WATERCOOL ANY GPU for $72!?!? | NZXT G12 Review

Had to show how I watercooled my RTX 2070 Blower model that had horrible thermals. Hope you all enjoyed the video!
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[@AirBearGaming]

NOTI GANG!!! Love you guys and hope you enjoyed! Stay awesome everyone!

[@Omarillo]

Interesting video broski

[@ImDembe]

You should have tried the AMD mounts they fit the holes closest to the DIE.Nice placement of the radiator...i can't because i have a aircooler but my card is under 60c load and close to silent with it very overclocked and near silent fancurve in Afterburner.

[@nichlassteenholdt9379]

I have the Asus phoenix GeForce RTX 2060 it only has one big fan but do you think I'm still able to buy and install this without a problem or?...

[@ImDembe]

@@nichlassteenholdt9379 RTX2060 isnt listed as compatible so its a risk.

[@nichlassteenholdt9379]

@@ImDembe I just really want to, because my GPU gets around 83 C when I play and it doesn't matter what game. So my room gets extremely hot extremely fast. xD

[@flaminbutt]

To anyone still watching this. No need to cut the bracket, just use the AMD one, fits perfectly with the 2070

[@KinGDGaminG63]

Wanna do this on my 3080

[@meltingzero3853]

"80°C to 47°C - We just dropped our temps in half almost!" Mister Kelvin would like to have a word with you.

[@adityaaurora9869]

I was actually planning on doing this when I first built my pc, good to see that someone else thought of spending less on parts to get increased performance. Good video as always bear! BTW: If you plan on doing this to your card but don't want to just have the naked PCB of your gpu you can use an acrylic backplate to cover it up while also adding some rgb flare if you choose.

[@Verzula]

How can you make an acrylic backplate? And with RGB?

[@Disonant]

I wanna see that shit

[@ClownMoney]

They sell those acrylic backplate on V1tech Google that and you will find it. I got a acrylic back plate rgb 1060

[@r32juan]

@@Verzula u buy them

[@andersonkhotzecheng1084]

For RTX card u need to use AMD bracket

[@testosaurusrex3356]

No this is a short PCB, won´t work either

[@zephyrgaming9642]

@@testosaurusrex3356 this isnt true I've tried it and it works not perfectly but well enough with the AMD bracket

[@sanace2788]

@@testosaurusrex3356 it's work, I've tried on my 2060s using amd bracket, it fit perfectly

[@cub862001]

@@sanace2788 i have a 2060 super, still work?

[@sanace2788]

@@cub862001 it is

[@Gr8dane85]

Thanks man, my 2070 itx build never gets hotter then 43 degrees now. Using Corsair H105.

[@Great.Username]

What case do you have? I have a Silverstone sg13 and am considering doing this with my blower 1080ti

[@Gr8dane85]

@@Great.Username i have the Fractal Design Era.

[@Great.Username]

@@Gr8dane85 ok thank you!

[@Eryk702]

What cpu bracket did you end up using? or did you have to modify anything? (In terms of just the liquid cooled GPU setup)

[@mother_chucker12]

@@Great.Username Did you do it? I'm thinking of doing it as well to turbo 1080ti

[@loui828]

I had seen other videos but this one documents and explains how to get this to work on any card. Did this with my Vega 64 it went from 85 degrees to 40-45 on heavy load and idle temps are in the 20s! I did pair it with the kraken x62 tho. Thank you!!

[@kristofs8893]

F*****ck are you sh*tt*ng me? 40-45 on a Vega 64? My RX 570 runs on 70-72 on max load with air cooler and the noise is driving me nuts. Did you use the same "ASETEC 550LC" what he used in the video or something else as it is concerning me to use no name brand coolers, also doesn't it have any hardware or software conflict on your motherboard having 2 CPU AIO coolers?

[@Brazi187]

Quick and “easy”. Nice vid bro, see u next video or stream!

