Well, its currently a work in progress, hopefully my radiator fans will arrive soon...until then it is untested (and likely broken) Before I hacked at it: Here we go...i really did hate that gold...: Preped with arcic siver + dielectric grease: Just waiting for some ramsinks and water:
There were only 2 of them, needed 2 more for the back....so I figured I would just replace them all and make them coherent.
Be sure that the pelt is making good contact with your GPU. When I recently removed the stock HSF on my r9700, I noticed the shim was preventing direct contact with the old HSF/new waterblock! I've also read it somewhere online in an article (don't remember). I noticed this when trying to mount the waterblock and then removing it, realizing there was no thermal grease on the copperblock, but still freshly applied and untouched on the GPU! The original HSF still had a clean layer of yellow thermal crud on it and the GPU was clean with no traces of it = NO CONTACT! Simple fix: gently pry the bugger off with a knife
Thanks for the heads-up. I checked it earlier to make sure it was making good contact, and it was. The only thing that Im really worried about is: condensation. Well, that and I wonder if its going to work when its plugged back in
Just curious, what is your pelt rated at? I still may consider adding a TEC to my GPU waterblock but the idea of getting a new PSU is putting me on hold. Since we have the same GPU and assuming we are both running at stock speeds, our heat/condensation levels should relatively be the same asides from the differences in our ambient temp.
I want to do that! But I am waiting till I get a GeforceFX ------------ Looks good, also check out my Peltier Cooled Radeon VIVO. http://www.zapwizard.com/radeon/ I was able to overclock it by 150MHZ!!! http://www.zapwizard.com/radeon/overclocking/ I