GPU water cooling setup questions

PhoenixOfChaos

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• Nov 19, 2005

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I've been thinking about getting some water cooling for my X850XT - but I'm a total noob to water cooling. How much do you guys think a good setup for a GPU would cost before I start looking much further into parts and such.

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• Nov 19, 2005

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if you are going to go all out and cool the GPU why not the CPU as well? Or are you allready cooling the CPU?

 

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• Nov 20, 2005

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PhoenixOfChaos said:

I've been thinking about getting some water cooling for my X850XT - but I'm a total noob to water cooling. How much do you guys think a good setup for a GPU would cost before I start looking much further into parts and such.

Alright thanks guys.

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For just a GPU...hmm...I dunno bout that cost.

But if you did wanna also go CPU WCing...I'd say about $200-$300 would be a very nice performer.

Here's a good thread for what people tend to spend on general WCing: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=403289

 

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You can get a very nice setup for $200-$250. You can go lot less and still get a decent setup also depending on what parts you get and whether or not you buy used.

 

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I have a XP-90c on my CPU with nice temps and a fairly good oc. Unlike my megahot x850xt (63 when benching). I could get it for CPU but I figured that would raise the price more and defy me just recently getting a XP-90c whereas I'm still using stock for x850XT.Also I figured it would be cheaper to just get GPU h2o cooling for now.

 

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ive just put a maze 4 on my x800xt .. good block but i dont like the fittings... card was 37 idle and 50 somthing when warmed up.. now its 29/30 idle and 42 max and thats with it setup after my cpu block on a prescot. piks on request

 

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If you're just cooling the VC, it would probably be closer to 200 or maybe even less. But what cooler are you using on the VC now?

 

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For now I'm just using stock cooling on it. Also if I were to upgrade to water on my CPU would that require a major part change or just a slight addon?

 

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PhoenixOfChaos said:

For now I'm just using stock cooling on it. Also if I were to upgrade to water on my CPU would that require a major part change or just a slight addon?

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as of components on your computer, there would be no parts change. As for the components of your water cooling setup, you would need to add a cpu block and prolly get a bigger rad.