Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Which gtx 280 to buy if it will be water cooled

Which gtx 280 to buy if it will be water cooled

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - Which gtx 280 to buy if it will be water cooled

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
vagy   08-03-2008 at 07:03:57 PM

Hi,

First of all sorry if it's a silly question.

I plan to buy GTX 280 and since I've heard about it's fan noise, and since i would like to OC it, I plan to water cool it with Zalman reserator I am about to buy as well.
I saw lots of cards which you can buy overclocked already which are very expensive, and my question is, can i just buy the simplest and cheapest one, replace their existing fan cooling with a VGA water block, like EK's , and get the best performance?

Also will i need 3/8'' Barbs or 1/2'' barbs?

Thanks in advance.

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Liderc   08-04-2008 at 12:54:19 AM
- 0 +

Can't answer all the questions but should be able to bring to light a few of them.

I would go with Evga for your 280, that way you can step up if new arch's come out within a couple months. As for buying any of the OC'd versions, from what I've read, the company takes all their cards and test them, finds which ones can run at higher clocks and OC's them and sells them for a higher profit for the same card. If this is true, and you buy a non-OC'd GPU, it could be a bad overclocker and they decided to sell it as the "regular" card. I would think that any 280 you buy will overclock nicely on water, so worry not about getting a good boost from watercooling vs stock air cooling, water should allow good OC'ing ability.

Reply to Liderc
timaahhh   08-04-2008 at 01:07:13 AM
- 0 +

The tubes and fittings you need all depend on the kit. A half inch setup will cool better then a three eights however there seems to be fewer half inch parts. Also you may find bending half inch tubes a bit harder, I imagine they would be more prone to kinking.

My suggestion to you is put up the extra for a factory overclocked card. If you are buying on the cheap I imagine your gonna get a pump that is gonna make noise. After your done buying your watercooling equiptment you would have paid the difference anyways.


Message edited by timaahhh on 08-04-2008 at 01:08:19 AM
Reply to timaahhh
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Which gtx 280 to buy if it will be water cooled
Go to:

There are 660 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.169 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?