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October 14, 2014 8:00:23 AM

I want to use one of these together with a kraken g10 to cool my r9 290x graphics card. Price is no issue. But which one is better the kraken x31 or the corsair h80i?

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October 14, 2014 8:10:26 AM

Those are made to cool processors not video cards. Sorry I missed the adapter.
Either one should cool that card just fine.
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October 14, 2014 8:18:05 AM

You will probably get similar performance, if the radiator is the same size the fan is probably going to be the only difference. You can always get a better fan if you find the performance is not what you want. From benchmarks that I have seen either one is going to be leaps and bounds better than stock. I would look into getting some copper or aluminum heat sinks to place on the VRAM and voltage regulators because the G10 does a pretty poor job at cooling those even with the fan.
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October 14, 2014 8:35:17 AM

burdenbound said:
You will probably get similar performance, if the radiator is the same size the fan is probably going to be the only difference. You can always get a better fan if you find the performance is not what you want. From benchmarks that I have seen either one is going to be leaps and bounds better than stock. I would look into getting some copper or aluminum heat sinks to place on the VRAM and voltage regulators because the G10 does a pretty poor job at cooling those even with the fan.


Ok thank you. Do you have any suggestions for a good heatsink? I will probably buy the kraken, because ist cheaper and I already got a kraken x41 for my CPU.
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October 14, 2014 8:47:15 AM

You can pick up something like this for the VRAM http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Copper-Cooling-Heatsinks-c... make sure you buy enough, it looks like the 290x has quite a few.

As far as the voltage regulators you can pick up small heat sinks for the ones that are located to the left of the PCB like this http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7190/vid-105/Enzotech... (those are a bit pricey but it should give you an idea of what size to look for.

And then you have the main strip of voltage regulators, if you have the correct tools you can buy a block of aluminum and cut it to size http://www.amazon.com/100mm-Aluminum-Heatsink-MOSFET-Co...

You may want to check around google to see what other people have done.
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October 14, 2014 8:47:33 AM

You can pick up something like this for the VRAM http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Copper-Cooling-Heatsinks-c... make sure you buy enough, it looks like the 290x has quite a few.

As far as the voltage regulators you can pick up small heat sinks for the ones that are located to the left of the PCB like this http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7190/vid-105/Enzotech... (those are a bit pricey but it should give you an idea of what size to look for.

And then you have the main strip of voltage regulators, if you have the correct tools you can buy a block of aluminum and cut it to size http://www.amazon.com/100mm-Aluminum-Heatsink-MOSFET-Co...

You may want to check around google to see what other people have done.
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October 14, 2014 10:58:52 AM

So should i just put all those components right under the g10?
And I do not Think that I have any tools to cut it, so I just have to find another heatsink for that.
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October 14, 2014 11:04:53 AM

Or do all those opponents which you linked fit on my gpu? Is it hard to mount those parts on my graphics card?
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October 14, 2014 11:18:34 AM

All of the heatsinks go directly on the components on your GPU, so you would want to install them before you attach the g10 bracket.

This forum post might give you some more insight http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2352824&pa...

And if you look at this picture you will see where some people have placed their heatsinks https://www.google.com/search?q=290x+VRAM+VRM+heatsink&...

The VRAM (memory) are the larger square shaped ones surrounding the actual GPU. The VRM (voltage regulators) consist of the strip along the right side near the capacitors and there is a small cluster of VRMs to the left of the PCB which you can see more heat sinks sitting on.
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October 14, 2014 1:19:52 PM

burdenbound said:
All of the heatsinks go directly on the components on your GPU, so you would want to install them before you attach the g10 bracket.

This forum post might give you some more insight http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2352824&pa...

And if you look at this picture you will see where some people have placed their heatsinks https://www.google.com/search?q=290x+VRAM+VRM+heatsink&...

The VRAM (memory) are the larger square shaped ones surrounding the actual GPU. The VRM (voltage regulators) consist of the strip along the right side near the capacitors and there is a small cluster of VRMs to the left of the PCB which you can see more heat sinks sitting on.


Ok thank you very much for the help and the recommendations. I will take a little deeper look at the forum site you sent me and then I will probably buy the parts you recommended. Do I also need some kind of thermal paste?
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October 14, 2014 1:38:50 PM

Most of the heatsinks I have been looking at come with a thermal tape pre-attached, but read the reviews because depending on the brand they can fall off easily.

You can also grab something like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GIM9V8/ref=s9_simh... which has better sticking power.

You could go with a thermal compound that is designed to adhere but it can get messy and I believe those are a more permanent solution.
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October 14, 2014 1:43:23 PM

burdenbound said:
Most of the heatsinks I have been looking at come with a thermal tape pre-attached, but read the reviews because depending on the brand they can fall off easily.

You can also grab something like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GIM9V8/ref=s9_simh... which has better sticking power.

You could go with a thermal compound that is designed to adhere but it can get messy and I believe those are a more permanent solution.


Ok thanks once again.
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October 16, 2014 4:13:02 AM

burdenbound said:
Most of the heatsinks I have been looking at come with a thermal tape pre-attached, but read the reviews because depending on the brand they can fall off easily.

You can also grab something like http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GIM9V8/ref=s9_simh... which has better sticking power.

You could go with a thermal compound that is designed to adhere but it can get messy and I believe those are a more permanent solution.


