Block, shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip
Block, Shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip No comments by: Tyler August August 7, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re water cooling a PC, it’s generally accepted that you need some interface between the coolant and the chips — a water block of copper or aluminum that carries the heat-removing fluid. That’s what [TrashBench] asked with his direct water cooling experiment. Instead of integrated pump or copper water block, he just epoxied a 3D printed pipe fitting onto his bare GPU and CPU.
- ▪Block, Shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip No comments by: Tyler August August 7, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re water cooling a PC, it’s generally accepted that you need some interface between the coolant and the chips — a
- ▪That’s what [TrashBench] asked with his direct water cooling experiment.
- ▪Instead of integrated pump or copper water block, he just epoxied a 3D printed pipe fitting onto his bare GPU and CPU.
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Block, Shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip No comments by: Tyler August August 7, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re water cooling a PC, it’s generally accepted that you need some interface between the coolant and the chips — a water block of copper or aluminum that carries the heat-removing fluid. What if you just…didn’t? That’s what [TrashBench] asked with his direct water cooling experiment. Instead of integrated pump or copper water block, he just epoxied a 3D printed pipe fitting onto his bare GPU and CPU. The results are interesting: while the directly-cooled GPU outperforms the professional system by a decent margin, the same technique fails when applied to the CPU.
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