Hardware & Technical Which AIO kit for gtx 1080 ti FE?

amadeus1171

amadeus1171
Did I ever tell you the story about how I won a free gtx 1080 ti? Well, that's a story for another time. :-D

Anyway, I want more from my TI. At 99% usage it runs hot hot hot! The reference cooler sucks. I mean it really sucks. I have several fans blowing into the case and have ambient temperature set at 22.22~C (72 deg F), which keeps the case at about 30 C. But while in use the card runs at 70 C! That about a 40 C difference. Yeah, I told you the reference cooler sucks.

So I'm looking to upgrade with an AIO kit. I've looked, looked, and looked, but the most I can find is about evga's hybrid water cooled AIO. I'd prefer a kit from Corsair, but they don't have one, and they're not selling the AIO they have connected to the MSI FE card. I've found Alphacool from a German company, but it's in Germany, and I can't find any review videos about it (in English). I don't know about ordering outside the US. And there is also there is the Kraken G12 from NZXT. It's uuuuuuuugly!!!!!!!

The EVGA kit seems decent, but they did an awful QA job with it. It doesn't even have the proper documentation! They include the documentation for the gtx 1080 instead of the gtx 1080 ti. At some point in the installation you have to guess what comes next. The best you can do is watch build-up videos to see how it should be done.

So i'm at a loss to which cooler I should get. I really like Alphacool, though. It covers and cools the entire card, and the aesthetics look awesome. But it would have to be shipped from Germany. I don't know about that.

What do you guys think?
 

Morbad

Morbad
70C isn't that bad for a GPU and I wouldn't replace the cooler unless noise is an issue or clocks aren't boosting to where they should be (1850-1900MHz is typical on a 1080 ti FE).

Review of the Alphacool AIO: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2719-alphacool-eiswolf-gpx-pro-review-on-gtx-1080

Given the cost and the downsides of most aftermarket 1080 ti AIOs, I'd be tempted to recommend just getting a full cover block and integrating it into a budget custom loop of your own.

As for documentation, if you're really ready to dismantle and void the warranty on your ~750 dollar part (yes, I know it was free), you should make sure you know enough about what's what that you don't need any documentation.
 

jmg

J
Morbad said:
70C isn't that bad for a GPU and I wouldn't replace the cooler unless noise is an issue or clocks aren't boosting to where they should be (1850-1900MHz is typical on a 1080 ti FE).

Review of the Alphacool AIO: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2719-alphacool-eiswolf-gpx-pro-review-on-gtx-1080

Given the cost and the downsides of most aftermarket 1080 ti AIOs, I'd be tempted to recommend just getting a full cover block and integrating it into a budget custom loop of your own.

As for documentation, if you're really ready to dismantle and void the warranty on your ~750 dollar part (yes, I know it was free), you should make sure you know enough about what's what that you don't need any documentation.
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google EVGA hybrid cooler.
I had two of them in my system, only got took them out because I went with a completely custom loop.
I had them on both titans. At full tilt, they kept the gpus in the 50s, with zero noise. highly recommend them. more than happy to sell mine, if you don't mind the fact that I had to modify the backplate a little to accommodate the extra memory in the titan (had to enlarge one of the holes). Regardless, they are really good units, and not that expensive
 

Morbad

Morbad
Price isn't that bad, but it's still fifty bucks more than a full cover block and only fifty bucks short of an entire GPU-only custom loop.
 

jmg

J
Morbad said:
Price isn't that bad, but it's still fifty bucks more than a full cover block and only fifty bucks short of an entire GPU-only custom loop.
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I'm all for a custom loop-- that's what I ended up doing. But op wants a aio, and I can attest from personal experience that those things work great and are virtually silent. I could slam my titan to 100% usage using folding @ home, and the temps stayed in the low 50s, and the can hovering at 30% . They're great little units.
 
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