Watercooling on Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-X ?

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This is the card I have: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-304-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

I bought it recently and it runs beautifully i can play games on ultra with 60fps etc... but the fans are way too loud! It's fine when running games without anti-aliasing since it barely reaches 60c but if i want anti-aliasing it gets really hot to around 75c and the fans kick in which ruins the immersion when gaming :/

I was thinking of watercooling it, is this possible on this card? I don't want t overclock i just want to reduce it's noise.

Can anyone suggest me a cheap option? By cheap i mean it doesn't have to be an amazing watercooler it just has to be good quality so it don't leak or whatever :p

Would be a great help! Thanks
 
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According to CoolingConfigurator.com, EK have no plans to make a full-cover waterblock for this card...

So... you're looking at another manufacturer, or getting something like the EK VGA Supremacy, plus the EK-VGA Supreme HF HD7970 Cu Adapter, which OcUK don't stock...

Plus the rest of the watercooling stuff, pump, tubing, reservoir, fans, radiator, if you don't have them already.
 
Confused said:
According to CoolingConfigurator.com, EK have no plans to make a full-cover waterblock for this card...

So... you're looking at another manufacturer, or getting something like the EK VGA Supremacy, plus the EK-VGA Supreme HF HD7970 Cu Adapter, which OcUK don't stock...

Plus the rest of the watercooling stuff, pump, tubing, reservoir, fans, radiator, if you don't have them already.
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oh... nevermind i'll try to improve airflow of my case instead haha
 
What case do you have? Also don't rule out watercooling just yet, you could still go with a universal block if you wanted to.
 
Aryube said:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...portFAQ&prodSeriesId=5035344&prodTypeId=12454

thats my pc but it now has PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W and the graphics card mentioned
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There's no way you're gonna get a rad in there without some modding :(

Here's a quick basket I knocked up:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £51.98
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £49.99
1 x EK-VGA Supremacy - Acetal+Nickel £39.98
1 x XSPC X2O 450 Pump with Acrylic Reservoir £29.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Pure Black Coolant 1L £14.99
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £13.19 (£39.57)
1 x Alpenföhn Passive DRAM / VRAM Chip Coolers £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 3pin x3 Fan adaptor extension 60cm - Grey/Silver £5.99
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Clear £5.99
8 x OcUK Value 16/13mm 1/2"ID- 5/8"OD Compact Compression Fitting G/4" Thread - Silver £1.2 (£9.60)
Total : £273.56 (includes shipping : £11.25).




You'll need to find a way of mounting the rad though, you could just place it on a shelf or something like that :p
You will probably also need to cut a small hole in the back of the case for tubing.

OcUK seem to be out of stock on a lot of things so I went with some of the more expensive options in some cases. Have a look on your card to see how many VRMs it has and buy the mini heatsinks accordingly.

You need to make sure that you still have some decent airflow in your case :)

That's pretty much the cheapest you can do watercooling unless you want to mod an AIO cooler
 
Cleeecooo said:
There's no way you're gonna get a rad in there without some modding :(

Here's a quick basket I knocked up:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £51.98
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £49.99
1 x EK-VGA Supremacy - Acetal+Nickel £39.98
1 x XSPC X2O 450 Pump with Acrylic Reservoir £29.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Pure Black Coolant 1L £14.99
3 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £13.19 (£39.57)
1 x Alpenföhn Passive DRAM / VRAM Chip Coolers £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 3pin x3 Fan adaptor extension 60cm - Grey/Silver £5.99
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Clear £5.99
8 x OcUK Value 16/13mm 1/2"ID- 5/8"OD Compact Compression Fitting G/4" Thread - Silver £1.2 (£9.60)
Total : £273.56 (includes shipping : £11.25).




You'll need to find a way of mounting the rad though, you could just place it on a shelf or something like that :p
You will probably also need to cut a small hole in the back of the case for tubing.

OcUK seem to be out of stock on a lot of things so I went with some of the more expensive options in some cases. Have a look on your card to see how many VRMs it has and buy the mini heatsinks accordingly.

You need to make sure that you still have some decent airflow in your case :)

That's pretty much the cheapest you can do watercooling unless you want to mod an AIO cooler
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Thanks for this! It'll help with my decision :)
 
If you go with some of the stuff that Cleeecooo suggested, don't forget the HD7970 Cu Adapter I mentioned, else the VGA block won't make contact with the core of the chip!
 
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