[@arthuradinolfi8185]

I did the same thing before I ended up doing a full custom loop

[@erickonassis5023]

I've been searching for 2 days for this exact video, as the Kracken 12 isn't made for the 2070. Thank you you for preventing early hair loss😂 *subbed*

[@jake20479]

my 1660ti XC Ultra (original air cooler) - 72Cmax temp before liquid metal 48C max after liquid metal +135 stable on core- comes out to 2130 +1250 on memory ::update accelero 3 cooler installed.. max temp of 45c. core stable at 2,145 and memory stable at +1,500. on all games and benchmarks. custom heatsinks were used that I salvaged from northbridges. I used thermal glue instead of pads.

[@ja001son]

Ive got one of these on the way for my 2080Ti, this video confirms I should be able to get it working. Big thanks, subbed.

[@dj4972]

You can use the AMD bracket on alot of the rtx cards for the g12, give it a try with your 2080 TI

[@motulautech4680]

Sir could u tell me which materials did you used?

[@alvaroaugustomeridio]

Hi! Did you add any disipators on your mosfets, RAM memory and capacitors? Would you recomend it? Any temp readings on them running full throttle?

[@elshizz]

Dope. Love the interaction with Dan the Man! Keep it up guys, 65k in no time

[@furynotes]

I remember when I was 14 years old. I had two 7600gs cards. But I bought two zalman gpu coolers. So mad drilled into the pcb! Yes drill into the cards. Guess what. Well. both can boot. One had artifacts when running battlefield 2142. But the other. Completely worked! I tried to sli them up back 2006. Before trying them individually. Note: These were. XFX fanless cards. Just wanted to share that story. Considering the risky content involving drilling into things.

[@happyotakumanmike]

I love this, It simplifies the need to heavily regulate airflow in your case when you liquid cool even with an AIO as long as its both your cpu and gpu. If you have them both intaking you need a couple good exhausts, if you have the exhausting then you need a couple good intakes. if you run them intaking and exhausting then you need a little bit of intake to cool the air before it hits the exhausting rad. It becomes less about air pathway and regulation so much as just making sure that the radiator isn't sucking warm or hot temperature air and that its getting enough pressure, which is way easier. I just put a kraken X53 on my processor and next i have some spare cash I'm probably gonna put an M22 on my gpu cause I'm a little snooty about my parts

[@cameronharvey4746]

I acutally really like what the bracket does visually to a card, especially when paired with an nzxt 120mm AIO. I think it looks cleaner and fits my white and black build better than the blower cooler shroud that i usually think is ugly. Makes the card take up less space in my micro atx case and looks a little cleaner when set up right.

[@nohjuan6355]

Does it fit? The nzxt page of g12 doesnt list the 120mm (m22) as compatible. I had an M22, but swapped it to the x72 because the m22's pump is prone to fail

[@cameronharvey4746]

@@nohjuan6355 I'm actually not sure the m22 fits but I'm probably going to go with the 140mm pump anyways. They are nearly the same price but it's dodgy right now. A lot of nzxt products are sold out in december.

[@nohjuan6355]

@@cameronharvey4746 hmm, alright. Well I live outside the US, and although NZXT comes here late, the demand is meh, so supply even in december is fine. I'm planning to do vertical gpu + aio cooling anyway. Thanks for the info

[@howmahaga1]

Using this set up for a RTX 2070 (Palit) Running at 50C max on bf V with ultra settings. Was running at 85C on stock. OC is 140 Core and 750 Memory

[@EcksGamer]

Nice video but i tend to wonder if this would work for something like a 3060/3060 Ti as well since NZXT hasn't really updated its compatibility with its GPU's.

[@sohampramanik561]

True I am also searching some video regarding this, cause I have a 3070 ti, so do not know if this method will be compatible

[@genxgamerdad141]

Was using this on my 1080GTX. Bought a 2080 Super, it does by using the AMD brackets. Asus 2080 Super OC never goes above 50C now and stays on max boost which is over 2GHz.

[@benjaminingold7980]

Im planning to install it on my 1080 like you did. Is there any additional equiment i need or anything I need to pay attention to?

