Water cooling for 280x Sapphire video card

Firstly, a very warm welcome to the OC3D forum page!

I'll tell you first what a lot of people on here will say, watercooling is something that should be done properly or not at all, really if you want the watercooling experience with nice temps and a nice atheistic you HAVE to have a full cover block.

Anyway, if you stretch your budget to about $80, I believe you can get a full cover block (don't quote me cos I'm in the UK).

EDIT: I see that you can get a full cover block for £110. If you spend the extra money it will be well worth it as you will see much better overall temperatures and better overclocking from your card.
 
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The point is that I have mine farm with 40 video cards to
chill out :) that's why I am looking for a chip solution.

What do you think about the parts I mentioned does it covers
the details I need ?
 
May just be better off with the NZXT G10 closed loop system. It will cool more than just the core and be easy to remove and put on.
 
I guess the first question would be why do you want to watercool. Silence, lower temps, increased performance?
The setup you propose will work but it may not provide lower temps than the stock solution and you will still need to put fans to cool the passive VRAMs. Also to cool 40 cards you will need a lot of radiator area which would either not be practical or very effective.
It may be a nightmare to maintain such a complicated setup including leak checks coolant fill, risk of a pump dying. That is why water cooling is more of a hobby than a practical solution for most.
 
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