Cooling Chipset block for a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

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  1. cfuk

    cfuk What's a Dremel?

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    I was thinking about adding a water block to my n/b as i'm moving to water cooling soon. I have a 6800GT fitted to the board so there is not much room. Is there a block that would fit? i'm using 1/2 barbs.

    Thanks :)
     
  2. DanMcr

    DanMcr What's a Dremel?

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    Well, looking at my board, there is sod all room under the the agp card, so getting a low enough profile block to make sure it doesnt foul anything will be pretty hard. (Theres a cap on my 9800pro right in the way, and i believe 6800gts are longer cards, so could be easier or harder depending on board layout)

    It doesnt need that much cooling, and not really worth the expense of watercooling it imho. You wont see any benefit anyway. (Overclocking that is)

    Your better off going for a passive sink to get rid of the noisy fan. I looked at the zalman one a while back, and it tapers on one side iirc, so i rekon it will fit ok, but if not, modding it slightly wont be hard. (Im sure some ppl on MSI forums have fitted it ok but cant remember, ppl on there have also swapped the standard whiner for the vantec fan/sinks for older graphics cards, and they run quieter apparently)

    Its a dam site cheaper, and just as effective.
     
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