EVGA GTX970+ FTW watercooling bracket compatible with Hydro H60 2013?

zeyaa

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I have an EVGA GTX970 FTW+ and I have a spare Corsair H60 laying around. I decided that it would be useful to use the H60 to watercool the 970, but the problem is that the FTW+ has a custom PCB, so I'm not sure if it will work with the Corsair HG brackets which are compatible with the H60 . I read that the NZXT Kraken G10 works with the FTW+ but it doesn't work with the H60. Is there any work around or alternative? Thank you.
 
Solution
zip ties :)
Corsair HG will not help you.
while you can mount the cooler in some way, you will have to be creative to cool the VRM (and vRAM).

Paninaro86

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Im in a similar situation with the sqaure pump H60 but with the Evga 970 SC.
Just wondered if you tried the zip tie hack because after some research i discovered you can buy heatsink to put on the VRMS.
 

zeyaa

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In the end I didn't do it, but I also heard about the heat sinks for the VRMS however I'm not completely confident it will do the job, so I decided to leave it as it is. It's not a bad idea though and I'm not saying that you shouldn't try it.
 
the VRM heatsink is tricky.
Most of them are simple pieces of aluminum (sometimes copper) that rely on airflow to be cooled. so if you use them, you will have to create this airflow over VRM heatsinks.
It really requires to get creative and the end result will be ugly in most cases.