Is anyone watercooling thier chipset who is using an artic cooler? If so what block are you using or did you modify the artic cooler? I just ordered a polar flow chipset cooler, but its still to big to use without cuting into the artic cooler, just wondering if anyone else has attempted this
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X850xt + Artic Cooling + chipset water cooling
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To clarify, i have a wc setup with cpu and northbridge chipset waterblocks, the northbridge block is a maze4. i also have an x850xt video card for which i ordered an artic cooler at silencer rev2. this cooler will not fit with the maze4 installed, im looking for
1. a northbridge waterblock that will fit with the artic cooler installed or
2. someone who has possibly modified either the artic cooler or polarflow tt waterblock(which i just ordered since it has side inlet/outlet-im thinking about notching out the artic cooler to make it fit) and how well it works
1. a northbridge waterblock that will fit with the artic cooler installed or
2. someone who has possibly modified either the artic cooler or polarflow tt waterblock(which i just ordered since it has side inlet/outlet-im thinking about notching out the artic cooler to make it fit) and how well it works
Ahh Okay I get you know.
Yeah, I am not sure what you are gonna be able to do about that.
If the FAN on the AC wasn't haning over the end of the card like it does, you could just cut back the plastic to make room.
Your only option is to find a WC block.... But where to look...
Have you checked out what Danger Dan has in ways of Blocks for the X850XT-PE
Yeah, I am not sure what you are gonna be able to do about that.
If the FAN on the AC wasn't haning over the end of the card like it does, you could just cut back the plastic to make room.
Your only option is to find a WC block.... But where to look...
Have you checked out what Danger Dan has in ways of Blocks for the X850XT-PE
sorry im confused your air cooling your video card and watercooling you chipset ?
seems like it should be the other way around. But that up to you. So you may want to condsider a zalman passive chipset cooler. Its stepped so it should fit under the acrtic cooler(if memory serves me right, website has dims). If you want to improve performance a little more you can mount a quieter 60mm fan to the side. This is what I plan on doing to my neo2, once the heatsink arrives. I watercool my videocard though.
http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=71&code=014
btw those low flow blocks mentioned above would do very bad things for your flow rate
seems like it should be the other way around. But that up to you. So you may want to condsider a zalman passive chipset cooler. Its stepped so it should fit under the acrtic cooler(if memory serves me right, website has dims). If you want to improve performance a little more you can mount a quieter 60mm fan to the side. This is what I plan on doing to my neo2, once the heatsink arrives. I watercool my videocard though.
http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=71&code=014
btw those low flow blocks mentioned above would do very bad things for your flow rate
ok ok, you guys talked me into it 
, i just ordered a maze4 gpu block. I guess at least now i wont have to completely dissasemble my mobo to get the other water blocks off. Now... anyone interested in a artic cooler or a polarflow tt gpu/chipset waterblock - both unused
, i just ordered a maze4 gpu block. I guess at least now i wont have to completely dissasemble my mobo to get the other water blocks off. Now... anyone interested in a artic cooler or a polarflow tt gpu/chipset waterblock - both unused 
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You'll be happy with the maze-4 GPU block.
I'd ditch the NB water block and go with active air cooling on that.
I'd ditch the NB water block and go with active air cooling on that.