[@Loooooooooooooooool]

I've looked into using this on my Zotac 1070ti mini. I've found that its incompatible because the VRM is before the GPU so the fan would not cool them at all.

[@erickrayos]

I went with air cooling used Raijintek Morpheus II and it fits my RTX 2070 using the AMD mounting point. GPU core temp goes max of 61C at 23C ambient temp. on my normal 21C ambient temp it stays around 50C or lower. I've seen this NZXT bracket work w/o cutting on reddit, they used the same AMD bracket instead of Nvidia's.

[@chazpr]

What about the vram heat dissipation? I saw that you took out the thermal pads and your vram chips are going to overheat 😳

[@notunder8738]

Exactly my thoughts, at least a heat spreader should be applied

[@cipero9246]

at 3:15 u can see some small copper heatsinks to the right, he may have used those

[@reinaldo1504]

how about the vrm, do we need another heatsink for them ? or we can just leave them be

[@hadouken008]

I got a 1080 ti gaming x, with this setup and i have just the fan that came with the nzxt, blowing on the vrm, the card is overclocked, its barely warm to the touch on full load.

[@GunsNScoop]

Heatsink if nothing else to cool

[@my_tech_insights]

I'm using a custom WC on my "old" 1060 for 3 years, it stays in 25-35 º C, in full load 45ºC in 20% oc the max is 60º C. Watercooler a GPU really worth.

[@blackasthesky]

"We dropped our temperatures in half" *Cries in Gamer's Nexus*

[@thatonezeldafan5275]

I dont understand

[@blackasthesky]

@@thatonezeldafan5275 in the video he used Celsius scale, which does start at -273°C absolute zero. The 0°C is just an arbitrary point on the scale someone decided is a good 0° point for daily use (freezing point of water, of course). So when you go from 70°C to 35°C, you did not really drop temperature in half.

[@thatonezeldafan5275]

@@blackastheskyOh lol

[@tonkatoytruck]

So what are the VRM temperatures and what is cooling them now that you removed the thermal tape and cooling plate?

[@me_and_me_]

not a good option if you can only watercool the GPU, because when installing it on the VGA, you'll realize that the brackets won't allow you to install a sepparated heatsink for the VRAM, but only the VRM's if you are capable of installing it

[@deeppurplefan]

They recommend these things all the time over on the EVGA forums, they are directly compatible with the 2080 Ti, 2080S, 2080 and 2070S. Nice job on the setup here, push pull fans are key on a 120mm rad.

[@ajk6656]

It's amazing on my GTX 1080, wish I learned about it sooner. I'm moving to the NXZT H1 case for the 3000 series GPUs though so I won't be able to use it :( Got very used to running intensive games at 40% fan speed and not going above 50C

[@porschet5898]

Is it compatible with the 2060S strix?

[@timmordragon1847]

For Aesthetics just get a GPU Backplate form 'V1 Tech' or similar Vendor.

[@farka7789]

The Miners join the chat

[@lipe1393]

2:47 Man, I laugh at this! You're a genius sir!

[@jackbaxter443]

Question... Why have they used a fan to cool the RAM? Why not have a aluminium plate that covers the whole GPU? Using heat pads on the RAM to make contact with the plate and the NZXT cooler directly on the plate?

[@lotus_exe7903]

Criticism: Can you please link everything? And maybe put you're PC list, too. Either the list or the link to PC Part Picker. Also, would it be possible to vertically mount it so the ugly backplate wouldn't be seen?

[@miltonduarte889]

Surprised that you upped your knowledge on PC parts. I'm happy for you man.

[@EXPERIMENTONGOD]

Guys don't know if anybody noticed but the reason you need to cut the mounting brackets when putting the G12 on ZOTAC cards is because they use those "PoS" capacitors which are too tall and obstruct mounting bracket placement. Look at the Zotac 3080 PCB, same issue. Avoid those PoS cards if you want an easy time mounting a G12. Cards that use HQ "flat" capacitors don't have this problem (virtually every other AIB that's not Zotac).

