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SO I uh, well the truth is I just want to be [H]ard. So [H]ard it hurts.
All kidding aside I'm bored / curious and it's way past the time where I stop thinking straight.
I've decided to modify my 980 Ti Hybrid with a bigger radiator! Why because? Because, because. Ain't got nothin' better to do. And because.
While yes, I could theoretically do a custom loop which I've been talking about forever, and tried once but failed (fuck Swiftech customizable AIO's), but here and now I have the parts to hack apart some other AIO units and void all of the warranties. So why not! Though this is the USA where everything is perfect land, and if push came to shove they'd need to prove that a capacitor blowing out for instance was due to the different radiator. But whatever! Also a custom loop would be $400 minimum to do it right I think. This is free'ish.
The EVGA 980 Ti Hybrid only comes with a small 120x120 radiator. It's hot as balls here and the small radiator can't even keep up with it being 75F in the room. Once the card hits 60C it throttles down so I can't keep a consistent 1.6ghz. Booooo, I know. No idea why, and I'm not the only one with this issue on this card and EVGA seems to give no fucks. I've tried a custom BIOS. Editing my own BIOS, K-boost - no such luck. So I've gotta cool this bitch down.
Ultimately I'd love a custom loop, but it's nice to have piece of mind with warranties, not that that matters anymore! Woops. The best thing to do would probably be bite the bullet, buy one of EKWB's G2 predators, get a full cover block for the GPU, an extra radiator and call it a day, and in all likelihood this is what will ultimately happen, but until then, we're off to adventure and make mistakes my friends!
I have a spare H100i laying around that's going to donate itself to the cause. Unfortunately the base of the water block / pump that EVGA uses on the 980 Ti Hybrid is different than the H100i. Asetek uses a round cold plate and CoolIT uses a square. So scavenging the radiator seems like the way to go. And yes I could get a Kraken G10, but there are RAM and in particular VRM cooling issues galore with the G10 option that fuck you in other ways. The V2 EVGA 980 Ti Hybrid mid plate is far superior in every way to stick on heatsinks and unfortunately you can't mount both together without it being a huge pain in the ass guestimating with washers, shims and other fuckery so that you don't crack your GPU die. No thanks.
I'm not sure how far along this project will get. I'm going to write and add pictures as I go in chapters and If it starts leading into an area where destroying the GPU or other components gets close, things shall cease and I'll let you know know what the problem is / was. But for now, let's get started! And yes, I have benchmarks prior to the modification.
First things first, harvest the H100i Radiator from the Corsair AIO unit. Snip snip:
Find some old super high end radiator fluid made of unicorn blood. This is what will go back inside:
Acquired some extra tubing. I chose to get 5/16" reinforced rubber fuel hose as its chemical resistant and holds 80 PSI. No need for fuel injector grade:
Got some Brass Couplings that are a bit too tight. They're 3/8 (one size up) to fit snug, and I'll be dipping the new hose in boiling water to slip fit it on the radiator and new fittings. I should clarify I don't plan on completely removing the hoses from the GPU AIO Block. I'm most likely going to cut them and use the aforementioned barbs to link up to the 'new' radiator. Going to give putting the radiator, new hose and barbs on) together first:
Boil some water to soften the new hose so that it can slip on the new barbs. It should be secure without clamps. But I'm not quite comfortable with that:
Remove old hose from the donor AIO radiator. It looks like these were slip fit and ultrasonically welded with heatshrink overlaid to tidy things up:
Looks like the old hose was indeed slip fit. And was not ultrasonicly welded. No clamps. No glue. Nada. Just a good tight fit...:
I was a bit surprised at the amount of corrosion / residue. Cleaned up the barbs on the radiator above and slip fit on some new hose using hot water. Heating both the hose end and barbs on the radiator was necessary:
Yeah that's my middle finger blocking out the serial number you fuckers
It really doesn't look like the hoses need clamps. But safety first. As is I cannot remove them, just like the stock hoses without cutting them off. I've cut them to a length of 15" for now which should give some room to work with when positioning the new radiator. Come to think of it, I suppose I could even keep the original 120x120 mounted. And tap in to it. I think it'd need an additional pump though and scavenging more H100i parts would be ridiculous:
Boiled the double ended barbs in water along with the ends of the hoses now connected to the donor radiator and pressed them in. Same snug fit as earlier:
Check out my new big black hose and nipples:
That's all for the work for tonight! It's going on after 4 AM. Depending how bold I get tomorrow I might hook up the GPU. So far so good. Haven't hit any "Danger Will Robinson" snags or broken anything as of yet
Ahh it's nice to have spares to fuck around with.
