Are There Any Actively Cooled GPU Backplates?

[Dash Lambda]

I just started wondering this.

What I mean by 'actively cooled backplate' is essentially a waterblock on the back of the card.

 

I'm not in the delusion that it would actually do much, and I realize the issues it could cause with SLI and whatnot, but it seems like the sort of extreme "because we can" thing that at least someone would do.

I mean, a lot of cards nowadays are starting to have heat-producing components on the back as well...

[Mr.Meerkat]

So yes, they do exist for some cards  

[DevilishBooster]

Yup, what @Mr.Meerkat posted. I have those parts on my list for a future over the top build that I want to do. They sure are purrrrrrty!

[vorticalbox]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

So yes, they do exist for some cards  

so it has a heatpipe from where the core would be and then a tiny water block are the end it it? I can't see this doing very much.

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, vorticalbox said:

so it has a heatpipe from where the core would be and then a tiny water block are the end it it? I can't see this doing very much.

idk but it's not like the 290X had much on it's back that required cooling  

[Dash Lambda]

1 minute ago, vorticalbox said:

so it has a heatpipe from where the core would be and then a tiny water block are the end it it? I can't see this doing very much.

It wouldn't do much if it had channels either. That's rather the point.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

idk but it's not like the 290X had much on it's back that required cooling  

Some VRMs.

[thekeemo]

I know the asus 6xxx dcu series did

[Mr.Meerkat]

4 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Some VRMs.

Still...a 1200Mhz 290X with only the VRMs cooled on the front side doesn't go over 65-70C depending on whether it's VRM1 or 2...

[Dash Lambda]

8 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

I know the asus 6xxx dcu series did

I can't seem to find that...

[thekeemo]

2 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I can't seem to find that...

it has heat pads to the back of the gpu die

[Dash Lambda]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

it has heat pads to the back of the gpu die

Oh, I saw that picture...

That's not what I'm talking about, though. I'm talking about active cooling. Hopefully something with water channels.

[thekeemo]

1 minute ago, Dash Lambda said:

Oh, I saw that picture...

That's not what I'm talking about, though. I'm talking about active cooling. Hopefully something with water channels.

Ive seen cards that have a fan o the top of the card to cool the back

[Dash Lambda]

5 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

Ive seen cards that have a fan o the top of the card to cool the back

Yeah, that's the iGame iChill Ultra. Is that fan really for the back? I could never find a good teardown of that thing...

[RaspberryPiFan]

Yes. There are also HDD blocks. Not SSD, HDD. (EK is making a 750 series block though)

[TheRandomness]

6 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Yeah, that's the iGame iChill Ultra. Is that fan really for the back? I could never find a good teardown of that thing...

[Dash Lambda]

3 minutes ago, RaspberryPiFan said:

Yes. There are also HDD blocks. Not SSD, HDD. (EK is making a 750 series block though)

I was hoping for examples...

[RaspberryPiFan]

2 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I was hoping for examples...

Well... You should had said that.