Water Cooling a GeForce GTX 760 4GB Graphics Card

jheinrich22 · Sep 30, 2013

I am looking to buy a gtx 760 4gb gpu. I want to utilize my water cooling rig, but i am unable to find a water block for the 4gb gpus. Does anyone know of one out there that is confirmed to fit? Thanks!

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

As far as 760 and 770 4gig cards there are currently no compatible water blocks out there right now

slomo4sho · Sep 30, 2013

Why wouldn't you just buy a 7970?

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg)

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

All though evga does offer a waterblock for their 4gb classified http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=400-CU-G770-B1 or as a combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130947

But you would be stuck paying the premium for both

slomo4sho · Sep 30, 2013

eatmypie :

It is a 770 not a 760. Much like the 660 Ti that it is replacing, the 760 will likely not receive any water block because it doesn't make sense to pay 30-50% of the price of the card to have it under water. Since there isn't much of a market for it, there is no supply.

jheinrich22 · Sep 30, 2013

slomo4sho :

i have the i5 2500k. so i thought the nvidia geforce gpu would be my only option. should i just step down to the 2gb gpu to water cool? or what are other suggestions?

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

you can have radeon or nvidia, it depends more on your motherboard and what it supports. if you really want to go with water cooling just get something like a 7950 and go here to get a block http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c309/s1626/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-Water_Blocks_VGA_-_Card_-_ATI-HD_7950_Water_Blocks-Page1.html I personally wouldn't water cool a cheaper video card but it's your choice

jheinrich22 · Sep 30, 2013

eatmypie :

http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=581#spec
this is my biostar tz77x3e mo. im not sure if its compatible. I always thought i needed an intel based gpu with my cpu being intel...

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

That motherboard could totally support a 7950 or 7970. I would go for either of those and get either http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c309/s1626/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-Water_Blocks_VGA_-_Card_-_ATI-HD_7950_Water_Blocks-Page1.html for the 7950 or if you chose the 7970 http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15835/ex-blc-1106/EK_Radeon_HD_7970_DCII_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_EK-FC7970_DCII_-_Acetal.html?tl=g30c309s1590 This cooler is amazing, EK originally took the design off the market for a while but now it is back and still amazing. The only other thing is with the gtx 760 it simply is not fast enough for 4gig's anyways

slomo4sho · Sep 30, 2013

jheinrich22 :

The 250K isn't going to bottleneck any of the current generation cards if it is overclocked. The more powerful 7970 with 3gb ram would be the clear choice at the same price point.

jheinrich22 · Sep 30, 2013

eatmypie :

thanks for your help man. I want the best graphics card for my bang. which 7970 3gb would be the best choice? sapphire? gigabyte? asus?

slomo4sho · Sep 30, 2013

The cheapest one with unlocked core and vram voltage.

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

Asus would be the best, they are able to have more aggressive overclocks which you should be doing with water cooling

jheinrich22 · Sep 30, 2013

eatmypie :

and the above mentioned water block would fit the
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560

eatmypie · Sep 30, 2013

Yep, 100% the waterblock if you read the specs it says for asus

jheinrich22 · Oct 2, 2013

eatmypie :

Thanks to both of you for your help! Appreciate it! I see the specs say the asus OC utility is very easy to use as well. This was just what I was looking for!

lebulbe · Oct 17, 2013

here is the list of compatible 760 and 770 model with their compatible waterblock.

Spoiler : they are hard to find. i found 2x zotac 760 4gb. just installed the ek waterblock and it fits perfectly. they need to be those EXACT model.

GTX 760
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 (04G-P4-2766) EK-FC670 GTX
Inno3D GeForce GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 (N760-2SDN-M5DSX)EK-FC680 GTX
Zotac GeForce GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 (ZT-70406-10P) EK-FC670 GTX -the one i have

GTX 770
Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom 4GB GDDR5 (2968) EK-FC680 GTX+
Inno3D GeForce GTX 770 4GB GDDR5 (N770-2SDN-M5DSX) EK-FC680 GTX+
Palit GeForce GTX 770 JetStream 4GB GDDR5 (NE5X770010G2-1041J) EK-FC680 GTX+
Zotac GeForce GTX 770 4GB GDDR5 (ZT-70304-10P) EK-FC680 GTX / EK-FC680 GTX+

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