CPU cooler on a GPU

[Mokzin]

 

 

So he does this with what seems to be a medium sized card now do you think this is possible with a larger card and do you think it would actually help it lower the temp more than the stock? Also would this cool all the same parts of the card as the stock because it obviously does not cover the same amount of area.

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It would definitely help any card since it's so massive compared to the stock gpu cooler.  Problem is, and you guessed it, it doesn't cover all the same areas like the vram and vrms

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It would definitely help any card since it's so massive compared to the stock gpu cooler.  Problem is, and you guessed it, it doesn't cover all the same areas like the vram and vrms

He solved the cooling for the rest of the card by gluing on heatsinks on the VRMs and VRAM. Convection in the case he mounted the GPU in provided sufficient airflow over these.

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1 minute ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

He solved the cooling for the rest of the card by gluing on heatsinks on the VRMs and VRAM. Convection in the case he mounted the GPU in provided sufficient airflow over these.

Yeah I remember that video.  It was a clever solution, but the point remains, however you do it, that other stuff needs some love too

[Mokzin]

1 minute ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

He solved the cooling for the rest of the card by gluing on heatsinks on the VRMs and VRAM. Convection in the case he mounted the GPU in provided sufficient airflow over these.

other than that though is there any other possible solutions in a non-custom built case?

 

The case he uses he made himself

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Now try elegantly mounting that in a case

[Mokzin]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Now try elegantly mounting that in a case

yeah that is what i am trying to figure how someone would do it in a case from a manufacturer like cooler master or in win or fractal because the guy uses a case he made himself. I mean you might need to make some custom brackets inside to keep it from pulling the card down and also need a way to cool the other parts and not sure the passive heat sinks he uses would work as well unless airflow is directed right at them.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, Mokzin said:

yeah that is what i am trying to figure how someone would do it in a case from a manufacturer like cooler master or in win or fractal because the guy uses a case he made himself. I mean you might need to make some custom brackets inside to keep it from pulling the card down and also need a way to cool the other parts and not sure the passive heat sinks he uses would work as well unless airflow is directed right at them.

I would imagine that resting it on a bottom mounted power supply would be the easiest solution.

[Mokzin]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I would imagine that resting it on a bottom mounted power supply would be the easiest solution.

possibly but might not be tall enough to set on it without something else between them. I have a MSI GTX 970, i don't rally have overheating problems that i noticed yet since i just got it about a week or two ago but I also have an extra Gammaxx 400 CPU cooler i am not using for anything. was kinda thinking about doing it and over clocking the card.

[DC117]

Look for the NZXT Kraken G10 if you're really serious on using a CPU cooler on your GPU

[Mokzin]

3 minutes ago, DC117 said:

Look for the NZXT Kraken G10 if you're really serious on using a CPU cooler on your GPU

that does look neat but it seems like it is a closed loop thing and might not be long enough for my card, I like the idea of just air cooling it, less points of failure but then again might be the same amount of points of failure since i might need to use something else to cool the Vram

[SkilledRebuilds]

Is your current GTX970 even getting hot anyway?

If this is your first attempt... try on a potato GPU like he did first.

[Mokzin]

5 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Is your current GTX970 even getting hot anyway?

If this is your first attempt... try on a potato GPU like he did first.

I have an MSI GTX 750 but i was planning to sell that to someeone for like $50

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

1 hour ago, DC117 said:

Look for the NZXT Kraken G10 if you're really serious on using a CPU cooler on your GPU

I spent a good deal of time trying to find out if Kraken or Corsair's equivalent would work for me, but they're so specific on card models and manufacturers that either it's not compatible with my card, or there's no data.

Though, with the GTX 10X0 series coming up, it might be easier for me to acquire a good water cooling solution, should I choose to do it.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Dayum I have the exact same case lying around. But is it stable?