Blower vs Open-Air - Which one should you buy? - GPU Cooling Comparison

Blower vs Open-Air, is one better? What should you buy?
In this video I compare the pros and cons of each style cooler.
The answer might surprise you! :)
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My experience is that the blower style cooler has lower temperatures when gaming for a few hours. custom coolers leave the hot air in your case so eventually the card is just gonna suck in air that is already 60c, so i dont get why people like custom coolers that much...

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Not if you have good case cooling then the hot air expelled from the gpu will quickly be removed

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[@boom78]

You should get an award for the crystal clear explanations on this type of thing. I have also heard the blower style cooler is recommended for multi gpu configurations (crossfire or sli). I think multi gpu is impractical but for those who choose this there is a lot more heat so perhaps it should be expelled out the back of the case rather than within.

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so how do i know if can install a blower please tell the secret

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I really shoulda watched this BEFORE buying a blower style 1080 for my mid tower custom PC.

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You didn't mention the blow style card is also cheaper!

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I just love the look of refrence cards becuase of the blower cooler.

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Absolutely amazing video! Simple, to the point and very factual! I will now go with a blower style cooler as my Dell Precision Tower 5810 hasn't got enough ventilation and airflow for an open air cooler! Thanks!

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This video helped me immensely. Hearing you describe the pre-built machine and what happened with your cards was exactly what I needed. I now know I should get the blower style without a doubt. Thank you.

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[@LethalByChoice]

Me: Looking for a great GPU cooler TD: The blower might not be the best choice because it has a tendency to be hotter and run slower Me: Uh, okay guess I'm not buying a blower GPU and I guess I'll buy an open-air GPU TD: So you're probably like 'then why don't you just get the open-air GPU?' Me: Yeah tbh now I am TD: But wait, if you have no proper cooling in your pc like multiple case fans, an open-air gpu can overheat your pc Me: *has no case fans*..... blower fan it is! :D Thanks TD!

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I put 8 blower style 1080 TI's in my lab server. The server pushes air right through the GPUs from front to back. It's awesome.

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Another case for blower-style coolers are Mini-ITX cases where you might not have cubic space to even place case fans. Blowers will take air from anywhere it can from the limited cubic space and expel it out the back.

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I knew it was strange to feel the side of my case and feel hot air coming out from the side where my GPU sat. I'm so glad I bought a case with multiple fans, and now the highest my 1070 has ever run at was 75 degrees Celsius under heavy load.

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Quick Answer: If your case has fans get the regular fans on the GPU. If your case doesn't have fans you need the blower type that is the reference card which will send the air outside the case from the slot in the back of the card.

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Thank you so much! I'm going to build a gaming pc next month, and I knew I was getting a 1070, but since I didn't know the difference I was gonna get a reference card because I prefer how it looks. Thanks to you though, I know I should be getting a custom card since I will be having a good amount of fans. You are the best.

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I have a define r5 case and I went with a reference style GPU because I went for balanced airflow. I have my psu; 1 fan on the bottom going in; 2 in the front going in 1 in the back going in; and finally a corsair watercooler loop pointing out the top of the case. Theory going I would rather push out all the gpu heat than having it have to be sucked out. Super stable and highly overclocked.

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wow...something so simple... I had a probblem where I was directly affected by these two type cards! Big thx!

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That was so helpful thank you. I had almost written off the idea of a blower card. Thanks for balancing out all the negative stuff about them

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I am in the process of building an E5- 2678-V3 120W Xeon system, went with the blower style to keep the motherboard components and case temps lower.

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I like how you can see a use for what would seem like a no brainer no go product. thums up.

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I ordered an HP prebuilt pc with RX 5700 blower card. This made me happier about that choice. I thought the blower cards are just VERY LOUD and suck at cooling. Thanks!

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[@pyrophobia133]

tl;dr use custom if you have excellent ventilation use reference if you have awful ventilation

[@philipp5183]

i have reference pc (HP) with one extra fan of my case. my actual gpu is one with one open air fan. is it exceptable to use a gpu with two open air fans aswell?

