Custom GPU Cooler

M305809 · January 9, 2015

I'm making a custom water cooling braket for my asetek cooler and my gigabtye 780 to get a quieter over clock. I plan on making a plate either made of copper or alluminum to cover the gpu and the VRAM just like the stock heatsink does and then fix the Asetek cooler onto the plate. I'm thinking copper would be a better way of transfering the heat from the VRAM and gpu to the cooler waterblock because its better at transfering heat right? Stop me if I'm wrong.

The plate will be custom bent to the demensions of the stock cooler so don't worry about it shorting out : )

I'll post pictures and temps when I'm done.

DeViLzzz · January 9, 2015

Good luck with your project. I am looking forward to seeing pics.

Spev · January 9, 2015

Just thought I would throw this out there, you can often find the G10 from NZXT on sale. @Faceman has even pointed it out to be before when I seen it on sale for $10. I appreciate your creativity, but why not just wait for a sale if money is tough? If I'm understanding what you're trying to do, it's use a CPU cooler to cool your GPU? Don't you still have to find a way to cool the VRM?

Faceman · January 9, 2015

Ya I agree.. Why do this when the G10 can be purchased for $10 and is useable on almost every single card, and compatible with most Asetek AIOs. I'm still curious to see how it turns out, but I think it is a fruitless endeavor. Also, I want to mention on OCN there was a guy selling universal AIO brackets for GPUs. They are pretty ghetto, but seem to work really well.

M305809 · January 9, 2015

You guys crushed my hopes and dreams. LOL : )

I want to make a custom plate to not only cool the gpu but also the v-modules that is why i dont want to settle for a NZXT bracket. The NZXT bracket only blows air over the v-modules and besides, I have some time off so it'll be fun!

Faceman · January 9, 2015

You guys crushed my hopes and dreams. LOL : )

I want to make a custom plate to not only cool the gpu but also the v-modules that is why i dont want to settle for a NZXT bracket. The NZXT bracket only blows air over the v-modules and besides, I have some time off so it'll be fun!

Thats all it needs. On my GTX 780 my VRMs have never exceeded 54C. These components are capable of doing 110C, obviously lower is always better, but that is a ton of headroom.