphacool waterblock setup for gtx 760.

This is kind'a... bad. It doesn't provide good cooling to the vram, so u'll want to do some airflow setup to this 'radiator' plates, but gpu cooling is ok.

 

There should always be some airflow in your case

 

I think they look really good but as before mentioned to each their own.

I really love the idea of having a passive cooling grid for the vram and active cooling for the chip itself. The way it keeps the costs low is great. I mean this thing costs almost half of the EK blocks+backplate

[paprikman]

There should always be some airflow in your case

 

I think they look really good but as before mentioned to each their own.

I really love the idea of having a passive cooling grid for the vram and active cooling for the chip itself. The way it keeps the costs low is great. I mean this thing costs almost half of the EK blocks+backplate

Yeah, I always do the best airflow as I can provide.

And it is really good idea to lower the cost of upgrading.

But it is still looking a bit... steampunk.

EDIT: and it is also good solution for gpus like gtx 760 msi twin fozr, for which u won't find any other fullcover waterblock.

[ZarosTenjin]

Yeah, I always do the best airflow as I can provide.

And it is really good idea to lower the cost of upgrading.

But it is still looking a bit... steampunk.

EDIT: and it is also good solution for gpus like gtx 760 msi twin fozr, for which u won't find any other fullcover waterblock.

 

Yes another good thing about those is that the cost for Alphacool to develop a for non reference designs is quite low and can be released pretty soon after release of the card.

[paprikman]

Yes another good thing about those is that the cost for Alphacool to develop a for non reference designs is quite low and can be released pretty soon after release of the card.

Was interested in another gpu waterblock for same gtx 760 msi twin frozr, but I wanted to do this build in summer.

So I wrote to alphacool and they said, that this 'radiator' part for waterblock may not be available this summer.

I mean, u still can face the problem of water cooling such non reference cards.

[Eisenbart]

Yeah, I always do the best airflow as I can provide.

And it is really good idea to lower the cost of upgrading.

But it is still looking a bit... steampunk.

EDIT: and it is also good solution for gpus like gtx 760 msi twin fozr, for which u won't find any other fullcover waterblock.

 

WUHUU Steampunk!

 

...sorry had to do it

[ZarosTenjin]

Was interested in another gpu waterblock for same gtx 760 msi twin frozr, but I wanted to do this build in summer.

So I wrote to alphacool and they said, that this 'radiator' part for waterblock may not be available this summer.

I mean, u still can face the problem of water cooling such non reference cards.

well yeah

They still have to see business in the model, i guess. Probably looking at public sells figures or something.

[decripple]

For the price savings I think this is a great idea, but depending on the card (AMD Hawaii cards in particular) you may not get good enough VRM cooling with big overclocks. I don't think that VRAM will really be an issue unless the overclocking voltages are getting WAY up there. In my experience airflow alone get a bunch of performance out of VRAM (See LN2 overclockers which use bare PCBs)