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Liquid cooling the 470

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xbonez

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I just purchased the GTX 470 (haven't received yet), and I've heard they run loud and hot. I'm contemplating using liquid cooling on them, however I have no prior experience with a DIY liquid cooling kit so I'm looking on some parts advice.

Currently, I'm not looking to liquid cool my CPU since it is being liquid cooled by the Corsair H50, and has been OC'ed to 4Ghz. Temps are very low but it won't OC further due to (what seems is common) a glitch/disagreement with 64-bit OS'es.

So, basically, what parts do I need. Is it just the following, or am I missing something?
Pump
Reservoir
pipes
waterblock for the 470
coolant/liquid
radiator

Also, could you recommend me which products to buy? I'm guessing I don't need a very powerful pump or a huge radiator since I'm only cooling a single GPU.

Below is my current config:

Antec 1200
Corsair 850W PSU
MSI 790FX GD-70
AMD Phenom II x4 9565BE 4.0Ghz
2 x HD 4890 Crossfire (now replacing with GTX 470)
2 x Samsung Spinpoint 500GB in RAID 0
2x2Gb G.Skill Ripjaws CL7 RAM 1600Mhz
 
You can get the XSPC kit, sell the CPU block then purchase the GTX470 full cover water block.
Buy some distill water + pt nuke and you all set.
 
I'm water cooling my i7 and GTX470 using Aqua Computer blocks, out of Germany. They're kind of expensive, but will make my entire system pretty close to whisper quiet. There are a lot of other options for cooling the 470 at varying expense levels, some cool the chip only, some provide entire board cooling, like the Aqua block I purchased. It all depends on the level of cooling you want and what price you want to hit.
 
Waterblocks don't differ to much cooling wise. As long as you have enough radiator area to dissipate the watts your parts put out almost anything will suffice. I went with all ek blocks and they are awesome. They cost about the same as other brands but according to the reviews out there they offer some of the best performance.
 
xbonez said:
I just purchased the GTX 470 (haven't received yet), and I've heard they run loud and hot.
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I just got one as well. The noise doesn't bother me that much but the heat does. I'm going to be water cooling my GTX470 as well.


Alot of blocks for the GTX470. The Aquamark looks good but i don't know where to buy it.


Not sure which is best.


I'm going to be running a 3x120mm radiator to i7-930 then into a 120mm radiator then to GTX470.

Have CPU block. Need to find a place that has good deals on radiators and the GTX470 block.
 
SonDa5 said:
Nice set up.
Who has the GTX470 Aqua Computer block in stock?
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I bought mine direct from Germany because I also ordered some monitoring equipment (Aquaero USB and flow meter). The worst part about doing that is shipping, because it will run you an essentially flat rate of 38€ to (in my case) Canada. I ordered parts with another friend, so shipping worked out OK.
 
Got my Aqua cool block. Waiting on a few more parts to build loop.

Packaging was cheezy bubble wrap, no box. Looks great.

AquacoolGTX470packaging.jpg


AquacoolgtxcoverGTX470.jpg



AquACoolGTXBlocksurface.jpg
 
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SonDa5 said:
Got my Aqua cool block. Waiting on a few more parts to build loop.

Packaging was cheezy bubble wrap, no box. Looks great.

AquacoolGTX470packaging.jpg


AquacoolgtxcoverGTX470.jpg



AquACoolGTXBlocksurface.jpg
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The packaging with Aqua isn't as good as EK, but the quality of the 470 block from Aqua is excellent.
 
Colonel_Panic said:
The packaging with Aqua isn't as good as EK, but the quality of the 470 block from Aqua is excellent.
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I'm really happy I found one. It's what I wanted. Was hard to come by till Sidewinder got them in stock.

Still waiting on other liquid cooling hardware to build my loop.
 
Colonel_Panic said:
The packaging with Aqua isn't as good as EK, but the quality of the 470 block from Aqua is excellent.
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True.



Extremely happy with performance of Aqua Tuning block on my GTX470.


Before loop with stock MSI GTX470 air cooling.
stockcoolingfurmarkgtx470.JPG




Loop in efftect with 5 hours of furmark and temps look great.

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Looks great.
 
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