Water blocks for my MSI mobo

[cfuk]

Hi all, I'm getting a water set up soon and i need a cpu and n/b water block for this set up. I have just looked on my mobo, but i can't see any holes for the screws to go :(. Is there any blocks i can buy which will fit or am i better getting a new mobo?

I have a MSI K7N2 Delta ISLR. If i was going to get a new mobo i would get the Abit NF7-S V2

[Darv]

There are plenty of blocks that use socket clips to attatch to the mobo. Like the new NexXxoS XP block.

[Starbuck3733T]

You can also do a DIY homebrew attachment for it. 2 steel rods to run into clips, drill a hole in them dead center and insert threaded rod. fabricate hold-down from thick plexi or 4mm aluminum, and use thumbscrews + springs to attach to the upside down Ts you've just constructed.

At least, that's how I'd do it ;)

[cfuk]

sounds like a lot of work lol

[mrplow]

My board has *nothing* around the NB, I am guessing yours doesn't have either (i.e. no clips for the NB heatsink, it's just stuck on)

I'm a bit weary of epoxying a waterblock since I imagine the pipes will put quite a lot of force onto the block and try to prise it from the chip.

[Fibbles]

I know that you want a 1/2" water block, so Danger Den does make socket hold downs for boards where there are no holes. I'm not sure about other 1/2" blocks though.

All of the low flow blocks I've seen come with socket tabs, which is very nice. I'm probably going to pick up a Cuplex 1.3 with a socket hold down for an older CPU soon, although the NexXxos XP in silver is really begging me to buy it.

[cfuk]

i might just get a new board but u would never to trade it for mine

[Fibbles]

i might just get a new board but u would never to trade it for mineYou might be amazed (or amused) at what some people will trade for, esp on Ebay. I traded a fully working P4 motherboard for a broken (just needed some soldering) P3 motherboard once.

This is the sort of device Danger Den makes for using a water block on a board with no holes:

Clicky! (http://www.voyeurmods.com/images/products/WC/Parts/Media/M4_AMD_SHD_03.jpg)

[cfuk]

that doesn't look to bad, but it depends on the price at the end of the day

[Fibbles]

The tab hold down alone retails for about $15.