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Any GPU water cooling kits out there?

Aug 28, 2011 6:58AM PDT

Hi all. Got me a crossfire system 2xATI Radeon HD 5870 XXX versions - very happy with them but on demanding games quite noisy. Don't have temp. problems just very interested in water cooling them. Latest news is that BFG and Powercolor are releasing their new cards with water cooling - don't want to fork out for 2 new cards. EK and another company (forgot their name) seem to be the front runners with kits but seems they have signed deals with gpu manufacturers to supply them only and not the general public. That's bad. Anybody know where I can get my hands on a KIT not all the individual components, tubing, plates, block, pumps, etc a KIT I just install and hey presto like my Corsair H70?
Thanks.

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Aug 28, 2011 8:50AM PDT

I suggest you visit more game ordinated or OC'ing type websites for such links or hints, tips, clues, etc. on that type of cooling. Once you found one link, usually it'll post more to other websites. Of course, google away and yes, they're out there but be prepared to work it in, etc., sometimes a little finesse is required. I suggest you check these two websites for cooling:

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I'm not a plumber and this is a plumbing job.
Aug 28, 2011 12:33PM PDT

Thanks for your replies. It seems the kit form evades me but have learnt quite a bit about 'plumbing' my own cooling loop.
This guy gives a good tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=8qUqkX-3ut4
The fitting seems straight forward once you have all the parts, just have to make sure the radiator is 'compatable?' for want of a better word with the case.
Final thought is will the radiator fan(s) be quieter than my existing card coolers?

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Never found such a kit.
Aug 28, 2011 7:10AM PDT
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Coolit is the company that has gone for big bucks
Aug 28, 2011 9:59PM PDT

Yep Coolit was the manufacturer that designed the Omni gpu water cooling kit see vid.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrKKoQfB5JQ
They had everything worked out. If you bought their kit for your gr. card then you would buy a plate specific for your gpu, In the future if/when you changed your gr, card all you needed to buy was a new plate for your new gpu. Simple option but obviously the big boys of gpu land Inno3D, BFG, Powercolor, more will jump on board soon, had other ideas. They will sell their graphic cards with Coolit Omni water coolers installed thus increasing the price of their gr. cards. Coolit will no longer make plates so if you change gr. cards you'll have another cooling system on your new card.
Coolit have really messed up here business wise. It's fine to make deals with the big gpu boys but they have in effect lost a multi-million dollar market by selling to owners of existing high spec cards who want to 'dabble' in water cooling. Obviously they see it as "we'll only sell 1 kit and probably 3 - 4 plates to each person in their life. whereas if we supply a new kit to as many gpu big boys as posible without swapable plates available, it'll mean a complete new kit for every gr, card."
Its their own mistake. History shows us in the component market that if a product is only available to a selected few then another company will eventually come along and rake in the millions of ignored customers.