GPU Waterblock

[oOBloodShadeOo]

Hi guys, can someone recommend me a waterblock for an Asus Strix RTX 2060 because I like to try water cooling (if anyone asks, I have a spare GPU at home in case it goes wrong xD)

[ApolloX75]

This is a little bit of a tall order. Your card is long past out of production and manufacturers like EK and even Bykski tend to rotate out of EOL product lines very quickly. Also 2060s weren't exactly high on the food chain so the likelihood of a water block that will actually fit a Strix card... ehh a bit slim.

 

EK lists nothing on their configurator. Bykski made only a select few 2060 blocks, and doesn't look like they made one for the Strix models. You could try a generic solution maybe instead of a full cover, like a universal AIO kit. It also depends on if your card is a reference PCB or modified, which it being a Strix card means it's likely a custom PCB, that will influence whether or not certain water blocks will work or not. 

[oOBloodShadeOo]

hmm okay but i dont wanna use a aio i saw primochill did a waterblock but its out of stock rn so one week ago i got a new case H710i and cpu is all ready cooled with a NH-D15 hmm okay thats harder then i thought not the watercooling but getting the parts

[fonzz1e]

2060 waterblock afaik is mostly EOL

 

IF u really wanna watercool it, use universal GPU block with vram + vrm heatsink

[ApolloX75]

16 hours ago, oOBloodShadeOo said:

hmm okay but i dont wanna use a aio i saw primochill did a waterblock but its out of stock rn so one week ago i got a new case H710i and cpu is all ready cooled with a NH-D15 hmm okay thats harder then i thought not the watercooling but getting the parts

I see the Bykski block on primochill that you're talking about. It says it's for Asus but doesn't list the Strix models, just the reference based cards so it probably wouldn't even fit your card.

 

I'm sorry bud but I don't think you're gonna have much luck outside of an AIO cooling solution, and even then I've seen some of those say they're incompatible with 2060 models in general.

[oOBloodShadeOo]

18 hours ago, fonzz1e said:

2060 waterblock afaik is mostly EOL

 

IF u really wanna watercool it, use universal GPU block with vram + vrm heatsink

do you have any recommendations for me for a universal waterblock? I then look at the mass for the GPU mount

[fonzz1e]

2 hours ago, oOBloodShadeOo said:

do you have any recommendations for me for a universal waterblock? I then look at the mass for the GPU mount

i was using VGA-HSC on my zotac 1070 mini, got it from aliexpress

i think it's replaced by VGA-TMC

https://freezemod.com/product-category/water-cooling-block/vga-block/

 

u still need a pump, reservoir, tubing, radiator & fittings

[oOBloodShadeOo]

20 minutes ago, fonzz1e said:

i was using VGA-HSC on my zotac 1070 mini, got it from aliexpress

i think it's replaced by VGA-TMC

https://freezemod.com/product-category/water-cooling-block/vga-block/

 

u still need a pump, reservoir, tubing, radiator & fittings

looking nice. for the other things i look for if you say its a good block 

[fonzz1e]

14 minutes ago, oOBloodShadeOo said:

looking nice. for the other things i look for if you say its a good block 

well it cool my gpu core from 81c to around 60c, with ambient of 31c

vrm & vram as long as you have air flow, the alu heatsink works

[oOBloodShadeOo]

7 hours ago, fonzz1e said:

well it cool my gpu core from 81c to around 60c, with ambient of 31c

vrm & vram as long as you have air flow, the alu heatsink works

sounds great thank you for your help