Devil 13 Custom waterblock?

[Jerry7]

Does anyone know if any full backplates that would work for the air cooled powercolor 290x2 devil 13 card? I know they dont make any for it specifically. Will a 295x2 water block work for it? If you would point me in the right direction that would awesome thank you in advance.

 

[xvi]

Short answer, no. The boards are physically different. I don't think the Devil13 is popular enough for manufacturers to design a block for it. You could probably create some sort of custom solution, but it'd take work.


I'm only 79% sure these are the correct images. Just what I managed to dig up on Google in 2 minutes.
Devil13 290x

R9 295x2

 

[Jerry7]

Thanks for the quick response, but that's a bummer, I bought one recently ($100) from a friend that closed his company, runs great, but gets really hot, the back plate gets hot enough to burn my fingers, its also pretty loud. I can build a custom water cooler for it, but what would be a good suggestion? Also what would I need to cool besides the GPUs? VRMS and the VRAMS? I'm pretty tech savvy, but never built a custom water cooler for a GPU before, shouldn't be a problem if I was pointed in the right direction.

 

[OneMoar]

Thanks for the quick response, but that's a bummer, I bought one recently ($100) from a friend that closed his company, runs great, but gets really hot, the back plate gets hot enough to burn my fingers, its also pretty loud. I can build a custom water cooler for it, but what would be a good suggestion? Also what would I need to cool besides the GPUs? VRMS and the VRAMS? I'm pretty tech savvy, but never built a custom water cooler for a GPU before, shouldn't be a problem if I was pointed in the right direction.

how the hell did you get a devil 13 card for 100 bucks its a 800.00 card
and yea don't be worried about temps they are normal for that card

 

[xvi]

Typically, two "universal" waterblocks that fit the mounting holes for the GPU die itself followed by large heatsinks on anything else the stock heatsink touches, which you can see in the image below. You might be able to just remove the two large heatsinks and leave the large metal frame (frontplate?) in place to cool all the necessary components, but it would be a very good idea to make sure there are fans blowing on the area to keep it cool.

Example universal block, fitment nowhere near guaranteed.

and yea don't be worried about temps they are normal for that card

I agree. I'd suggest staying with air. Just make sure there isn't any dust clogging it up and call it good. If you're itching for water and have money to burn, I'd get a reference 295x2 and a block designed for it. It'll work a lot better and look.. so.. tasty. Gaahhhh!

 

[Jerry7]

Update** im water cooling this puppy. Heres my progress so far. Will those heat sinks be ok? Im fitting the stock fan back on the watercooler. So it should be blowing air pretty well to that direction. Please let me know if i can improve anywhere. Thanks!

 

[Jerry7]

Heres a few better pictures.

 

[xvi]

Looks really nice! I'd make sure all heatsinks are sitting flat on their respective chips (looks like some of them might be a little off under the rear GPU?). I can't say for sure what all needs to be cooled, just that if it looks like the stock heatsink touched it, it should have something.

Reusing the stock fans too is impressive. If you have good case airflow, it may not be necessary, but it will certainly be better having them there. Up to you.

I'd say check contact on everything and try it out!

Edit: Did you try keeping the frontplate attached? Did the water blocks fit with it?

 

[Jerry7]

Yea i tried with the front plate and i wish it had fit. The original heat sink has an indent on the metal that sits maybe 1/2 a mm into the front plate so it contacts the GPU. I tried it and it wasnt contacting the gpu. Or else it would of been perfect. Ya the hestsinks moved a bit, but i reapplied them and they are sitting flat. Ya my case has nice airflow, but this card would get so hot i have burned my finger on thr back plate with two 25mm fans sitting on the back plate.

 

[Jerry7]

Also what would be the best way to keep these heatsinks on the card? Last night i left it out sitting on my desk the way it would sit in the case, and a few of them have fallen off. That means with it they will all fall off.

 

[sneekypeet]

prepping the parts is the key.

Make sure to clean memory and other ICs with an eraser first, like that on the end of a pencil. After which it should be cleaned with alcohol higher than 70%.
It is then that you apply NEW heatsinks, as the old ones tape has been wasted if they have fallen off and are highly likely contaminated.

 

[Jerry7]

OK I will get that cleaned today and see if it sticks on their, Can i use double sided 3M clear tape on top of the heat pads or is that a bad idea? I have two water pumps and two radiators, one is 360 (outside my case) that's connected only to my CPU (AMD FX9590) right now with its own pump. I have a new 240 radiator with another pump, my questions is, should I connect these separate? or have them all connected to each other? I would have to tear down my CPU loop to get everything connected with each other. Or should i just connect my GPU with the 240 setup on its own?

 

[sneekypeet]

To be honest I cannot say if 3M clear has enough adhesion to work. Could try it I guess.

This is more along the lines of what you should use though.... http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...x_35mm_x_25mm.html?tl=g8c487s1291&id=wfLN98NU

 

[Jerry7]

OK, I have these already ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQ23OQA/?tag=tec06d-20 ) - but they do not stick - I'm also using the sticky behind the little heat sinks that came with them. Or should I just order the 3m transfer tape you suggested and use that only? thank you

 

[vega22]

those are just pads, not really sticky stuff you know.

you want the thermal tape peet linked to for sticking sinks to chips. those pads are more for trapping between blocks and stuff. like when you refit a gpu sink you use that stuff on the ram and vrms.

 

[Jerry7]

Yeah I figured, how about this stuff will that be ok? should I put one under the pad and one on top of the pad will that hold it normally? or is that too much for the adhesive to hold? I was looking at these ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/20Pcs-25-25...200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566dd81918 ) or this would be better? ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GIM9V8/?tag=tec06d-20 )

 

[vega22]

i have used the akasa stuff in the past with vram sinks, the other looks the part but i can not really vouch for it past that.

 

[Jerry7]

I got everything hooked up, i ordered some akasa stickys so when it gets in I will apply those on there. Ill posy sime pictures, i ditched the stock fans well see how it works.

I got everything hooked up, finally im almost done. The gpu back plate still gets pretty hot. But the gpu is at 45c under full load, it was at 65-70 before. So the waterblocks are working perfectly. I have great air flow inside so it should be ok. The heatsinks i had on there are holding up pretty well. I dunno should i even bother and change them out?

Heres a few more pictures

 

[xvi]

Looks awesome man! Here I was thinking it wouldn't be easy.

If the stick-on heatsinks are holding, then I wouldn't mess with them. They should probably be clamped down for a few minutes when they're first installed (clamp, modified paperclip, brick, etc) to make sure they'll stick well.

 

[Jerry7]

Heya brother, yeah thats exactly what. Only one has fell off, after stress testing for a few hours. It doesnt get as hot anymore, temps have dropped 50%. I have two fans blowing on it from my window on the case. I had a local plastic shop make me a custom acrylic window with two placese blowing cold air inside. Air flow is perfect. I was also having a few issues with cross fire locking up in games and thats gone. It was well worth it. thanks

 

[Jerry7]

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