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r/watercooling•
Googylon

Watercooling a 5700xt

Build Help

Hey guys,

my Gigabyte 5700xt is getting really loud and warm in my case, and i thought about watercooling it for noise reduction. Does somebody know how to handle that, has links to specific parts or something? Would be really awesome if I could get a little help here :)

Please note that I am based in Germany, so the american market is a bit hard for me. Would be possible though, if there is just nothing to get in Europe.

System:

  • GPU: Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8G
  • CPU: i7 7700k @ 4.7 Ghz cooled by a Thermalright Macho Rev. B
  • MB: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming
  • RAM: HyperX Fury 2x8 GB @ 2133 MHz
  • Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (3 fans, 2 in front and one in the back)
  • PSU: bequiet Dark Power Pro 550w

Edit: apparently, there are those blocks available on caseking. Do they fit on the Gigabyte one aswell as on the reference design?

Posted Feb 3, 2020, 2:54 PM UTC · edited

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TheSmonker•

You could always check ekwb comparability chart

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GoogylonOP•

Yeah, they have no waterblocks for this specific card

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TheSmonker•

Cards made by board partners usually get blocks a little bit later on in the cards lifespan. You could ask support whether they plan on making a block for it. As for other manufacturers I wouldn't be able to help you.

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GoogylonOP•

It does actually state right there that ekwb is not planning on making water blocks for this gpu which is a bit sad.

Anyway, thanks for your help dude, appreciate it. I am pretty new to this whole watercooling stuff although I had a general idea of it for a while now. Have a great day :)

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Conqi•

What card exactly do you have? The "Gaming" version?

Alphacool has a wide range of custom RX 5700 coolers, but unfortunately no Gigabyte version. Best solution might be to find someone with a reference card who is willing to swap.

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GoogylonOP•

The gaming OC version. Should probably edit this in. That's an idea, thanks

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victory_zero•

Contact Alphacool directly, just send them your exact model and number - they have plenty of full cover blocks for AIB cards, some in making, some already done.

I think I saw someone using a Bykski FC block on your card - or was it on MSI Gaming X maybe? Either way, Bykski and Barrow are your next places to check. As you already know, EKWB doesn't make one.

For PCB pictures that could give you a pretty close idea for compatibility, go to techpowerup - their reviews have nicely scaled top down shots so it's pretty easy to identify a block that might perhaps fit.

Myself, I'm using a reference card and a standard Alphacool block and although the temps are not great, they're still noticeably better than on air. I just remembered that some time ago I was talking here to a guy using an Alphacool FC on his Asus Strix 5700XT and he was very unhappy with the block. He later contacted Alphacool and they admitted there was a flaw in the block design. So, yeah, you best check with them personally - especially that this is your location exactly ;) (I'm from Poland and I get Alphacool stuff from a PL distributor, but I contacted Alphacool over some other things in the past and they were very helpful).

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Dr_Tron•

I have long given up purchasing special full blocks for graphics cards, as they are rather expensive and need replacement once you decide on a new card sometime down the road.

This is what I normally do: remove the air cooler (which will void your warranty, but you will need to do that anyway) and mount a single-block GPU cooler to the air cooler's mounting holes. There are waterblocks with elongated holes, so they basically fit any card. The RAM chips and voltage regulators, which are usually cooled with the air cooler as well, usually don't get all that hot, but do require a bit of cooling. So I have a collection of old fin-type CPU coolers (about 1-2cm high) which I cut down to the surface dimension of the chips on the graphics card. Then they are glued into place with a tiny drop of superglue. You can usually remove that without damage by dripping a few drops of acetone in between chip and cooler, that dissolves the superglue.

I admit I don' run the high-end line of graphics cards, but my current 1660Ti runs fine with it.

Here are some waterblocks of interest. The heatkiller is especially nice as the connections stick out of the PCB plane and allow for easy connection up- or downward and don't block the next slot.

https://www.aquatuning.de/wasserkuehlung/gpu-kuehler/gpu-chipkuehler/17496/alphacool-gpu-hf-14-amd/nvidia-smart-motion-universal-nickel-edition?c=257

https://www.aquatuning.de/wasserkuehlung/gpu-kuehler/gpu-chipkuehler/13597/watercool-heatkiller-gpu-x3-core-lc?c=257

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f8al3rr0r•

Bykski makes waterblocks for several different versions and brands have a look around... I bought 1 for my sapphire and it currently only gets up to 63 full load...

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