Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates, life got in the way as it does but I have been busy modding behind the scenes. This post is going to be a bit wordy but with plenty of interesting pictures.
I really wanted to crack on and get the mods to the 980Ti’s that I intended. There will be destruction! I still wanted to use the computer so thought I’d only remove one 980Ti, mod it, then swap it. As the loop is parallel a simple bypass in place of the removed card would just have meant the water would go straight in and right back out again, so I had to “dead end” the pipework where the removed 980Ti once was fitted. I thought this would have done it, but oh no…
So I went with a simple return pipe and crushed the middle of it so that no water could flow through it. This worked
Here is a summary of my intended mods for the two 980Ti's, some of which I have already mentioned:
I shall cover each of the above mods in more detail when I get to them in the flow of the project.
First up, modifying the vapour chamber heatsinks. I first started on one from a Titan (non X) cooler that I got earlier, this type is bare metal, silver in appearance.
In reference to the image below:
1. The stock cooler from a Titan.
2. Marked up the required cuts using the mounting bracket from the water block.
3. Rather than use a Dremel I tought I'd save some time and use my circular saw. As I had no idea as to what was in the "vapour chamber" of the heatsink, I wore all the PPE - goggles, ear defenders, gloves and double filter mask - See no evil, hear no evil, feel no evil, smell no evil!
4. Unfortunately it's not the best quality cut finish.
Then I thought I'd use the circular saw to cut the thicker area of the heatsink that contacts the GPU core.... this didn't go so well!
The saw blade must have caught something; it ripped the heatsink from the clamp, almost taking my finger with it, thankfully wore my rubber coated gloves. Hey folk, always use PPE! Just as well it was the test heatsink, it's scrap metal now.
Scapped the idea of the circular saw and went back to the trusted Dremel.
Both Titan X sacrificial heatsinks cut. The masking tape was in place to see the marking for cutting but also to stop the fins from vibrating while cutting.
Have you ever wondered what's in the vapour chamber of the heatsinks? So did I, and I had to flatten them anyway for mounting, so time to open one up.
Emm...interesting..
That's all for now, more soon!
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