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Ati 5770 water cooling

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#1 ·
First things first.
Yes its an old gpu.
Yes it bottlenecks my i7 2600 alot like 50%
And i am using a bong rad around 2.5 feet tall.

Why i water cooled it ?
To squeeze every bit of juice
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out of it plus keeping it healthy at the same time.

I have been using it from some time and recently my loop's water flow dropped dead low. So i decided to clean things up and share ( Sharing is caring
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Thats whats kill my water flow every few weeks.





Could have cleaned better then below but the issue is bong. Copper get oxidized really fast in my loop. so just clean that gunk that was most probably my tubing dissolving slowly cause i dnt put anything in my loop except around a litr of water everyday.









Results of this MOD are coming soon stay tuned here and on youtube.
Please dnt forget to share ur views on it.
Also do tell me a way to reduce maintenance requirement every few weeks / That clogging really hits my temps/waterflow. Its some glue kind of thing that forms up which i think is my tubing dissolving
 
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#3 ·
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Originally Posted by chimico9 View Post

very nice DIY
how did you do the gpu-waterblock bracket ? very interested

I bet that what is clogging your wb are algae
that really enjoy your open and warm system

p.s. the tubing are very old? If not they shouldn't disgregate...
About bracket : i think video linked can give u a better explanation as i dnt have any pics of making it and its hard to explain with words. Its made of acrylic. Just simple 4 walls like structure and then 4 small triangles that press down the water block. One more thing, the water block is at 45degree angle instead just placing it on the gpu like they are on cpu. The reason is that the water block was a bit bigger then the gpu holes like . And i couldnt drill hole at the place in copper block as it was already having screws near that place


So i rotated it at 45 degree and then attached small acrylic pieces that hold the standoffs. So i can use the stock screws and that small metal plate at the back of gpu.



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And it cant be algae i think cause algae is green right ?
That clogging is white transparent glue like thing. And its a thin layer on each and every part of my loop. I am facing this issue ever since i made my first bong cooler 2-3 years back ( though the clogging became the real issue once i water cooled my gpu as this water block has 1 mm holes that jet the water on the copper pins inside water block those 1mm holes get clog quick..
I have changed the tubing once too but still it forms. Btw the water supply water might b the culprit.
 
#4 ·
the acrylic piece are glued ? soldered ? solid block CNC-ed?

I still think that thing if not algae, is somewhat a biosfilm of living things.
Instead of only adding water everyday, try to change it altogheter sometime
or add a couple of drops of "amuchina" (I'm from Italy, don't know the name in other country)

just guessing, I'm not a bongo-cooler's expert
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p.s. algae can have a lot of colors black, brown, red, ...
 
#5 ·
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Originally Posted by chimico9 View Post

the acrylic piece are glued ? soldered ? solid block CNC-ed?

I still think that thing if not algae, is somewhat a biosfilm of living things.
Instead of only adding water everyday, try to change it altogheter sometime
or add a couple of drops of "amuchina" (I'm from Italy, don't know the name in other country)

just guessing, I'm not a bongo-cooler's expert
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p.s. algae can have a lot of colors black, brown, red, ...
Its a 3mm acrylic. All the pieces are glued together ( that glue kind of melts acrylic and joins it so can be termed as welding ( Name of glue = ELFY )) In your country u will have ur own acrylic welding glues for sure
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And i will change the water altogether next week thats a good idea.
Thanks for your time and interest its appreciated.
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#10 ·
Are you using faucet water or Distilled?
 
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Originally Posted by beret21 View Post

faucet dude
Evaporating a liter of distilled daily water will be costly
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That is why the copper looks horrible I would think. I'm sure you know this.
 
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