GTX 980 AIO mod

[filippalfi]

Hello lads! One question about Arctic Accelero hybrid II 120mm GPU AIO. It's really hideous with all its accessories and i was wondering will it work with leaving the reference shroud and fan on the card and just mounting the pump to the dye? It should work, main worries are fan connectors, specifically are there splitters for it, and of course RAM and VRM cooling? If someone has tried this, pleaae share your info, thanks! 

[Gullerback]

Ideally you'd want it on to keep things cool, but if you have some way to Testing ram and VRM temps with it on vs on i'd give it a shot.  If it soars over 85C i'd say its a issue.   If its a open case and has direct fan flow (fan literally blowing directly on it) that would definitely help

[filippalfi]

10 minutes ago, Gullerback said:

Ideally you'd want it on to keep things cool, but if you have some way to Testing ram and VRM temps with it on vs on i'd give it a shot.  If it soars over 85C i'd say its a issue.   If its a open case and has direct fan flow (fan literally blowing directly on it) that would definitely help

I would keep the shroud,fan, backplate and everything off the reference cooler except the heatsink of course. Im just looking at the Corsair cooler, and cant see if it uses some sort of heatsinks for memory and vrm, but it uses blower fan and its own shroud. Airflow is, i would say, normal. Fans are pretty good, case mediocre. The other problem would be mounting the Arctic heatsink/backplate and possibly hitting the cpu coolet. mATX board... I do get small heatsinks with it, but cant find info on how big they are and would they fit on with stock shroud. dammit