Hi:cool:
I'm planning a side project that I never got around to doing since I've been busy as hell but I'm planning on water cooling my Asus Ares 4gb video card (still brand new, never used, - been really really busy -__-)
Well any way...I plan to use two Alphacool HF 14 ATI / nVidia Smart Motion Universal VGA Blocks - Copper Edition to cool both cores of the Ares.
Here's a link to what I'm thinking I should buy:
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15146/ex-blc-1070/Alphacool_HF_14_ATI_nVidia_Smart_Motion_Universa...Here's an outline of the Ares with its individual parts removed
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1357/ASUS_ARES-image_H.jpgHere's an outline of the exact specs and length of the waterblock
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/large/ex-blc-1070_6.jpgThe "universal“ compatibility claim is based on the mount with a hole spacing of 53.5 to 61.5mm.
It seems like it might just work and fit if I buy two of them and place them on separate areas of the Ares.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated on a proper liquid cooling setup just for the Ares (parts etc.) (I'm going for a closed loop system for the CPU so no problem there).
Oh and the overall parts configuration for this setup will be: (the setup seems a bit old, but all the parts are brand new and never been used, I've just been really really busy).
A Rampage 3 Extreme
24 gig of Ram memory (4x6) (I may use liquid cooling on this in the future...maybe)
120 gig SSD
A 570LX Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler for the CPU
the processor...(hmm...probably going to be an i7 980 or i7 990x)
the case....will be a problem (advice on this would be appreciated as well)
Thanks!