GTX 980 Reference Card Liquid Cooling by AIO Liquid Cooler?

luckystrikes · Mar 22, 2015

Hello,

If I get GTX 980 reference card and put AIO liquid cooler, would there be any problem?
Something like this...

I am focusing on its temperature.
I love to keep the GeForce LED logo and at the same time liquid cooling by something like H100i.
(Reference card seems to have higher temp and noise, that's why...mainly)
If anyone can give me advice on this method, I would really appreciate it!

Thank you all in advance!!

JackNaylorPE · Mar 22, 2015

I don't really see the point in liquid cooling the 9xx series.... on twin 970s build, I could not get the GPU temp over 63c overclocked.

The AIO solutions improve unneeded cooling on the GPU but to my understanding do nothing for those components for which there is a temperature concern, namely the VRM and VRAM which actually get hotter because they loose the air cooling that was supplied by the original fans.

All the factory OC'd cards from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA come in between 67 and 69C at max load while the reference comes in at 79C. So, in short, I see no value on lowering the GPU temp from 79C or 68C to say 40C when the stated max limit for the GPU per nvidia is 98C ..... and you are removing cooling from the VRM and VRAM.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980/specifications

If you want something attractive with an AIO, I'd suggest using the Swiftech H240-X for your CPU and then perhaps adding a Komod0 block for the 980

http://www.swiftech.com/H240-X.aspx
http://www.swiftech.com/KOMODO-NV-GTX9.aspx

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