msi gtx 1070 gaming x VS sea hawk

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Gam3r01
Of course the pump can fail, anything can.
However, the failure rates are low, low enough for you not to worry about.

I will say the Sea Hawk is a potential waste of money. Newer gen cards do not run into thermal limits when OCing, so AIO coolers do nothing for you.
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Of course the pump can fail, anything can.
However, the failure rates are low, low enough for you not to worry about.

I will say the Sea Hawk is a potential waste of money. Newer gen cards do not run into thermal limits when OCing, so AIO coolers do nothing for you.
 
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I agree...mostly. The pumps in the SeaHawk are generally Corsair and the failure rates are rare. And I agree with the thermal capabilities of newer gen cards, however, if you have a situation where you are running a hot system in the case in general (ie: poor intake/exhaust) this could result in a high temp environment that requires the gpu to use hot air to cool itself. This is uncommon, but can be a consideration with a poorly cooled and highly overclocked mITX setup, which could result in a minor decrease in longevity of all the components including the gpu.

In these cases some have chosen to isolate the cooling environment for the gpu by using a hybrid card with the fan/rad set to intake rather than exhaust...in essence you are quarantining the cooling of the gpu from the rest of the system environment (and adding intake which helps). Again, a perfect and sad storm of component choices would cause this rare scenario, and this may have no application toward your system config and and experience.

I would say no to the SeaHawk unless your system needed that better cooling overall due to the above mentioned potential problem setup...other than that it is just braggin' rights and looks cool:p
 
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I say go with the Sea hawk. It's specd to the same speed as the gaming.. it'll be quieter (one fan vs two) ( plus lower rpm on AIO) AND it's priced @ about 70 less the the gaming version..


 
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I know a lot of people think there is little point to an AIO on a graphics card, but I like the idea. I have read that these cards can thermal throttle, especially the 1080. AIO will probably eliminate that possibility entirely. More to the point for me, though, is that they are quieter with an AIO. I am willing to pay a premium for quiet running parts.

As an example, the price on the 1070 Sea Hawk is about $520 on newegg right now. That is $80 more than some of the cheaper air-cooled AIBs that are hovering around $440. I haven't pulled the trigger on the purchase yet, but I am strongly considering it.
 
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Interesting. I have only seen one review on guru3d for the Sea hawk. The only other info I've found is user reviews... which are typically people just happy whatever they bought turns on when they get it. If that is true about db levels I may just get the Strix instead.

Hmm... guru3d is saying both Sea Hawk and Gaming X are near silent:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1080_sea_hawk_x_review,11.html

Looks that might be where you got your info too, actually. Gaming X looks to also be a very quiet card. I did notice the load temps were about 70 for the Gaming X compared to 48 for the Sea Hawk. That's less heat in your case and more potential oc headroom. That might be worth it to some. I am still not certain... but considering between seahawk and Strix myself.
 
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I upgraded from an EVGA GTX 980ti Gaming FTW ACX 2.0 to the EVGA GTX 980ti Hybrid last year.

The 980ti FTW ran the case a lot hotter so all the case fans had to ramp up quite a bit. At full load, temps were around 68-72 and fans were a bit audible over my head set.

The 980ti hybrid does idle a tad louder than my FTW but at full load all the heat goes to the rad and straight out the back of case and never went over 60 degrees. All the other case fans run at lower RPM, but at high RPM with the static pressure fan on the radiator the air pushing through the rad is audible.

Overall at idle the AIO is barely louder than my whisper quiet FTW. At full load the AIO is significantly quieter than the FTW.

I recently replaced all my case fans and the 980ti radiator fan with the Corsair Maglev fans. So now I can run the rad fan at 1500 RPM and dammitt at full load I can barely hear any fan noise over my head set and GPU temps never exceed 56 degrees.

I would still recommend air cooled GPUs if your looking to save money, the moderate increased fan noise at full load isn't a big deal, and you plan on keeping your GPU for over 3 years.

But for me personally I'm never going back to air cooled GPUs. The reduction in noise is a huge plus since my case is about 17 inches away from my head. My games will never freeze up over an overhead GPU, all my games comfortably run on max settings, there's never going to be any throttling, and the AIO GPUs are very slim so they don't interfere with the other PCIe slots. AIO warranty is only 3 years so this is only good for idiots like me that buys a new GPU every two years.
 
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