D-tek northbridge waterblock

[ahfung]

Is it good enough for cooling Radeon/Geforce?
And is it designed for their mounting holes?

 

[KGB1]

Originally posted by: ahfung
Is it good enough for cooling Radeon/Geforce?
And is it designed for their mounting holes?

Kinda weird... your looking for a northbridge block that can be used on a Video Card?

Generally northbridge blocks are small because they rarely get hot as newer video cards can get. They use standard push pins (which the Radeon Chips use btw) but you wont be able to use a northbridge block on a GeForce 4 and Up. They have a different pin layout.

When looking for a block for a video card, make sure its Copper base and aluminum head and read the specs carefully as to which videocard it fits into.

Swiftech, Innovatek and Maze blocks are really good Good luck with your watercooling. Never heard of D-Tek myself though.

 

[paperfist]

Just a n00b question, but wouldn't using a copper base with an aluminum head cause for electrical corrosion between the dislike metals? Or maybe they have a seal there that doesn't allow them to touch... Still researching my water blocks so just curious with that question.

 

[KGB1]

Fairly common question. 1 remedy to combat corrosion available is using water-wetter or some engine coollant. Even though most people don't like to change their water fo their rigs, I think its always a good idea to change water every 6 months. Not to sound like a pain but there's always a catch somewhere. Using a block with copper base and plastic is a good way to forgoe the ritual 6 month water change

 

[ahfung]

Originally posted by: KGB

Originally posted by: ahfung
Is it good enough for cooling Radeon/Geforce?
And is it designed for their mounting holes?

Kinda weird... your looking for a northbridge block that can be used on a Video Card?

Generally northbridge blocks are small because they rarely get hot as newer video cards can get. They use standard push pins (which the Radeon Chips use btw) but you wont be able to use a northbridge block on a GeForce 4 and Up. They have a different pin layout.

When looking for a block for a video card, make sure its Copper base and aluminum head and read the specs carefully as to which videocard it fits into.

Swiftech, Innovatek and Maze blocks are really good Good luck with your watercooling. Never heard of D-Tek myself though.

They listed it as northbridge/VGA waterblock, so I guest it should have a way to mount. I sent them an email for answer but they seem not bothered to reply.
How you rank Maze and Swiftech? How's Maze4 vs MCW5000 and MazeGPU vs MCW50?

 

[Yourself]

Originally posted by: paperfist
Just a n00b question, but wouldn't using a copper base with an aluminum head cause for electrical corrosion between the dislike metals? Or maybe they have a seal there that doesn't allow them to touch... Still researching my water blocks so just curious with that question.

The aluminum top is anodized, so corrosion is minimized/prohibited.

 

[paperfist]

I guess also in this application it would take a looooooong time for any corrosion to actually have a damaging effect.

Ahfung, did you look over at http://overclockers.com/ ? I belive I have seen a review there for the swiftech block.

 

[KGB1]

Found the D-Tek Northbridge waterblock Here! Seems a pretty descent block for HOrthbridge. You see have angle the tubes are to be connected to the block? That's a BIIIG No-No when using with a videocard's GPU. Technically you can use it, but you would forgoe the use of 3 PCI slots underneath the videcard when connected Look for something is my advice, where the connectors are at a 45 degree angle outward so you would at most lose 1 pci slot. Good luck man