Sapphire Radeon RX 460 OC 2GB

[Sn1p3z]

I am looking for a water block for the Sapphire Radeon RX 460 OC 2GB graphics card to go along with my HUANAN X79 motherboard and Xeon E5 2690.

[Psittac]

probably going to be difficult if not impossible to find.  Most of the blocks are for reference style boards, there is the occasional non-reference block but that's usually for ones that come with a block or the strix or something.

[Sn1p3z]

Just now, Psittac said:

probably going to be difficult if not impossible to find.  Most of the blocks are for reference style boards, there is the occasional non-reference block but that's usually for ones that come with a block or the strix or something.

I can find some for the RX470 and RX480 but not the RX460

[Psittac]

you need to find out if your board is a reference or proprietary design.  If reference you have a shot

[Sn1p3z]

Just now, Psittac said:

you need to find out if your board is a reference or proprietary design.  If reference you have a shot

How did it go from Graphics Card to Motherboard?

[Psittac]

1 minute ago, Sn1p3z said:

How did it go from Graphics Card to Motherboard?

The layout of a gpu board can either be reference, IE: exact layout from AMD or it can be proprietary IE: changed by sapphire.

 

My first go at water cooling I had dual r9 280 nittro 4gb and ordered two ekwb only to find out that my sapphire nittro was not a reference or "standard" layout

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

The layout of a gpu board can either be reference, IE: exact layout from AMD or it can be proprietary IE: changed by sapphire.

 

My first go at water cooling I had dual r9 280 nittro 4gb and ordered two ekwb only to find out that my sapphire nittro was not a reference or "standard" layout

Oh well the one I am looking at is a Sapphire

[Psittac]

do you have the card yet? If not I suggest looking for a card that you know is reference with a block made for it.

 

This looks to be the reference card, board makers do produce their own reference boards, but they also produce their own versions.

 

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/radeon-rx-series/radeon-rx-460

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

do you have the card yet? If not I suggest looking for a card that you know is reference with a block made for it.

 

This looks to be the reference card, board makers do produce their own reference boards, but they also produce their own versions.

 

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/radeon-rx-series/radeon-rx-460

I would like to find a cheap graphics card for around $100 that can run Counter Strike Global Offensive.

[Psittac]

Just now, Sn1p3z said:

I would like to find a cheap graphics card for around $100 that can run Counter Strike Global Offensive.

Just run air cooled and use the cost of the water block to put into a better card.  You will see minimal gains from water cooling, far less than putting that extra $100 into a better card.

[Sn1p3z]

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

Just run air cooled and use the cost of the water block to put into a better card.  You will see minimal gains from water cooling, far less than putting that extra $100 into a better card.

I would want to keep my budget under $800 because I am poor and don't know how to save up

[Sn1p3z]

Plus cs:go isn't a very demanding game in terms of graphics.

[Psittac]

Just now, Sn1p3z said:

I would want to keep my budget under $800 because I am poor and don't know how to save up

Then don't water cool, it offers little to no gains performance wise and the money you would have spent on it should go into hardware.  The main benefit of water cooling is silence because you can run fans slower.  Also it looks cool

[Psittac]

also, I suggest buying one component at a time.  I suck at saving up too but I built my main machine one part at a time

[Sn1p3z]

Just now, Psittac said:

Then don't water cool, it offers little to no gains performance wise and the money you would have spent on it should go into hardware.  The main benefit of water cooling is silence because you can run fans slower.  Also it looks cool

Thanks for the help and yeah you are right about that.