watercooling GPU (chilled Q)

[imported_mrbios]

right, im definately buying watercooling again soon, but going to stick it on the graphics card this time, was going to try chilled water for a change as well, now i was wondering what sort of condensation proofing and other precautions ill have to take with this? virtually the same as with my mach2?

im going to set it up so the only pipes going into the case will be 2 pipes going in through the back and under the card, at the temperatures of chilled water would i need any sort of condensation proofing on the back or is that sub zero only? (i suppose the actual gpu temp wont be going below ambient even though the water will be)

are they higher maintenance? need filling up more often? and are they ok to use 24/7? the only card thatll be under it will be an audigy 2 zs so im not to fussed if thats goes pop, though i might make a little plastic gaurd to stop any water from dripping onto the board if a leak occurs

final question is it really worth using chilled water if im not going to vmod it? (i dont think i could trust myself with a soldering iron and a £300 graphics card, at least.........not yet )

 

[Firelord]

Not sure if theres a pencil VMod for the x850 series but there was for the x800 and thats what I did

If your chilling the water then you'll need to insulate everything from the pipes to the block to the card.

Have you thought about just TECing it?

 

[GoLLuM4444]

There is a pencil mod, you can find it at www.techpowerup.com.

TECing is the better option unless you're going for serious chilling (i.e. with a mach 2 and using some other coolant like ethanol - I think I will try this soon).