Finally finished water-cooling a non-reference GTX 570

[El_Capitan]

I got tacohunter's Palit GTX 570 Sonic Platinum a few days ago, and have since been figuring out a way to watercool it along with my MSI GTX 570 without having to worry about blowing a VRM component (I can't use a full cover water block because it's not a reference card). I finally got it done!

 

Here's some benchmarks: http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=180388&view=findpost&p=1914211

 

Basically, I cut a square off the full cover heatsink using a rotary tool so I could fit in a MCW80 universal GPU water block. I put in new thermal pads and put the full cover heatsink back on.

 

I also cut half the fan casing to use one of the fans (for the VRM's) and used electric tape to tape it to the pcb.

 

It doesn't look pretty, but it works!

[ir_cow]

i really getting tired of none reference cards. maybe nvidia should step it up so they don't have to change anything or companys should stop fiddling with something that is already good. i don't know, its not my field.

[MercuryDoun]

It doesnt look as bad as i thought it was gonna look, you did a nice job!

 

Nice scores on the benchmarks!

[DanTheGamer11]

<br>I got tacohunter's Palit GTX 570 Sonic Platinum a few days ago, and have since been figuring out a way to watercool it along with my MSI GTX 570 without having to worry about blowing a VRM component (I can't use a full cover water block because it's not a reference card). I finally got it done!<br><br>Here's some benchmarks: <a href="http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=180388&view=findpost&p=1914211" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow">http://forums.overcl...dpost&p=1914211</a><br><br>Basically, I cut a square off the full cover heatsink so I could fit in a MCW80 universal GPU water block. I put in new thermal pads and put the full cover heatsink back on.<br><br>I also cut half the fan casing to use one of the fans (for the VRM's) and used electric tape to tape it to the pcb.<br><br>It doesn't look pretty, but it works!<br><br>

<br><br><div>usually when things look pretty they compromise for something more important! </div><div><br></div><div>it looks awesome imo! <img src="http://forums.overclockersclub.com/public/style_emoticons/default/thumbsup3.gif" alt="" class="bbc_emoticon"><br><br>

 

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[Speedway]

Def like the mod Capi! Way to add that block and keep part of the stock cooler for the vram I assume those .5mm pads worked nicely