Watercooling the GTX580?

fackamato · 29 Jul 2011 at 19:41

Hi guys,

I want to watercool my EVGA GTX580, it's a bit noisy while doing what it's doing. (temps around 85c full load)

Case: Lian Li PC-V354B Aluminium Mini-Tower Case - Black [PC-V354B]

The problem is my case, there's about half an inch (or ~1cm) of space between the bottom of the PSU (which is sideways in this case) and the graphic card, so any VGA block that has the tubes going out on the side of the GFX won't work as they'd hit the PSU.

Is there any solution out there for me? I'd have to use a 120mm rad, but I'd prefer a "all in one" kit price wise.

Cheers,

KiiYzOo · 29 Jul 2011 at 19:43

there are no all-in-one kits for the 580's currently, and your best bet would be a core only waterblock

fackamato · 29 Jul 2011 at 20:01

KiiYzOo said:
there are no all-in-one kits for the 580's currently, and your best bet would be a core only waterblock

Fudge!

That means I have to get a GPU block, heatsinks for mem/vrm, tubes, a pump, rad, reservoir...

Cleeecooo · 29 Jul 2011 at 20:33

fackamato said:
Fudge!

That means I have to get a GPU block, heatsinks for mem/vrm, tubes, a pump, rad, reservoir...

GPU block
CPU block
Pump
Res
rad

Tubing aswell and fittings

about the PSU issue, you can have both tubes coming out the top of the block

fackamato · 29 Jul 2011 at 20:35

Cleeecooo said:
GPU block
CPU block
Pump
Res
rad

Tubing aswell and fittings

about the PSU issue, you can have both tubes coming out the top of the block

Exactly, but that means I have to go that route. It's expensive, time consuming, will get everything wet, requires too much maintenance etc. :/

Cleeecooo · 29 Jul 2011 at 20:59

fackamato said:
Exactly, but that means I have to go that route. It's expensive, time consuming, will get everything wet, requires too much maintenance etc. :/

not much maintenance. once a year, just refill the loop!

Cleeecooo · 29 Jul 2011 at 21:00

Cleeecooo said:
not much maintenance. once a year, just refill the loop!

You can do it for less than £300 aswell

jorzeh · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:50

Cleeecooo said:
You can do it for less than £300 aswell

If you get the correct items, You can put together a GPU only setup for about £150.

Cleeecooo · 30 Jul 2011 at 16:07

Might aswell do the CPU aswell then!
You could do it for £220 min really for decent bits.

mike gunnz · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:56

Good luck trying to fit water cooling in a Lian Li 354B. It can be done with extensive modding though as a OCUK forum member put an excellent 354B WC build log on the forums I seem to remember.