[@billdawgtv2348]

Love the vid liked and subscribed I would one day love to water cool my nvidia rtx 2070 cause it constantly runs on about 82-75 degrees when playing games

[@drholidayinn5810]

Hi, a question. How do I connect the cables? You mention a cable converter. Currently I have three connections on the motherboard: cpu fan, cha fan 1 and cha fan 2. 1 and 2 are being used by my current AIO fans, the other by the pump. So for the new AIO, what do I need? Split cables? Please instruct me on what to buy and how to connect. Thanks.

[@ExySmexy]

He already mentioned this. You need a vga to cpu fan header. You stick the vga in the gpu and the cords from the cooler go into it.

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks for the review! I just linked to it under my latest review of the G12 along with the Fractal Celsius S24!

[@Paladin_Zero]

can you do this for a 3090? I'm kinda scared to try this on a $1800 gpu.

[@MrSirrr13]

if you have a blower cars i recommend it but my strix 2070 gets 27° idle and max i’ve ever seen is 70° and that was overclocking to 1996 mhz. (in a h500i case) normal load is 55°

[@jacobplyler3470]

I need to readjust my cooler I think. I get 27-32 C idle depending on ambient temp, but my load Temps can get around 65 C, but will stay closer to 60. Using a Thermaltake 3.0 120mm with an RTX 2070 Super.

[@khaloof.m1117]

Dude how do you still have 60k subs ? Your vids Are so good

[@AirBearGaming]

Dunno bro, but were on the way. Thanks for the support!

[@khaloof.m1117]

AIR BEAR no problem keep them PC vids coming :)

[@jaysin1982stud]

Very innovative and smart. I think most people that are watching your videos are going to be more prone to trying to save money opposed to cosmetics. As far as I'm concerned your PC looks dope and is unique. Thank you for another awesome video, keep up the hard work.

[@restive81]

I changed EVGA 1080 ti FTW3 Hybrid to Kraken X53 + G12 + Noctua NF-B9 GPU max temps dropped 14-17 C, but what's more important noise level is much more pleasant and case temps all in all dropped a few degrees Celsius. P.s. backplate of this original Hybrid EVGA 1080ti FTW3 fits perfectly with this new NZXT setup.

[@tofu.delivery.]

I'm worried about the cooling for the vram though?

[@filonin2]

Add some stick on ram coolers.

[@minepose98]

The fan is enough, but you can always get some mini heatsinks for them.

[@Sino_89]

did you put heatsinks on memory and vrms? planning to put it on the 2080ti

[@Luchingador]

the fan on top should be enough

[@burntwaffles640]

Love your vids keep it up Air Bear!

[@astnla]

so i’ve been reading, i have a nvidia gtx 1070 fe card, and a lot of people are saying that you should transfer the heat sink pads, or the thermal tape? whatever it is, the yellow cushiony thing on the board of the gpu before mounting the g12. i guess they say that the fan isn’t gonna keep it cool and without the pads cooling the vrm or vram, it could kill your gpu. is this true?

[@gonzoguy2424]

Just wondering, are the VRMs better or worse cooled now that they just have a fan blowing on them vs. the contact with the large heat sink that used to be in contact with them?

[@AirBearGaming]

I was worried about this as well, bought copper mosfets just incase. VRM temps are cooler than stock when air cooled. Also air cooled beat the mosfets. I believe Jays2cents had the same results to the vrms when he did this to a 1080ti but he was on a benchmark setup. I did all testing in a coolermaster h500p mesh, great airflow case. Thanks for the great question!

[@runninggames771]

@@AirBearGaming MOSFETs are not heatsinks, MOSFET stands for metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. You will have hotter vrm's and memory chips if they do not have a heatsink on them.

[@runninggames771]

@Cut Comedy Just buy those little vrm and memory heatsinks and use thermal tape or thermal glue. There are guides on how to do this, search up vrm cooling.

[@headerahelix]

@@runninggames771 lol was also thinking wtf is he talking about

[@manarallego3745]

Those slight mods to "make it work" are so much fun :D I don't have enough time (and will) yet to do full custom mods, but stuff like this is really enjoyable.

