Hello,
I am hoping to replace a couple of ageing Nvidia cards (Quadro 4000 + GTX 580) in my PC with a 1080Ti. I will be using it for graphics (3D modelling & rendering, 2D compositing/VFX), not gaming.
I am slightly concerned about the heat from the 1080Ti. Many people seem to favour the ASUS GeForce ROG-STRIX because of its three big fans, but the Founders Edition vents its heat out of the back of the case, rather than dumping it into the case. I have a Corsair H100i water cooler plus quite a few fans, so I'm hoping that these will be able to cope with the additional heat.
I am also looking to get an M.2 SSD. I know these SSDs will throttle considerably when they get hot, so I really want to keep everything as cool as possible. My board is an Asus P9X79 WS, so it does not have an M.2 slot so I'll have to use an adapter in a PCI slot, which, I'm guessing, will mean I can try to keep the GTX1080Ti and the SSD as far apart as the slot types/positions will allow.
So my question is: Does anyone have much experience of the pros & cons of:
Strix card dumping its heat into the case
Founders Edition dumping its heat out of the case
My gut feeling is to go with the Strix card and assume my big Cooler Master case plus the several fans will be able to cope OK, and that the Founders Edition card just won't be able to keep the card cool under load. But any thoughts/suggestions would be most welcome!
~ Paul
I am hoping to replace a couple of ageing Nvidia cards (Quadro 4000 + GTX 580) in my PC with a 1080Ti. I will be using it for graphics (3D modelling & rendering, 2D compositing/VFX), not gaming.
I am slightly concerned about the heat from the 1080Ti. Many people seem to favour the ASUS GeForce ROG-STRIX because of its three big fans, but the Founders Edition vents its heat out of the back of the case, rather than dumping it into the case. I have a Corsair H100i water cooler plus quite a few fans, so I'm hoping that these will be able to cope with the additional heat.
I am also looking to get an M.2 SSD. I know these SSDs will throttle considerably when they get hot, so I really want to keep everything as cool as possible. My board is an Asus P9X79 WS, so it does not have an M.2 slot so I'll have to use an adapter in a PCI slot, which, I'm guessing, will mean I can try to keep the GTX1080Ti and the SSD as far apart as the slot types/positions will allow.
So my question is: Does anyone have much experience of the pros & cons of:
Strix card dumping its heat into the case
Founders Edition dumping its heat out of the case
My gut feeling is to go with the Strix card and assume my big Cooler Master case plus the several fans will be able to cope OK, and that the Founders Edition card just won't be able to keep the card cool under load. But any thoughts/suggestions would be most welcome!
~ Paul
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