Liquid Cooling a RTX 3060 TI with NZXT Kraken G12 Kit

[@cannedham3774]

i love this concept, it probobly works but I'd want something that covers the VRAM as well..

[@SteveSiegelin]

You should just hook that to your CPU instead. It works good on the CPU and what I'm looking at doing is cutting the heat pipes on that same GPU and braising some brass fittings on it so that I can have a double water loop flow from the krakens pump. It's strong enough and I have the upgraded radiator so it runs cool enough. You're missing a lot of heat sinks in a lot of key places.

[@AM-sx7zi]

no coling on memory or vram ...this is so stupid

[@AdrianGtz]

I ended up putting new thermal pads on them, chill lil mama

[@AM-sx7zi]

@@AdrianGtz and the pads are connected to? .... metal plate or what? where is the transfer , the pards wil transfer the heat to?

[@AdrianGtz]

@@AM-sx7zi Connected to? The thermal pads don’t need to be connected to anything as they can’t be lol. I replaced the original pads 🤦🏻‍♂️ The card stays 35-38 degrees cooler than before. Let’s see yours?

[@lorenzof4560]

@@AdrianGtz So you are telling us that thermal pads dont need to touch a surface to dissipate heat. Sure

[@matteocastelli3203]

@@AdrianGtz Thermal pads are used to transfer heat like thermal paste not to dissipate it. Cooling vrams is a must to. Also gpu temps don’t consider vram temps. I literally had a card constantly crashing because of poor vram cooling even if temps were low. Cool better the vrams and you’ll get amazing overclock capability

[@joaopedromartinsdefreitas6418]

works on rtx 3060 12gb ?

[@gorkman5697]

thank you for the video i have sidon 120v liquid cooling can i install it to my asus 3060 ti mini oc graphic card or what model liquid cooling i can install is it possible

[@jeremybroderick9465]

VRM and memory chip cooling?

[@kristofs8893]

I'm more concerned about how your PC knows when to adjust fan speeds when both are CPU coolers.

[@Morpheus-pt3wq]

Yeah, this is how it looks like, when somebody, who does not understand the basics about GPU cooling does a cooler swap. The fan on the G12 is there to cool down VRM, but since VRM on this GPU is in the back, it has nothing to cool down - it only blows air from bottom to the top. If you´d at least glued a heatsink atop of VRMs and VRAM modules... This is just an excellent way to kill it fast, but with cool core!

[@AdrianGtz]

Lmfao! Do you even understand the concept of liquid cooling? If you even read any of the other comments, you’d know that after I made the video I applied new thermal pads to all vrm. Also, the card stays 35-40° cooler over stock when under load 🤣😂🤦🏻‍♂️ Card has been running better than you and is user every day for gaming!

[@alittlepickle8632]

@@AdrianGtz nothing is cooling the vrms

[@EarFellOff]

@@AdrianGtzthermal pads arent magic, they have to be connected to a metal plate or heatsink to dissipate the heat, its not rocket science lol. What your doing is the same as applying thermal paste to the cpu and not mounting the cooler lmao. Reason it works is because the 3060 ti is a relatively low power card, anything with over 250w with gddr6x would overheat that your mod would kill the card within a matter of months

[@AdrianGtz]

@@EarFellOff I've been running this gpu "liquid cooled" with this kit just like every other person has done on KZbin for months now with no issue. Gotta love how everyone and their momma is crying on MY vidoe but not any others LMAO

[@EarFellOff]

@@AdrianGtz didnt you read? Said a card with over 250w tdp and gddr6x, yours is a 3060 ti with a 200w power limit and gddr6. So itll run but not ideal. The fan is on the right of the card, while your vrms is on the left, the vrm is getting little to no airflow. Love how people are advising you to not kill your card and your response is a sentence with your mama lol, but hey its only a 3060 ti so who cares

[@AM-sx7zi]

You still have the 3060ti :) I make a bet is R.I.P now with the pads on him :)...