[@ruliuxxx18]

its cool but vrm and mem temps is at risk with this metod. ore im wrong?

[@NCXTS_Kun]

ur not wrong these things arent placed there for just shine or dust i agree with u

[@NK-qn6pq]

I watercooled my RTX 2070 (the exact same one!) blower with Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240....WITHOUT a bracket. I used a combination of Intel 1151 and 2066 mounting screws and the Intel mounting bracket(I did not have to resort to zip ties). Temps to 40s from 80s.

[@diegobahena1274]

Woah!! was thinking of getting a 240mm rad and a waterblock for my 5700XT and kinda make a frankenstein; but it seems this kit with a 120mm rad is enough. On idle it hits 45 deg C, under 100% load it reaches 75!!

[@WhyyElev8]

That is normal temps for stock cooling

[@robertthomson1994]

i was literally thinking of getting this exact thing for my gpu instead of doing a full loop even a cheaper loop. only thing is i dont think itll fit a rx 580. i kinda want to try though cuz i play pubg a bit now and anytime i run it it ramps the thing up like crazy. around 60c. id still like to keep it as cool as possible

[@gonzomonzo1000]

How did it go ? Did it fit I want to try with RX 590

[@ICCUWANSIUT]

60c is perfectly fine... my RX 580 hits 81c and it’s still running a year after.

[@ZeldaLord1]

Can it fit?

[@donjude9585]

Really sweet job and you proved a theory I had... This card runs cool stock and when OCing on air... When OCing It hits a wall with voltage which is not adjustable. Since voltage has a cap on it's control I had a theory... If water cooled then the voltage used to run those fans would be pushed to the chip giving it a boost... How much a boost??? 1%, 10%. What are the IRL overall average FPS improvements? Any chance you might do a video and run those for us? This is definitely something no one else is doing... Yet...

[@992BlackShadow]

Pretty sure the amd brackets fits the rtx series cards

[@thatguy3836]

Justice League217 confirmed. Used it on my rtx 2080. No cutting or any of that bullshit

[@burntwaffles640]

Nice job on 60k!

[@randomv3iwer]

Hi there. How did you config our RADs airflow? exhaust or intake? How did you set your GPU AIO Fan/Pump speed? preset or through GPU when connected to its Fan header?

[@RoundHouseSlap]

Did this to my MSI 2080S Ventus XS OC with evga clc 240mm didn't have to drill a thing. Thank you.

[@Addeatt]

I too was thinking about doing this but decided to wait, as I was unsure where to plug the pump into. I currently have my pump header used by my Kraken Z63 which is cooling my CPU. With the PWM fan adapter does that then plug into the pump on the aio? Would that mean that the pump speed wouldn't be constant and/or even off/on at certain times regarding the load on the GPU? I'm just curious on how to run 2 AIO's without having to enter the realm of a custom loop. Any feedback is much appreciated as the tips here in this video have got me interested again in moving forward with cooling my GPU as well! Thanks!

[@moussarazer1439]

anyone knows about the memory and VRM temps whith a g12 ???

[@DAZEOFFICIAL]

I'm running a Gigabyte Windforce OC 3X 8G RTX 2070 SUPER and AMD brackets were the closest to fitting perfectly but I still had to cut the brackets in order to fit properly. I was also able to retain my original backplate.

[@edy6722]

I used to get like 40C ambient and like 80C on my 2060S with it's annoyingly loud blower type cooler. Ever since I installed this, ambient temps are at the 20s and even at max OC and max settings on a game like Cyberpunk, i get 47C. Insaaaane performance upgrade. It voids your warranty and very very risky if you have no experience. So tread carefully.

[@PNHassett]

I only seem to have room for an 80mm Radiator, if I don't mod my Hp z440 case. Just wondering if a single 80mm radiator is sufficient? I have a AMD 480 rx card, which I know is old, but I'd rather familiarize myself with old stuff first. I'm getting 83' Celsius on CS GO and medium/high settings, so yeah, even a 5'C decrease would be beneficial.

[@chino852456]

This was pretty much awesome to watch... make more custom job videos!