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[@florintrifan935]

Thank you sir, this is the most important reason. I knew it but somehow I used to put it on the same level with compatibility issues. E.g.: to overclock so much, they modify power draw, EFI / BIOS settings, thus, only the most recent & popular motherboards recognize them -they depart from the specs for "good" reasons: erase lower-power settings from card-bios and modify standard power draw schemes so that they can be more efficient in larger power consumption ranges, but become even dangerous for other components -they have large spikes and finally say "hey we only increased the TDP a little", when they had so frequent 80 w spikes that the recommended PSU should be 600w not 500w, and with double capacitor sizes, meaning the best PSUs one can get. Also, due to the older PSU-s ripples and more stable input voltages expected people can't even boot to EFI / BIOS to try to change something. And to have no customer/service issues they just remove the standard compatibility requirement from their web site - who'll notice something has been removed (usually they notice something has been added), we just got used with it so much as to take it for granted: it''s common sense, everybody knows, of course PCI-e 3 is compatible with 2, down to 1, isn't it? No, not anymore with the custom cards, and for a long time. Damn, need to upgrade the motherboard.... Now we have the same GPU slot, gtx 16 series consumes less power than 10 series, it should work, right? Wrong again... "you forgot about the PSU ripples didn't you? you need a very stable PSU now, power don't matter anymore... can throw away your 1kW PSU to the bin and take this 500w 85% gold+ PSU that would do just right"... And when all the other conditions have been luckily met, supposing we've learned from on all forums/reviews/benchmarks and get it to work... wait, we can game only for 5 minutes: the heat is cycled inside the case... the case fans that were supposed to run slow and be inaudible can't seem to cope with it. So, couldn't we get away with the custom card without upgrading the case too, could we? :)))))

[@Durrpadil]

This is a great video. I am building a GPU miner. Slim pickens in terms of what's available and I have to settle for 1 blower and 5 customs. But this helps me understand airflow to make the coolest running rig. Thanks again.

[@fitchyyboi]

blowers are better for miners with very close spacing, but custom coolers are great for open air rigs with spacing in between cards

[@dliciouscrabmeat6355]

Very helpful. Clarifies my now obvious need for a blower style 1070. Now i just need to find one that will fit in my case...

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I swear this dude had like 9k subs last year when I watched his vid for gpu comparisons

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[@shabutir1820]

Blower for life. My gtx680 4GB OCed to 1300mhz runs at 65c under full load. Also, it depends on the fans....but those blower fans, despite being small, can move the same amount of air as a single 1300rpm 120mm case fan.

[@davidcole2337]

Glad I went with the GTX 1070 Founders Edition since I put it in a Lenovo Desktop. Works great..

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Thank you! I've been trying to find the best make/model for my project and now knowing this I can finally place my order.

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But founders edition looks better

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a lot better.

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first name are you gonna be looking at the GPU while playing games? Stfu

[@SERGE_Tech]

/\ actualky yeah we stare at the computer all the time asthetics is important blower style is better for smaller cases with tighter spaces that need to vent hot air out better

[@eliceoescobar1278]

Maybe he has a window on his case

[@notme1998]

I personally like a lot ASUS strix cards

[@r4bb1t]

This is so helpful!! I decided to buy a blower style GPU! Thanks a lot!

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[@FargothPL]

It depends on the design of the case. Mine is an old, cheap model for around 20-30 bucks. I threw out the front fan and changed the rear one from 80mm to 120mm (Hi-speed Bequiet silent wings with PWM control). In addition, I sealed some unnecessary holes and replaced the metal grill at the back with a nice thin, chrome one. All this brought down the SLI temperatures of the GTX970 by 5-8oC (MSI 100ME edition). The fan created a slight vacuum inside and the air flowed directly onto the graphics cards and other important components. The heat was removed outside. The temperatures were better by 2-3oC than with the case open. Today, designers do not know what the physics of gases is and they create housings with a million colorful fans that often work against each other