-----------ASUS G20 LIQUID COOLING-----------is it possible?

Dear G20ers...(sounds ficking silly), I have since installing a gtx 1080ti, come to the conclusion that whatever we do, the limitation for the g20 will always be 'HEAT'.

The included internal fans are a joke and it took me 2 years to realise. For the past 6 months I have had issues with low fps when playing newer pc games; I realised that a gtx 980, the 'beast' had lost its balls....literally! When the gtc 1080 came out, I knew that months later, something bigger would come out....GTX 1080ti and since the purchase, I just got fed up with temps of around 80c for both CPU/GPU;

If you read my other thread, you realise that the power bricks will never power the gtx 1080ti..no way, and so I resorted to an extterna psu (corsair rm650x) which solved the power issue.

Now, I slowly realised 2 things: 1. nothing fits inside the case....nothing really; 2. I had to cut through teh metal case to get access to the gpu and plug it to the external psu, there is no other way, however one day I will try with flat cables.


To get backto the liquid cooling project, I wanted to get a good AIO....

CORSAIR HYDRO H45......this was the best choise at £38.....a bargain!

when it arrived I knew from principle that the connectors are no good, and asus had the nice idea to use laptop ones (!"£"$£"%£$%), so thanks to the other thread I started looking for alternatives, such as adapters....

I looked at molex to 3-pin, sata to 4-pin etc.....however I got to the right choice.....A FAN CONTROLLER....why?

there is no way I could cut and solder....I want to leave things pristine; then I knew that the external psu will give a good stable 12v + I needed full power for the pump (3-pin) and variable speed for the fan (which is a bit noisy I ahve to say); after a while I managed to find an AKASA fancontrol A91NL....I did not want to spend too much really and akasa is good (I will have to find a way to fit it inside the case);

The previous thread helped however I had to experiment as I have had to spend hours trying to find a way to fit the liquid cooling.

As said previously....

1. You need to remove the heatsinkfrom the cpu

2. wipe the cpu with alcohol prep wipes (find them on ebay); they are very good to get rid of dirt....and thermal compound.

3. luckily you do not need to use the provided backplate, the one on the mobo is more than perfect, however....

4. when you push the copper plate you will find a bit of resistance....those screws are though....but pushing a bit hard did not damage anything...at first I tohught that it needed the provided backplate, so started to unmount the mobo....and believe me it looks easy but its not...I stopped where I realised that the mobo backplate side where you get all the ports, seemed glued to the metal case....strange...so I stopped and glad I did then tried to puch those cpu screws again and this time it worked.

5. you are left with finding a way to close the case...and where does the radiator go to? this why we are here....oh...last thing. From the photos you will notice that I had not realised that the intel/amd adapter were together....silly me, however once noticed, I was stuck the the cooler orientation you see, you can turn it the way you want it...

have a look at the photos....sorry at present all are uploaded at once as obviously I could not use the g20 while doing all this....

is it worth it? well , after 4 hours on 30% load I get temps of max 35c....max 40c; before it was on constant 60c+...benchmark (cpu) gave max 55c....this is at 100% load with stress test.....still early days...