[@fashiontotallyrox]

Hi! I am interested in watercooling my Gigabyte 2080 super... any suggestions for blocks? where is a good place to look?

[@MarigoldAW]

Would that small bracket modification work for the Nvidia RTX 2060 Super as well?

[@alexsyandis3794]

Where did you plug the mini fan that came with the next g12?

[@spnxie]

You deserve more man!

[@astnla]

also, what did you use to spread the thermal paste? im getting ready to do this assembly in a couple days and hoping i know everything there is to know!

[@jsweetser2]

lots of retail thermal paste purchases come with a spatula spreader now

[@bubbaj5007]

Wondering if I can do this on my PNY 2080 Ti blower style card. I’d imagine It voids warranty doing something like this?

[@AirBearGaming]

You could make this work with any card

[@wolf.breeze]

I have a question, so where do you plug in the radiator fan? I know you plug in the bracket's fan into the gpu fan slot, but I'm a little confused about the aio's fan. Would it go in the pump fan slot or a pwm system fan slot? Thanks and very helpful video

[@HerbOldenburg]

Your fearless mod is great - thanks for sharing

[@soumyadeepghosh7815]

Hello, I am kinda late to the video here. I have a MSI GTX 1660 Super Ventus XS OC. Now, as for the current GPU market I can't upgrade to a 3060/ti. My temps generally go way over 80 sometimes at full loads and it starts to drop performance(I clean my gpu every week , changed thermal paste 2 times now, also the thermal pads.) Nothing simply works out. I live in a hot & humid climate (generally 40+ C). So I was looking for ways to watercool my gpu(it obviously worked good on my ryzen 3600) and came accross your video. I have seen some people use amd brackets for this, but I really liked your method. Now the issue is, should I do it as per the current GPU market? (it seems like it will stay like this till 2023). Really hoping for a reply btw. Need help!

[@COddietsch]

Well done! Im on my first build and not quite there yet. I dont have the confidence to do that but would sure love too.

[@Darkaleexz]

Geez that so much work to do! Thumbs up for you

[@psym3x]

Should this solution work on a XFX Radeon RX 570 RS XXX Edition? I really love this card, but can't stand the two jet engines AMD attached to it. Thanks for the video.

[@TTks124]

do this imgur.com/gallery/ChHgnq7 Use arctic P series fans. For 12-14 bucks you will get 90% the improvement he´s got in temps, with the AIO he is using in this video, but with the exception, that your VRM wont burn like his. This video it´s also misleading because he is getting 47ºC at 1590mhz core clock. That GPU goes easy at 2000mhz. So he is more in the 55-60ºC range. Im getting 60-62ºC on a card with same TDP as his, OCed at 2012mhz with the MOD and doing that at 1000rpm. Cus if i go 1600-1800rpm like he probably did in the video, im getting mid 50s. Also you only need zip ties for the mod and a screw driver to remove the GPU fans and shroud.

[@psym3x]

@@TTks124 What is your noise level in games? That is one of the main reasons I was looking for a mod like that. Do you think that the AIO would be more silent than your mod? Also, what about the fact that his mod takes the heat directly outside of the case as suppose to yours blowing it into the case. I might have to buy more fans to help with the cooling and that could lead to more noise which is what I am trying to avoid.

[@TTks124]

@@psym3x Case configuration it´s crucial for air cooling. It´s much more unforgiving than liquid cooling. That´s why ppl see liquid cooling as superior. Noise levels are great. I never measured them, but considering im running every other fan in the case at 700rpm, except for the nh d15 with only one fan that spins at 500, and the GPU spinning at 1000-1100rpm im probably somewhere between 30 and 33dba. Take into account that inside of the case fans have lower noise than fans mounted as intakes and/or exhausts at the same RPM. Also you have to take into consideration, that when you lower RPM on the fans, you will hear the AIO pump. Good fans at 700rpm and under, if it´s not 5-6 of them, are not silent, but inaudible, it means you can´t hear them. To describe the best the sound level of my build.....imagine you are in a dorm, with windows and doors closed, and you are talking to some1. Unless you focus your atention on the PC, you won´t notice it. It´s on the level of a quiet whispering. With low loads and idle, case fans stop because they are under starting temperature and cpu goes to 300rpm and gpu 500rpm. If i get close enough, i can hear the coil whine in the GPU before i hear the fans. My setup. imgur.com/gallery/GcPRyZa

[@psym3x]

@@TTks124Thanks for the tip. I will try it out instead.

