Water cooling RX 480

moxman888 · Jul 28, 2016

I am new to PC building, and I was wondering how one would water cool an RX 480. As of right now I have no plans of overclocking but I might want to in the future, and I would want really good cooling for it. I have seen corsairs water cooler adaptors, but they didn't have one for the 480. Are they coming out with one? And are there other ways to water cool a graphics card? Thanks.

IDProG · Jul 28, 2016

You are new to PC building, yet you want to water cool a GPU?

moxman888 · Jul 28, 2016

IDProG :

I MIGHT want to in the future

IDProG · Jul 28, 2016

If you don't want to go full loop, NZXT Kraken G10. It's a water block adapter that allows you to use a closed loop water cooler to cool the GPU. https://www.nzxt.com/products/kraken-g10-black

geofelt · Jul 28, 2016

Today's graphics cards come with coolers that are adequate for the task.
It makes no sense to me to pay extra for liquid cooling of a graphics card.
One hopes to get better performance but that is not guaranteed.
Graphics card vendors are wise to overclocking and bin their chips.
The better ones go into factory overclocked versions that they can sell for a price premium.

I think one gets fair value from factory warranted overclocked versions.

If you need more performance, just add the cost of liquid cooling to your budget and buy a faster card in the first place.

IDProG · Jul 28, 2016

+geofelt But sadly, that's not the case with the reference RX 480. It has a poor cooler. Therefore, the overclocking headroom is small on the RX 480. That's why he wants to water cool the card imo.

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