Why no GPU without cooler models for water coolers?

[3t3P]

Has this ever been done, selling a bare GPU so a block can be put on right away for the water cooling fraternity/me

Might save a bit of money or make warranty issues moot as no one has then tampered with the cooler/HSF assembly?

CPUs do this why not graphics cards?

 

[Grim5]

I’ve seen it a few times in the past but anymore

 

[BeeP]

Never seen this done personally, seems like a decent option to have though.

 

[3t3P]

What card(s) have people seen this on? Since I started building in 2004 don't recall seeing one myself.

 

[Brazo]

I suspect the cooler is where a lot of the profit goes for an AIB gpu.

If they just sold you the bare chip on a pcb there doing little more than transferring the chip which they didn’t make adding ram they didn’t make and soldering them onto a board.

Maybe such a card could come direct from the manufacturer but again adding their cooler gives them a markup.

I would just buy a card and keep the cooler because it gives you a much bigger market come resale time.

 

[Freddie1980]

Has this ever been done, selling a bare GPU so a block can be put on right away for the water cooling fraternity/me

Might save a bit of money or make warranty issues moot as no one has then tampered with the cooler/HSF assembly?

CPUs do this why not graphics cards?

Because inevitably there some noob will buy one thinking 'whoa that's cheap' doesn't bother reading the warning signs and notifications that the needs a cooler fitted, plug it straight into their PC and boot up and breaking it.

 

[oldbanana]

Just mark it or whatever making sure, if an idiot uses it without cooler it`s their own fault.

 

[an0nym0us]

I haven't seen any with just bare PCB, but they do sell ones with a block already attached:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N208TAORUSX-WB-11GC#kf

 

[BeeP]

Yeah a few shops sell them with blocks attached, ocuk have been doing it for a while.

 

[bledd]

Because inevitably there some noob will buy one thinking 'whoa that's cheap' doesn't bother reading the warning signs and notifications that the needs a cooler fitted, plug it straight into their PC and boot up and breaking it.

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