[@TTks124]

@@psym3x Sorry i didnt really answer your question. Yes, im pretty confident i have better noise levels on my GPU than him with that mod. I also forgot to mention some details. About this video, AIOs and AIOs on GPUs. He forgot to add in the cost of the "no name" fans. AIOs are great for extracting, but not that great for releasing heat. He is using a very small capacity AIO for a 200w card. There´s 2 problems with that: 1. You will wear out the AIO crazy fast. 2. He didn´t stress test the whole setup enough time. In his situation, even after an hour, temps will be probably still rising, because the AIO is too small for 200w, so when heat start to really pile up, AIOs start to sweat. They´re great gor CPUs, cus CPUs have poor thermal transference and high thermal density and low power consumption. Not that great for high power consumption loads. 200w CPUs are considered power hungry monsters. 200w GPU are just midle of the pack. He´s sharing the temps of his build, stating 60ºC on a 9900k for stress loads. A soaked x62 on a 9900k in something like prime95 running AVX (around 200w) will hit easily 80ºC at full tilt (around 48dba). My NH d15 would probably hit 90ºC at 43dba. Thing is. If you swap up the 9900k for a ryzen 3900x or 3950x with the same 200w load, his AIO will get 78ºC, im gonna get 82ºC, because heat transference is better, because of die/io layout. At the same noise levels, his kraken would probably lose. You place them in a case?!! that´s a garanteed loss for his AIO because i can scale up airflow keeping similar noise levels, he can´t scale up static pressure by adding fans at same rpm level, he has to go higher in RPM. Stock heatsink on GPUs, unless you get bottom of the barrel like he did, are actually really great. And while they are still inferior to AIOs at extracting heat, GPU dies are giant compared to CPUs, and air cooled radiator are stupid great at disipating the heat. That´s why you reach maximum temps in 3min on an AIR cooler, compared to the 30-60 on an AIO, and that´s why case configuration and airflow has so much greater importance on air cooling.

[@Jimmytwogunz]

Cool video and the sound technician " Dan the Man " I'd like to buy him a pint lol.... Will that cooler mod fit the 1070?

[@hunterkingfishing6253]

Wondering if you’re planning on doing a review of the Xbox scuf prestige?

[@AirBearGaming]

Fine I'll do it 😁

[@PeterPauls]

For RTX 2080 it is working perfectly without any modification.

[@AirBearGaming]

What them temps like?

[@PeterPauls]

@@AirBearGaming I'm using a Corsair H55 120mm AiO and in Idle it's 28 °C and under heavy load (after 2 hours of gaming) it's 62 °C without OC. I'm using a NZXT Manta mini ITX Case so I really needed that mod, because the double-fan cooler choked in that case, the GPU was 85-90 °C under load, so it helped a lot!

[@lulufolds]

@@PeterPauls I got mines full load at 72c, no water cooling, just good airflow and using a aggressive

[@Laikmuay]

Do you have to remove the thermal pads on the pcb or just leave them on? I have a 2080 super I was thinking on trying with the g12

[@PeterPauls]

Tuf I sold the card, I kept the original cooler. I had to sell it because I had financial problems. There was no problem to sell it. I said the guy who bought it, that it was disassebled. I gave him the warrenty letter too. The shop where I usually buy my videocards, has no problem if the costumer removes the cooler. You just have to put it back properly.

[@pnizzlefoshizzle9529]

Wow just what I was looking for! My 2060 blower style gpu is only 7 months old and I don't want to upgrade yet. It's fine for MMOS, 65C, but for COD it goes up to 85C. I'm definitely going to try this. Thank you!

