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    The cure for hot Titans

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by Dark_, Nov 15, 2016.

  1. Dark_

    Dark_ Notebook Consultant

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    Recently upgraded from two Titan X (maxwell) to two Titan X (pascal) and nearly forgot how toasty the flagship cards run with the factory blower (the maxwell cards were 'upgraded' with evga hybrid coolers).

    I decided I was tired of AIO style water cooling solutions and went with a complete water loop. Best part about the current setup is that I can run the fans crazy low and still get 40c temps (low 30's with them on high) under load.

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    Benchmarks-
    Time Spy: http://www.3dmark.com/spy/714187
    Firestrike: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10750243
     
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    Dark_, Nov 15, 2016
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  2. abdul.ahmadi

    abdul.ahmadi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great Job. The funny thing is these cards cost like ~ 1000$ each and then you have pay extra for keeping them cool.
     
    abdul.ahmadi, Nov 24, 2016
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  3. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    NVIDIA's stock coolers are a joke.. The Titan X always was overpriced but at least you could get custom version of it from Asus etc... Now the XP is only available with the crappy stock NVIDIA cooler..

    OP's solution is good but too much water around the GPUs for my tastes lol.. It will be a good solution till it leaks! (I really hope it doesn't, that will be expensive!)
     
    TomJGX, Nov 25, 2016
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  4. houstoned

    houstoned Yoga Pants Connoisseur.

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    good stuff.

    one of these days i will get bored and do a hard-lined custom water setup.
     
    houstoned, Nov 25, 2016
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