Has anyone used one of these before, a universal GPU block ? Were they any good? I am asking as I would like to water cool a 760 gigabyte windforce rev 2.0 that has a TERRIBLE stock cooler.....
I will go full cover with this one as I refuse to use it with the windforce cooler - it gets to 80c... just awfull to see. I have not been used to see air cooling for gpus for my self in some time but the 760 takes first prize for being the worst.
I would never fit a GPU only block without some cooling on the VRMs as well. They easy reach +100C and will pop at load if left naked!
Case in point; I use GPU only blocks on my 980Ti's so the heat from the GPU is totally isolated from the card's chassis, the chassis is thermally connected to the RAM and VRMs. The chassis still gets pretty warm, even with the fan running and good case ventilation.
Installed the way it is in the picture you posted is GPU suicide.
Well in the end as I said then this option has been discarded - I was only thinking about a universal block due to the fact that its a 760 and I had it laying around.
I had not tried it much but once I did now and saw those temps then I was scared....
I would like to try that universal block on the 750ti though.... =00=
Actually 80 C is perfectly acceptable for a 760. Considering it runs GPU Boost 2.0 it'll keep overclocking itself while staying within that 80 C range, and the card is rated for a max of about 95, so really I do not see the problem?
Mine used to run at that maximum 80 C, but it'd be running 1202 MHz on the core.