Water Cooling the 5900 Ultra Question

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I just got the the Swiftech MCW50 gpu waterblock and I have a MSI FX5900 Ultra. The questions is: How do I get the water block onto the video card? None of the holes line up except for one (then it throughs all the other holes off) . Any help would be great right about now.

 

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buy a waterblock that fits your card.

 

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Check this out. It says it works on FX:
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcw50.asp#2

 

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just use thermal epoxy. You can use any waterblock that way.

be warned: I did not get a SINGLE extra mhz out of wcing my vid card. (And thats chillin it to 0c too!). I suppose it all depends on your card. Also, keep in mind that the lack of airflow can be disastrous if you dont have a casefan nearby. I ended up having ot mount a fan on my card(depsite adding ramsinks) to keep the ram cool.

 

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I'll try that. I finally got the rest of my parts for my new wc rig and this whole thing with the 5900 Ultra and the MCW50 took me by surprise. I sat there and stared at the 2 parts for at least 2 hours trying to figure out what I can do without having to buy anything else. Oh well. Tough ***** for me. I'll need to stop by the closest computer store (1 hour drive) and pick me up some artic silver adhesive. Thanx for the help!

 

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Yeah, I'm also trying to WC my FX 5800 Ultra. Those HSFs are huge.

I hope its possible, I'll probably email Swiftech and ask or just do some experiement.

Good luck and let me know how it goes...

DP

 

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Is your card one that needs active ram cooling? if so, then how do you plan on cooling that?

Are you sure there isnt 4 holes around the gpu? They shoudl be right in the corners of it.

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I have the MSI Ultra 256. I am planning on removing the HSF and epoxying (Artic Silver Adhesive) the MCW50 water block to it. For he ram, I got one of those 80mm fans that you can have floating above the cards as a way to direct air. That should take care of the active cooling for the ram.