gpu waterblocks

marky g · 16 Jan 2012 at 00:47

do the gpu waterblocks do much as i cant put a full block on my 69502gb asus directcu11
as its non ref

Krony · 16 Jan 2012 at 00:57

No experience with this kind of block myself but ppl do get great results from them, u just have to make sure the other components on the card have adequate cooling like adding aircooled heatsinks to the vram.

Cupra · 16 Jan 2012 at 07:35

the gpu in general dumps sooo much heat into the case its the single most rewarding thinkg to watercool, as it removes the noisy stock cooler and dumps the heat in the rad and unleashes hot cards overclocking potential

Lordgrayone · 16 Jan 2012 at 07:46

Best thing you can do, not long done mine and wish I had done it ages ago

pastymuncher · 16 Jan 2012 at 09:53

Core only blocks are excellent. Argueably, they cool the core better than a full cover block. You also don't need a new block when you change the card.

panyan · 16 Jan 2012 at 10:28

pastymuncher said:
Argueably, they cool the core better than a full cover block.

really? have you got a source for this?

skyripper · 16 Jan 2012 at 10:44

marky g said:
do the gpu waterblocks do much as i cant put a full block on my 69502gb asus directcu11
as its non ref

I've got a generic XSPC waterblock on my 6950. Easy to fit. Silent. Effective. Needs heatsinks on VRMs and RAM but they're easy to do.

Full cover waterblocks look better, and also cool the VRMs and RAM.

Performance wise? Couldnt be happier. Can post some temps if you want.

pastymuncher · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:55

panyan said:
really? have you got a source for this?

I said argueably and it has been the case for years. A full cover block is a straight in one side and out the other affair while most modern core only blocks have impingement designs the same as CPU blocks. Theoretically the impingement design block should deliver better core cooling.

marky g · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:57

pastymuncher said:
I said argueably and it has been the case for years. A full cover block is a straight in one side and out the other affair while most modern core only blocks have impingement designs the same as CPU blocks. Theoretically the impingement design block should deliver better core cooling.

marky g · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:00

pastymuncher said:
I said argueably and it has been the case for years. A full cover block is a straight in one side and out the other affair while most modern core only blocks have impingement designs the same as CPU blocks. Theoretically the impingement design block should deliver better core cooling.

ive got the i5 760. but i cant get it any higher than 3.5 my board is p7p55m any advice how to get to 4.0

pastymuncher · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:12

For 4Ghz i use the following settings:-

20x200
Vcore 1.28125v
IMC 1.12v
CPU PLL 1.8625v
PCH 1.0875v

All other voltages are set to minimums.

4.2Ghz requires:-

21x200
vcore 1.375v (which is why i run it at 4Ghz)
CPU PLL 1.900v
IMC 1.13175v
PCH1.15v

Again all other voltages set to minimums.

Ram is running at 1600mhz on both clocks. The two spread spectrums are disabled and the rest of the options (apart from ram timings/voltages) are on auto.

To apply the extra voltage i just added the extra needed to the stock volts to the offset voltage. That way speedstep still works.

I notice your boad only has a 4 pin cpu socket. That could end up limiting a high overclock as well.

Cleeecooo · 16 Jan 2012 at 19:00

panyan said:
really? have you got a source for this?

he's right, but it makes pretty much no difference

rjk · 17 Jan 2012 at 09:03

core blocks cool better than full cover
full cover look neater and cool all of the important bits of the card.

in the grand scheme of things, there is no real difference

iirc there was a big thread on Xs about it.
possibly a skinnee labs group test etc.