Water Cooling a GPU Without a Cold Plate
When you’re really serious about squeezing every little bit of performance out of your computer, heat becomes a huge issue. A chip that gets too hot will either be throttled or fried, so high-performance cooling systems are a must in these cases. Air cooling might work for most setups, but when pushed to a certain point, only a water cooling system is going to be able to remove heat quickly enough.
The basic idea behind these systems is simple enough: pump a steady stream of cool water over a chip to shuttle heat away. But in practice, things get more complicated. The thermal interface, in particular, is hard to perfect. Any gaps between the chip and the water block will significantly impact cooling performance. Similarly, thermal paste can hinder performance if it isn’t high quality and applied correctly.
Early versions of the system leaked (📷: TrashBench)
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