Thoughts? Ideas?
All kidding aside I'm bored / curious and it's way past the time where I stop thinking straight.
I've decided to modify my 980 Ti Hybrid with a bigger radiator! Why because? Because, because. Ain't got nothin' better to do. And because.
While yes, I could theoretically do a custom loop which I've been talking about forever, and tried once but failed (fuck Swiftech customizable AIO's), but here and now I have the parts to hack apart some other AIO units and void all of the warranties. So why not! Though this is the USA where everything is perfect land, and if push came to shove they'd need to prove that a capacitor blowing out for instance was due to the different radiator. But whatever! Also a custom loop would be $400 minimum to do it right I think. This is free'ish.
The EVGA 980 Ti Hybrid only comes with a small 120x120 radiator. It's hot as balls here and the small radiator can't even keep up with it being 75F in the room. Once the card hits 60C it throttles down so I can't keep a consistent 1.6ghz. Booooo, I know. No idea why, and I'm not the only one with this issue on this card and EVGA seems to give no fucks. I've tried a custom BIOS. Editing my own BIOS, K-boost - no such luck. So I've gotta cool this bitch down.
Ultimately I'd love a custom loop, but it's nice to have piece of mind with warranties, not that that matters anymore! Woops. The best thing to do would probably be bite the bullet, buy one of EKWB's G2 predators, get a full cover block for the GPU, an extra radiator and call it a day, and in all likelihood this is what will ultimately happen, but until then, we're off to adventure and make mistakes my friends!
I have a spare H100i laying around that's going to donate itself to the cause. Unfortunately the base of the water block / pump that EVGA uses on the 980 Ti Hybrid is different than the H100i. Asetek uses a round cold plate and CoolIT uses a square. So scavenging the radiator seems like the way to go. And yes I could get a Kraken G10, but there are RAM and in particular VRM cooling issues galore with the G10 option that fuck you in other ways. The V2 EVGA 980 Ti Hybrid mid plate is far superior in every way to stick on heatsinks and unfortunately you can't mount both together without it being a huge pain in the ass guestimating with washers, shims and other fuckery so that you don't crack your GPU die. No thanks.
I'm not sure how far along this project will get. I'm going to write and add pictures as I go in chapters and If it starts leading into an area where destroying the GPU or other components gets close, things shall cease and I'll let you know know what the problem is / was. But for now, let's get started! And yes, I have benchmarks prior to the modification.
First things first, harvest the H100i Radiator from the Corsair AIO unit. Snip snip:
Find some old super high end radiator fluid made of unicorn blood. This is what will go back inside:
Acquired some extra tubing. I chose to get 5/16" reinforced rubber fuel hose as its chemical resistant and holds 80 PSI. No need for fuel injector grade:
Got some Brass Couplings that are a bit too tight. They're 3/8 (one size up) to fit snug, and I'll be dipping the new hose in boiling water to slip fit it on the radiator and new fittings. I should clarify I don't plan on completely removing the hoses from the GPU AIO Block. I'm most likely going to cut them and use the aforementioned barbs to link up to the 'new' radiator. Going to give putting the radiator, new hose and barbs on) together first:
Boil some water to soften the new hose so that it can slip on the new barbs. It should be secure without clamps. But I'm not quite comfortable with that:
Remove old hose from the donor AIO radiator. It looks like these were slip fit and ultrasonically welded with heatshrink overlaid to tidy things up:
Looks like the old hose was indeed slip fit. And was not ultrasonicly welded. No clamps. No glue. Nada. Just a good tight fit...:
I was a bit surprised at the amount of corrosion / residue. Cleaned up the barbs on the radiator above and slip fit on some new hose using hot water. Heating both the hose end and barbs on the radiator was necessary:
Yeah that's my middle finger blocking out the serial number you fuckers
It really doesn't look like the hoses need clamps. But safety first. As is I cannot remove them, just like the stock hoses without cutting them off. I've cut them to a length of 15" for now which should give some room to work with when positioning the new radiator. Come to think of it, I suppose I could even keep the original 120x120 mounted. And tap in to it. I think it'd need an additional pump though and scavenging more H100i parts would be ridiculous:
Boiled the double ended barbs in water along with the ends of the hoses now connected to the donor radiator and pressed them in. Same snug fit as earlier:
Check out my new big black hose and nipples:
That's all for the work for tonight! It's going on after 4 AM. Depending how bold I get tomorrow I might hook up the GPU. So far so good. Haven't hit any "Danger Will Robinson" snags or broken anything as of yet
Ahh it's nice to have spares to fuck around with.
Thoughts? Ideas?
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