Custom PC – October 2019

2 / CHECK COMPATIBILITY

To identify compatible waterblocks, you can use manufacturers’

own configurators. As we mentioned above, EKWB has started to

list compatible blocks, while Corsair has already added compatible

blocks to its website for the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super

atcorsair.com

MODDING / HOW TO GUIDES

Water-cool RTX

Super cards

How to

3 / LOCATEHEATSINKS

Findthelargeheatsinksthatrunfromhotspotstofinsinfrontofa

fan. They’re often attached using a heatpipe, and usually the whole

contraption needs to be removed. There will likely be one for the CPU

and one for the GPU if your laptop has one.

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ntil now, water-cooling an RTX 2060 was extremely difficult,

as no major waterblock manufacturer offered a full-cover

waterblock in the UK. As luck would have it, though, both the

RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2060 Super now use PCBs nearly identical to

those of the original RTX 2080 and 2070 respectively, both of which are

well covered for waterblock compatibility.

As a result, you can use blocks made for Nvidia’s reference RTX

2070 PCB on the RTX 2060 Super, bringing easy water cooling to a

2060 model for the first time. Similarly, you can use reference RTX

2080 waterblocks on the RTX 2070 Super, meaning there’s no need

to wait for compatible waterblocks if you just want to water-cool

your new card now and get on with gaming. We look at a couple

of compatible waterblocks here, as well as how to install them.

Lots of waterblocks are compatible

with Nvidia’s new Super RTX cards.

Antony Leather shows you how

to fit one

TOTAL PROJECT TIME / 2 HOURS

TOOLS YOU’LL NEED

4mm socket for

1/4in wrench

ekwb.com

Precision Philips

screwdrivers

Most hardware

stores

Thermal paste

cleaner

overclockers.co.uk

1/4in wrench or hand tool

Most hardware stores

GPU waterblocks

and backplates

overclockers.co.uk

1 / IDENTIFY GRAPHICS CARD

Only reference or Founders Edition cards are compatible with

reference design-compatible waterblocks. If you purchased your

graphics card from Nvidia, you’re good to go. If you bought a third-

party card, identify its PCB at ekwb.com/configurator, although this

site is currently a work in progress.