Hey chaps.
Ive got an Nvidia 5800 ultra which has the old "dust buster" cooler attached. Now this is a good card, but DAMN is it noisy. So having fitted my first WC rig, I decided I would design and build a water-block for the card to replace the old cooler.
Basically, Ive measured the memory chips and GPU itself, and come up with a plan, but need to know if you think it will work.
The image isnt great, but click it to get a bigger version:
The red dotted lines are the locations of the chips, the black the proposed outline of the water-chanels. I was going to put the water in directly above the GPU, and then out above the farthest-most memory chips (green circles)
The block itself will be made from 12mm copper sheet, the bottom side machined to accept the lower memory chips. I was thinking of making the top from acrylic, sealed to the base by either a gasket or an o-ring.
Pump I have is an Eheim 1048, which is currently pumping through an XXS Innovatek CPU block. Will it be man enough for the task do you think?
Any comments will be greatly received.