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what if you were to add one of these to cool the VRM? I don't need any comments about copper, trust me i'm an engineer.... it's aluminum on purpose there is a copper variant of this.

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to be fair a flattened pipe would be about the same i recon but i'm pitching the concept here.

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1 minute ago, Leonard said:

How do you plan to fasten it to the MOBO?

how long have you been watching LTT for? zipties fam.

 

thouse some come with mouting hardware

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1 minute ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

how long have you been watching LTT for? zipties fam

Oh, i didn't know you were one of those "zip ties are good enough" people, please disregard and sorry for the comment on your post,

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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honestly i could have this be it's own loop too. with a 10$ 80mm radiator off ebay and a small pump

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Just now, Leonard said:

Oh, i didn't know you were one of those "zip ties are good enough" people, please disregard and sorry for the comment on your post,

xD it's not like i'm going to be moving the system at all so it's fine

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4 minutes ago, dave_k said:

You can get such special VRM waterblocks on ebay or something. They have the shape needed and adjustable screw holes.

they're all copper

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