btw,
Anyone tried upgrading the MCW60 with a base plate from an Apogee GT(X)?
I did.
Pins on the GT(X) base plate are some 1.5mm shorter so I figured this would be a problem as the empty space between the pins and the top would screw up the flow making less water going through the pin matrix. So I glued a thin (~1.5mm) rubber slab between the inlet and outlet. It should keep the water flowing through the pins.
And it seems MCW60 does benefit from the upgrade...
I can tell that atleast idle will no change much, if at all, but what's interesting is that according to Rivatuner it seems my stock 8800GTS stays at a comfy 38ºC - be it idle or load. Before the swap load bumped temps to 40ºC, now it's just 38ºC. Load generated with rthdribl.
Gonna have to try putting some real load other than the windowed rthdribl on the GPU and see if I get load temps atleast one degree higher than idle.
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