Need mounting holes for Water cooling?

ClarkKent

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Does my motherboard require mounting holes around the chip to get a CPU water block? My board doesn't have any but I really want to do water cooling. Are there any water blocks that will clip on like a regular heatsink? any help would be great.

 

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Thats the reason I bought a Maze 4 ,great WB IMO. I'm sure there are better that use the MB holes for mounting but the bracket dangerden sent me as as simlpe as lego's to use and works well enough for me.

 

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ClarkKent

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Sorry What are you saying. Are there water blocks available that don't require mounting holes? My motherboard doesn't have any holes around the cpu so I was wondering if there were brackets.

 

Aphex_Tom_9

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most all waterblocks are designed to be bolted to the MB through the holes, but some companies, such as dangerden, offer what's called a "Socket Hold Down" which clamps around the waterblock and then into the cpu socket's standard heatsink hold points

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it's the third item down on this page-
http://dangerden.com/mall/blocks/maze4.asp

 

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ClarkKent

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Thanx man. Will I be limited to what waterblocks I can put the "socket hold down" on or will I be able to purchase it with any water block?

 

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Take a look at Swiftech. They come with brackets and don't need bolts. They are high quality also. Here are a couple sites that have them, but they are all over so you can check one of your fav sites if you want to.


http://www.frozencpu.com/
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/

 

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ClarkKent

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Thanx for the extra options. the switech block and clip look really nice.

 

jiggamanjb

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That's what I got after a lot of research. It seemed to be the easiest for a WC noobie.

 

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ClarkKent

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well I'm definetily a water noob. would you mind listing your WC setup for me and where you puchased it?

 

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Via Aqua 1300 (pump) - www.dtekcustoms.com
Swiftech MCW6000 (CPU block) - www.frozencpu.com
Black Ice Micro 2 dual (radiator) - www.aquastealth.com
Bay-Res Reservoir - www.dtekcustoms.com
Home Depot tubing and clamps
Blue Anti-freeze - can't remember web site
Blue UV dye - www.dtekcustoms.com

here is a good link for all sites
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=126143

here is a link to the setup i just got done
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=311723

 

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or you can make your own block with clips like this...