MSI GTX 660ti power edition water cooling.

[kwlkid85]

This is my first thread so hi guys.
I'm looking to water cool my msi GTX 660ti power edition to make it quieter and get better overclocks. From the picture you can see it has a unisink covering most of the components could I leave this on and use a universal GPU waterblock to cool the GPU? does anyone know if I can fit the waterblock and if the unisink would be enough to cool the other components?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Josh Weston]

The Power Edition cards use a custom PCB, so watercooling them really is going to be a pain. I think the best you shall be able to do is run a sole-GPU block, and make sure that there's some airflow going over the unisink to ensure adequate cooling of the VRMs etc.

 

[airdeano]

love the card for air-cooling, but like Josh said, the "NOW" chances are slim to
"full-block" the card(s). you will have to use a universal block (XSPC, WaterCool, AlphaCool, etc..)
and use a solution for the RAM and VRM chipsets..
a reference card (encloced blower fan type) are alot easier and more available than
the custom PCB styles like MSI, Gigabyte and others..

airdeano

 

[kwlkid85]

 

[airdeano]

you gotta do, what you gotta do.. i'd have sold the card, bought a reference
card and 670 waterblock (i did) to ease the looks and functionality better. that
uni-sink is going to be an issue, unless you got some direct air on it for the VRM
and FETS sans the TF fans are gone...

airdeano

 

[kwlkid85]

I have a 140mm fan blowing at it. I'm keeping with this for this generation and next gen i'll get a stock card and full cover block.

 

[B NEGATIVE]

you gotta do, what you gotta do.. i'd have sold the card, bought a reference
card and 670 waterblock (i did) to ease the looks and functionality better. that
uni-sink is going to be an issue, unless you got some direct air on it for the VRM
and FETS sans the TF fans are gone...

airdeano

The sheer mass of the heatsink will pay off for him there,although i would remove it myself and use Enzotech or similar heatsinks directly on the components.

 

[kwlkid85]

Ran this set up for a couple of months and ran into some problems. The card will now cause any PC it's put into to crash when put under load even with the air cooler reinstalled so I have just purchased a stock GTX 670 and I'm going to put a full cover block on it. I thought I'd post this so no one does the same thing.