Yeah, itmay look like a daft thread title, but hopefully you'll get what I mean.
I have a GPU with a waterblock on it, but currently I don't have a watercooled PC. As I'm moving house and need ever scrap of cash I can get my hands on, as well as wanting to avoid moving superfluous rubbish, I'm probably going to sell my existing graphics card: but I could really do with checking if the replacement (with waterblock, not an air cooler) works before I do.
So, here's the crux. A waterblock is a big slab of copper, that will presumably act (to a certain extent) like a heatsink. So, would it be safe to very quickly boot my PC with the waterblocked card in it to check the card works, as long as I don't try to give it a work out or anything daft (i.e. will the block draw enough heat away from the GPU for a couple of minutes of light usage)?
What do you think boys and girls?


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Ran long enough to boot into Windows and have 8800GTX drivers installed. Basically I'm selling my 8800GTX as I need cash and to declutter, but wanted to check the one Gonz sold me was alright (otherwise I'd've had some difficult decisions to make!).