Question on Cooling a GTX 1080

Denganim20

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So I plan to either get a MSI Gaming X GTX 1080, or a GTX 1080 ASUS Rog Strix. I'm leaning for the second card since it comes with COD BO4. Though I want the card to run very cool, because my room heats up easily, and I plan to overclock.

So I found the Kraken G12 GPU cooling bracket, and a Corsair H55 AIO cooler, and they should work for either of these cards right? Also I saw a review that said I needed VRAM heatsinks, thermal pads, and a GPU VGA fan adapter, is this true?

This will be the first time I install my own custom cooling so any tips and videos on how to do any of this is greatly appreciated.
 
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No you dont necessarily need those, but new thermal pads would be a nice to have.
You could replace some new thermal pads while taking the card apart.

(ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7r_2rE1yro)

xeddiex

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No you dont necessarily need those, but new thermal pads would be a nice to have.
You could replace some new thermal pads while taking the card apart.

(ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7r_2rE1yro)
 
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Denganim20

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So what purpose does the GPU fan adapter and VRAM heat sinks serve?
 

xeddiex

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I guess the adapter u were talking about is this one?
http://gelidsolutions.com/thermal-solutions/accessories-pwm-fan-adaptor/
That would allow the fan to be controlled by gpu.

The extra VRAM heat sinks allows you do heavy overlcokings, you dont really need those if just normal gaming.
 

Denganim20

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Yes that's what I mean, honestly thank you so much I will need these because I am overclocking, so I appreciate it!