Water cooling a non-reference graphics card?

[JoshVDS1]

I am planning on water cooling my GIGABYTE GTX 770 2GB, but it is not a reference card. I was planning on using the NZXT G10 but want to stick to the custom loop theme. If I was to but a EK VGA SUPREMACY block and cool the the actual GPU how would i cool the rest of the card????
Will i need to buy separate little heat sinks or can i some how mount a fan to the card???

Can some one please help me out!!

Thanks!

 

[SieB]

You will need Vram heatsinks, I have no idea which ones are best to get though. It will help if you have a good air flow across the card aswell.

http://koolance.com/video-ram-heat-sinks

 

[Damien c]

Have a look at Alphacool as apparently you can send them your card if it's not in there database, and they will scan it and give you a block for it for your trouble.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/04/18/alphacool-to-3d-scan-gpus-to-make-waterbloc/1

Some info there hope it helps.

 

[SieB]

Have a look at Alphacool as apparently you can send them your card if it's not in there database, and they will scan it and give you a block for it for your trouble.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/04/18/alphacool-to-3d-scan-gpus-to-make-waterbloc/1

Some info there hope it helps.

Holy crap, that is awesome
GG, Alphacool, watercooling your non ref GPU just got easier.

 

[JoshVDS1]

Holy crap, that is awesome
GG, Alphacool, watercooling your non ref GPU just got easier.

I just applied for my card to be scanned and sent to get a block made for it!!!
That would be insane if my card hadn't been done yet! Just means i will have to go with an Alpha Cool theme now!!
I will let you guys know about the status of the card!
Thanks for the help!
Still if anyone has any more info please pass it on!

 

[BigDaddyKong]

Have a look at Alphacool as apparently you can send them your card if it's not in there database, and they will scan it and give you a block for it for your trouble.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/04/18/alphacool-to-3d-scan-gpus-to-make-waterbloc/1

Some info there hope it helps.

Thanks for the link. I applied for my Gigabyte 7970GHZ A card to be scanned. I need two of them, if they would do it, I hope they don't charge me a fortune for the second one.

 

[JoshVDS1]

Recently EK released a new water block, The EK VGA Thermosphere (http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/vga-blocks/universal-vga-blocks/ek-thermosphere.html) Does anyone know when it will be available in stores around Australia and if it is already where from??
Thanks

 

[BigDaddyKong]

Has anyone applied to the Alphacool print test, and heard anything back, a yes or a no to their application?

 

[JoshVDS1]

Nah, haven't gotten back to me. Its been about a week or so... I sent a second on but i think because there are so many applications it might take a while.

 

[BigDaddyKong]

I got a reply today.

Hi James,

Thank you for your email.
Unfortunately I have bad news for you.
Currently, we only work on the coolers for the new graphics cards.
nVidia - 7XX or AMD 2XX.
But I will not delete your email and possibly contact you.
We hope that you are not angry!

Best Regards, Janusch Kawetzki

So its not terrible news, that leaves a little hope.

 

[JoshVDS1]

I still haven't got a reply back yet!!!
Im starting to worry they wont get back at all!!!
How long did they take to reply??

 

[BigDaddyKong]

I applied back on the 5th.