[@AdrianGtz]

I do, I play on it every day lol

[@dcikaruga]

Cant he Kraken fit on RTX 4000 series and AMD 7000 series as well?

[@speedracer6969]

I did the same thing to my ASUS ROG Strix 3060 Ti and I actually found the temps underload where higher (80 degrees) compared with the stock cooler (62 degrees). Under idle temps where about 26-30 degrees. What was the temps under load?

[@AdrianGtz]

Did you remove the plastic from the cooler before mounting it on one gpu? That’ll cause that, and make sure to use a good amount of thermal paste. Mine under load stays between 68-72 Celsius depending if I’m gaming with the card overclocked or not.

[@jzuany]

Asus rog is the coolest GPU in any chipset you choose. There is no need to do this expensive Work around with the nzxt kraken mount and a compatible watercooler. For the price you will spend in 2 watercoolers you may buy a custom loop with budget parts.

[@domingocho]

whats the distance between the GPU processor and the VRM?

[@adamkovacs4194]

it must cool better but it doesn't look good

[@Gwopenese]

When I turn my pc on the aio works but the fan connected to the kraken doesn’t, does it only spin under heavy use?

[@AdrianGtz]

They typically start to spin when it’s under load, some many do sling for a second or two when started then stop until they have a load.

[@AdrianGtz]

Have you checked it when under heavy load? Might want to check if it doesn’t, if not you might have a faulty fan

[@Gwopenese]

@@AdrianGtz not yet, originally it was working, but the aio attached to it went out, so I had to replace it. Then when I went to put the new aio in found out I had to swap it with the other aio working in my system because it didn’t mount to the kraken. Once I solved that issue, oit everything back together and I noticed the kraken isn’t spinning upon start up, I had wondered the same if heavy load would make it spin

[@residensikerinchi3784]

i have a RTX 3060 12gb card, would the Kraken G12 works as well?

[@AdrianGtz]

It should, you'll have to cut up the brackets like I did.

[@residensikerinchi3784]

noted. thanks! @@AdrianGtz

[@JoseMariArceta]

How are the temps vs stock?

[@AdrianGtz]

It’s 25-30 degrees cooler over stock temps

[@fandyarmanda8492]

Is it ok VRAM VRM without heatsink?

[@lucca7797]

where did you connect the pump cable?

[@AdrianGtz]

To the cpu fan header

[@khydo_xix]

Which brackets did you use

[@khydo_xix]

Trying to install mine

[@AdrianGtz]

@@khydo_xix the nvidia brackets, you’ll have to cut them up a bit

[@GHz199]

Htf vrm are cooled ?

[@AdrianGtz]

Yes, I put thermal pads on all VRM after I did the video. Not sure if you read other comments, but I did mention it.

[@GHz199]

@AdrianGtz oh ok i just read them. however how do you dissipate the heat from the vrms ? There is no heatsink on your thermal pads.. your gpu is maybe thermal throttling because of lack of thermal dissipation. Check your vrm temps pls

[@AdrianGtz]

@@GHz199 I really don’t don’t that I dont have a heat sink on them, my pc is idle 98% of the time, I don’t do any rendering and ever since I got a ps5 I don’t game on it, besides, the pc case has plenty of air cooling

[@AdrianGtz]

@@GHz199 I’d be more than grateful if you are willing to send me heatsink a for the vrm since you’re so worried about throttling and heat dissipation 😁

[@GHz199]

@AdrianGtz I'm worried because I want to do the same cooling solution on my 3080TI. Your gpu doesn't have thermal sensors on vrm, that's why you probably missed the problem. But for my gpu, even with a thermal copper plate mod, it's damn hot on vrm and core..

[@nerdypcbuilder]

😮 your vrm have nothing cooling them though... lol forget about that ? It's only sitting at 30 that's the same as my xc3 3080 😑 what is the load

[@AdrianGtz]

I put new thermal pads on the VRM after I did the video…I don’t use the pc much ever since I got a ps5 in January.

[@mr.ji4ko795]

Hi please can you give me discord or anything to ask you some questions.

[@AdrianGtz]

I don’t have discord