Thanks Joe
pippin88
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"Bit annoying when taking off though, as you can get bits of water everywhere"
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The connections and input/output are in the top chamber area so as long as the card is held upside down when the ram block is unbolted no trapped coolant should fall on the card, in theory.
MadDogMe
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"It's not what I thought, I thought the water entered one side went down and connected through the lower 'join' and up the other side to exit. Do you think it gets good flow on both sides?..."
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To do it as you say was my original intention, but if you look at the R9800 pro layout there is a one of those graphite copper coil things you mention right where the bottom finger part of the cooler wants to be. To avoid this the front ram block has the underside of this finger part milled out, which would have made it near impossible for it to be a channel as well. The ram chips although very hot to touch naked, are only giving off a small amount of heat. A trickle of flow will be enough to cool them as they are in contact with a largish copper block. There is good flow through both however, touching the backside ram block it feels cold, (16C coolant temp in a 25C ambient atm). The cooler is heavy but I haven't made any extra support. It would be a good idea if the PC was moved about though, there is a hole in the card that could be used for a simple brace.
Best to read the entire topic I linked you to previously for more info about the Radeon 9700 pro cooling as I removed the plate in doing the ram v mod.