[@eatyourcarbs]

Did you do it how was it ?

[@pnizzlefoshizzle9529]

@@eatyourcarbs no I have not not really using computer anymore

[@wrippley103]

I think it looks badass as it is but if you bought a gpu riser and turned the card 45 deg and purchased an aio with LCD, you could still add some bling.

[@khalidzouzal8417]

Can you please let me know how you set up all the cables for all the components, aio pump cable, radiator fan cable, and the nzxt g12 fan cable thank you very much.

[@razrchalln]

Can I use this on RTX 3080 Founders Edition, Will it void warranty

[@Blueye555]

God damn these "fails" (wrong mounted pump and ghz instead of mhz) made me lol really hard!!! xD Thanks for lighting my mood! ^^

[@TheStartupGuy]

Wondering if this works with an Nvidia 1070ti Founder's Edition since it's not listed anywhere on the G12 Spec list (neither in compatible nor in incompatible list).

[@gilbertodiaz4550]

hey man i have a question. With that fan cable adapter you will connect the little fan that comes with the Kraken G12 ? or the radiator fan ? also if i have to connect 2 fans instead of 1 because I'm using a 240mm liquid cooler how can i connect all of them to the video car connector in order to manage the fan speed with a software like MSI afterburner ? please help me I'm stock at this point.

[@whitepawrolls]

Wonder if they make any non AIO water block that could fit this. Also would be running the fans off the gpu header instead of the pump. Pump I just run off a mb header or an adapter to the power supply like sata or molex power

[@justinthematrix]

I already have a kraken x63 on my cpu. Where can I mount the inter cooler to cool my gtx 1080

[@laxmannate07]

Set RGB to blue for increased cooling. Red for more fps

[@danielemba8693]

hey man, nice video. congrats. I have a External gpu , (pci, and a Nvidia gtx1080) I wanna know if its possible to connect this kraken to my pci so It can work. or is necessary to connect to the mother board? the EGPU works on a thunderbolt 2 to a MacBook Pro earlier 2013.

[@awesomstuff]

Nice Mod at a superb-price. Gonna try to make this on my RTX 2070 Gaming Z happen. Thanks.

[@stovkysaint-albord3294]

Did you ever try it ?

[@Nic_13]

on sale for right now for 19.99 with free shipping until end of April 2020

[@Hihihihiririri]

Did you guys run it for more than an hour? Because the water will get hot slower but likely to reach the same temp as the fan. Also can you do one that is not a blower model buy a normal two or three fan?

[@jonasfrank9150]

so i did this exact setup with the same cooler and everything, but i used a gtx 1060 6gb, i even got the fan to aio conveter. i was getting about 80 degrees c on full load before and now im getting 70 degrees c. any idea why im still running so hot? the only thing i used differently was my gpu now has liquid metal thermal paste instead of normal. could the thermal paste be why?

[@janbarta6562]

did this on my rtx2080 founders edition with kraken x53 temps before : idle- 44c , full load- 85c after modification : idle- 29c , full load- 48c . works great

[@BRianG1017]

Hey where did you plug in your pump header for the pump on the g12, I'm kinda new to this. I have an MSI b450 tomohawk Max and it only has 1 4pin water pump header and I'd like to add the g12 to my gpu.

[@kefa7461]

Tfw the amd mounting brackets would’ve fit instead of cutting the existing brackets :/

[@yashkhaneja4236]

That comes on mobo or with AIO?

[@kefa7461]

Yash Khaneja the G12 comes with a set of AMD brackets and Nvidia brackets, but the AMD brackets that come with the G12 Bracket is compatible with Nvidia RTX cards

[@yashkhaneja4236]

@@kefa7461 ok thanks

[@AirBearGaming]

JohnDotFPV I tried them. They hit board components. Possibly because it is a shorter card? But I recently applied fresh thermal paste and those AMD brackets definitely hit. I still have footage of trying to put them on 😁

[@yo_its_gingey5329]

I just used the AMD GPU mounting brackets on my 3060 12gb and it works perfectly