sleeper watercooled gtx480

i had spare parts from a dead 480 and i wanted to try that since i got my first one.

what i did/used
Metal plate trimmed
Plastic cover trimmed
Metal cover glued
Koolance GPu-220


block fitted with plastic cover
http://imgur.com/1pvtyl.jpg

i've added an extender on the left fitting, not enought clearance for the tubing
http://imgur.com/5lpzHl.jpg

noob mistake, super glue leaked a bit and turn some of the plastic near the metal cover white-ish
http://imgur.com/EFnnHl.jpg

doesn't look that bad :D
kept the fan to cool the metal plate a bit, mofsets needs active cooling when overclocked.
http://imgur.com/X3e0zl.jpg


First mount was leaking on the metal plate inside the cover, got to be VERY careful, second mount did the trick. (mounting out of PC first is for pussies) :rofl:

The plastic cover is now really fragile after cutting it and installing/removing it many times, the plastic tab looks a bit tired. I'm in no way implying that this is better or looks better than a full block but I didn't had a full block yet and i like to do work on things like that so why not.

I've never seen that before! Nice job! :up:

weird but cool :)

Nice job! Always like to see alternatives to FC blocks.

Nice job mk-ultra. :up:


[Koolance]Tim, any chance you guys could hurry up that redesign a bit?. . .it's coming up on 4 months already. :stick:;):D

That's an awesome mod, it looks as if it came from the factory like that :D

How's your gpu temps at load?? Would like to see how this performs..

thanks for the comments guys

johnny;
I've used this block before and it's does a pretty good job IMO

http://imgur.com/GO5D0s.jpg

40idle to 47-48 when running vantage, i don't use furmark or other stuff like that...unneeded stress
this is my bench setup tho prepping to OC, i got one 120mm blowing on the back of the PCB, MCR320(stacked)+1xMCR220) all fan at 12v, i usually run @ 5v for 24//7

now let's see how far it will go :D

Very stealth, haha.