I posted this at OCN, but I hope I get some feedback here as well This is XTREMEsystems after all, not REGULARsystems.

So, I was thinking of WC'ing my 290. It sounds like a leafblower when playing videos, which is not cool (pun intended). I was thinking of doing the stock cooler mod, but I'm not sure how good the stock sink is if I cannot afford wasting three slots (I guess the sink itself is one slot) and want to push the card a bit, and if I need to RMA it's a huge pain to get a stock cooler over here, and having one shipped from overseas is not really an option due to shipping costs. After looking at different solutions I thought of this:

http://www.alphacool.com/product_inf...n4r2jrdfl0o876

or

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21...kel_11721.html

With a bit of dremel work and a drill + a set of washers, screws and springs it should work, no? Then perhaps one of these on the bottom inlet/outlet:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=26764

I'm a bit worried if this will indeed be a triple slot solution. I can't find the height of the Alphacool anywhere, and the Heatkiller one is 17.5mm. The added thickness from the angle adapter is unknown, but according to http://www.ring-plug-thread-gages.co...read-data.html it must be at least 13.157mm (so I assume 13.5-14.0 is reasonable, as the fitting itself must be slightly bigger). Add 5mm due to PCB + VRM thickness and we're at 35.5-36.5mm already. The "slot width" is 0.8" I think, which is 20.3mm, 20.3x2=40.6mm, so I should have a little bit of space left?

Input please (I know there are fullcover solutions out there, but I'd rather have a core only block). The backup plan for the VRM area is the Gelid kit, but it also need a fan. Plus, ghetto = identity and soul in my book :p