Which Water block for a R9 270

Trunkey · 31 Mar 2015 at 07:04

I have been out of the Loop for a while but Im getting back into my pc and water-cooling.
I have a Sapphire R9 270 4gb card and wondered what water block would fit.
I had considered using an old Danger Den Maze 4 block but that would just leave circulating air to cool most of the card components, not so bad in a single card setup but if I go crossfire then it may become an issue.
Any thoughts welcome.

Kuros · 31 Mar 2015 at 18:16

Unfortunately you'll be hard pressed to find a full size water block for the 270 series, certainly the ones with 4gb. I spent a long time looking for one for my Saphire 270x 4gb version before giving up. Your best bet is as you said, use a GPU only block and get some passive heatsinks onto the other parts of the card.

Trunkey · 31 Mar 2015 at 19:03

Ok thanks for that, time to remove my peltier from the maze water block then!

Trunkey · 6 Apr 2015 at 15:10

Can any one recommend a gpu block for a Sapphire R9 270 card please.

Disco_P · 6 Apr 2015 at 15:31

You would have to get a universal block and then separate cooling for VRMs or just risk leaving them exposed. Which might cost a fair bit, especially in proportion to the card you are trying to cool.

Trunkey · 10 Apr 2015 at 10:39

Silly me my card is a 2Gb version and I have found a block that is designed for the reference version of that card.
Can anyone tell me with 100% certainty that my card listed below conforms to the reference design?
SAPPHIRE RADEON R9 Boost 270X Dual-X OC, 2048MB DDR5