Sorry for another question. but I do live in Denmark, so I can only buy from Amazon.de/co.uk or other more "local" countries. I have found the bigger heatsink you linked here. But I didn't find the vga ram and voltage regulators.
So I wanted to ask if these also would be good enough?
http://www.amazon.de/Cooltek-VGA-RAM-Kühlkörper-Speicherchips-Grafikkarte/dp/B001D7BDOQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1413458371&sr=8-4&keywords=vga+ram+kühler
http://www.amazon.de/Enzotech-MOS-C10-RAM-Kühler-passiv/dp/B004CL89D8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413457938&sr=8-1&keywords=Enzotech
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October 16, 2014 5:10:35 AM

(Sorry I don't know why the links don't work. If you want to help me and look at them you probably have to copy paste them. Thank you in advance)
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October 16, 2014 7:21:14 AM

I think the biggest thing you need to look for are dimensions. The first link appears to be correct for the VRAM but the listed dimensions of 17mm X 12mm don't match up with it's square appearance which is strange. The second link I believe those heatsinks will be too large for the VRM because they are pretty small.

I don't have first hand experience but from what I have been looking at you want something like a 6.5mm X 6.5mm for the VRM, I didn't find one on the german site but it would be similar to the following.

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks...

or the more expensive http://www.amazon.com/Enzotech-MOS-C1-MOSFET-Heatsinks-...

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October 16, 2014 8:32:11 AM

burdenbound said:
I think the biggest thing you need to look for are dimensions. The first link appears to be correct for the VRAM but the listed dimensions of 17mm X 12mm don't match up with it's square appearance which is strange. The second link I believe those heatsinks will be too large for the VRM because they are pretty small.

I don't have first hand experience but from what I have been looking at you want something like a 6.5mm X 6.5mm for the VRM, I didn't find one on the german site but it would be similar to the following.

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks...

or the more expensive http://www.amazon.com/Enzotech-MOS-C1-MOSFET-Heatsinks-...



Ok thank you again for the quick help.
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October 16, 2014 8:57:04 AM

I forgot to ask...what version 290x do you have? I just found this which might take a lot of the guess work out of what you are trying to do.

http://www.feppaspot.com/servlet/the-897/GELID-Solution...

Depending on the manufacturer you have for your graphics card, you might be able to keep the current VRAM/VRM heat sink on it if it has one.
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October 16, 2014 9:37:45 AM

burdenbound said:
I forgot to ask...what version 290x do you have? I just found this which might take a lot of the guess work out of what you are trying to do.

http://www.feppaspot.com/servlet/the-897/GELID-Solution...

Depending on the manufacturer you have for your graphics card, you might be able to keep the current VRAM/VRM heat sink on it if it has one.


I have the amd radeon r9 290x. What exactly do you mean. Do I Then not have to buy all those smal parts? Do you know if it is possible to get that thing somewhere else than America?
Sorry for asking so much. But I am not so experienced and would like to learn more. I am very thankful for all the help.
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October 16, 2014 9:45:32 AM

finnigen007 said:
burdenbound said:
I forgot to ask...what version 290x do you have? I just found this which might take a lot of the guess work out of what you are trying to do.

http://www.feppaspot.com/servlet/the-897/GELID-Solution...

Depending on the manufacturer you have for your graphics card, you might be able to keep the current VRAM/VRM heat sink on it if it has one.


I have the amd radeon r9 290x. What exactly do you mean. Do I Then not have to buy all those smal parts? Do you know if it is possible to get that thing somewhere else than America?
Sorry for asking so much. But I am not so experienced and would like to learn more. I am very thankful for all the help.


But do you know who made the card, like EVGA, MSI, XFX etc... and is it a reference design i.e. it has the turbine style cooler or does it have two or more large fans on it? The different manufacturers usually have some form of a heat sink in place already for the voltage regulators and you might be able to just use that rather then place heat sinks on the VRAM and VRM yourself. This is of course depends on 1) if the card has a heat sink already in place and 2) if the G10 bracket does not interfere with manufacturer heat sink.

I can't give you any guarantees but I just want you to know that there are other possible solutions to buying heat sinks separately.
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October 16, 2014 10:19:47 AM

burdenbound said:
finnigen007 said:
burdenbound said:
I forgot to ask...what version 290x do you have? I just found this which might take a lot of the guess work out of what you are trying to do.

http://www.feppaspot.com/servlet/the-897/GELID-Solution...

Depending on the manufacturer you have for your graphics card, you might be able to keep the current VRAM/VRM heat sink on it if it has one.


I have the amd radeon r9 290x. What exactly do you mean. Do I Then not have to buy all those smal parts? Do you know if it is possible to get that thing somewhere else than America?
Sorry for asking so much. But I am not so experienced and would like to learn more. I am very thankful for all the help.


But do you know who made the card, like EVGA, MSI, XFX etc... and is it a reference design i.e. it has the turbine style cooler or does it have two or more large fans on it? The different manufacturers usually have some form of a heat sink in place already for the voltage regulators and you might be able to just use that rather then place heat sinks on the VRAM and VRM yourself. This is of course depends on 1) if the card has a heat sink already in place and 2) if the G10 bracket does not interfere with manufacturer heat sink.

I can't give you any guarantees but I just want you to know that there are other possible solutions to buying heat sinks separately.


There is only one fan on it and it look like a turbine. It already was in the Pc. I didn't build it myself and it doesn't stand on the recipe for it either. I do not really know how to post pictures.
I think maybe power color is the manufactor. At least there is a picture of power colors logo and the name of it on the fan.
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October 17, 2014 8:20:49 AM

There is only one fan on it and it looks like a turbine. It already was in the Pc. I didn't build it myself and it doesn't stand on the recipe for it either. I do not really know how to post pictures.
I think maybe power color is the manufactor. At least there is a picture of power colors logo and the name of it on the fan.
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