Watercooling The 1080 Ti ft. Kraken G12!

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[@TK.919]

6:56 Corsair H60 does not look compatible tho. It's pump is square.

[@optimumtech]

Kai Tang - good spot! H55 would be a suitable alternative.

[@TK.919]

OMG I'm so excited that you replied! Really love your videos, and looking forward for more!

[@oak8728]

Kai Tang change them panties.

[@ShadowCompanyPMC]

It says on NZXT site the H60 is compatible

[@cyphre]

All Asetek AIO's (Corsair, EVGA, NZXT, etc) use the same base, regardless of what the top looks like. All you would need to do is check the compatibility list.

[@ByGraceThroughFaith777]

I've had this exact setup for over 6 months and love it. I have the 1080 Ti MSI Duke version.

[@aedvark]

fun fact the 20 series rtx cards work also, just use the amd mounts.

[@manupro1698]

Yes but would work on a 1660 super?

[@shadowrundas]

@@manupro1698 even if you could you really probably shouldn't, you could get a 2070 super for pretty close to what a 1660 super plus hardware if you already have the card get an SSD or more ram if you want to see beneficial a performance lift

[@mistan4216]

Note that unlike 1080ti, the 2080ti has vrm on two sides. So, you may need heat sinks for the vrm on the left side of the card.

[@sambeam2404]

installed this on my blower 2080ti recently which was thermal throttling, runs at 55c max under heavy load now.

[@perenniallong]

whoa this was in my recommended. So glad I clicked on this. Very informative and well edited. Instant hit that bell notification

[@ForzaDerpGuy]

I love just watching for the composition and color of your videos.

[@K3Y666]

Loving your videos! Very informative and the B Rolls are good.

[@clawtoris]

finally someone doing g12 review thx

[@jeffreyjustice6052]

Thank you or Putting out this video I've been waiting for somebody to do it! You should do this comparison again with the 20 series I'd greatly appreciate it!

[@volodymyrm.3848]

Some high quality content here, awesome as always! What I find interesting in this video and new for me is that memory and VRMs are still so cool using this setup. There is no way the fan blowing on these components could alone make this result possible. Fells like having a lower core temperature contributes greatly to the the memory and VRM cooling due to much less heat being transferred from the core. Would be interesting to know what memory and vrm temeratures one could get if the additional G12 fan was completely removed.

[@endermanPlaysMC]

But we also have to take into account the fact that thermal pads are not perfect, although transferring heat they are also insulating a bit. Next best thing would be to use thermal paste, but then the problem is, that the heat sinks will fall of since nothing is holding them in place(unlike pads stickiness). And here comes thermal epoxy which should work pretty well in this application but good luck if you want to remove the heat sinks.

[@tibiosocialdemocrataxxx4146]

I feel like thermal pads transfer the heat from the GPU to the VRM. In the mobos buildzoid and der8auer both said that a direct fan to the VRM will cool them more than with most of the heatsinks (cause they're usually bad in mobos). But my point is that I think a fan directly to the VRM must be really effective, at least more than a thermalpad connecting to a hot heatsink due to the GPU temps..

[@flandrble]

It's all in the fan, you can pretty much go without heatsinks if you have active airflow over the VRM. You will see this all the time on extreme OC benches.

[@asafbinderman594]

Mmm no, its actually the fan, nothing to do with lower core temp. High quality mosfets shouldn't even get that hot with the max voltage supplied to a 1080ti (1.093v max). Cards with quality 10+2 or 12+2 can even sustain ln2 voltages (1.4-1.5v) with only a good fan blowing on them... so its actually not that surprising :). The only downside to having no heatsink is that you have zero passive cooling in case of a fan failure. Than again, at normal voltages with decent overall case airflow even that might not be an issue at all.

[@damonsalvatore8561]

These youtube editors are actually better than some of the Hollywood movie editors. Subbed!

[@arthurhjorth1490]

I've loved all your videos, and have tried both the G12 + AIO and Morpheus II (which is my current setup) on my FTW3 1080ti. One suggestion for the future: in addition to the temperature data, would you also put benchmark scores? It would be really interesting to see how much temp affects clock rate which in turn affects performance.

[@abiola82]

Your editing is actually on the level of or if not even better than hardware canucks, your putting so many bigger KZbinrs to shame.

[@Beachn2407]

Cant agree at all

[@joshsanderson5512]

Abiola o not really...

[@AndrewTSq]

I dont care about the video quality / editing at all actually. As long as they tell me what I want to know, and learn stuff I did not know I needed to know.

[@raphaelchagas1676]

@@AndrewTSq Sometimes I don't understand anything from HardwareCannucks but I still watch it anyway because the editing is so damn beautiful LOL

[@liiich6175]

Better, he isnt full of B...rolls

[@yanglers6219]

Love this product! Slap on some copper heatsinks on the vrams/ vrms and everything else that requires thermal dissipation, paired with a corsair h105 and this thing is a BEAST! Evga 1080 sc idles at 25c and 42c on full load, just cant beat it. Love the way it looks and was able to keep my backplate on.

[@AlbertoKostner]

I you have one of the cards that have passive cooling and the fan doesn't spin until certain temp...I assume that's a good idea to edit the fan curve so that vrm/memory fan is always on, isn't it?

[@tiestofalljays]

3 years late, but yes, definitely.

[@MrMoxes]

I tried something similar with my old 980, using EVGA's hybrid shroud that they make. It used the stock "blower" fan. It ran great but after about a yr or so, I think the fan header on the board burned out. Had to jerryrig a cable to the MB to keep the pump running.

[@Gronozzz]

Perfect! It's what I wanted to test/know Thanks for your work even if it's so long ago.

[@SpangBob321]

i did my gtx1080 with that cooling long time ago, it keep my temp cold :). never go pass 60 temp when i playing games

[@Dop3Dawg]

This may be a bit late to comment on the video, but its worth posting I think. I installed the G12 on my ASUS Turbo 1080Ti last month with amazing results! I use the NZXT X63 AiO with its stock fans, but replaced the 9mm NZXT stock fan from the G12 to Noctua NF-A9 chromax that is connected the the 1080Ti PCB. The X63 radiator fans is connected with a Y-splitter that is connected to the motherboard. Pumps and fans are controlled by software. With the stock blower the GPU ran at 35-40C on idle and 85C under load thermal throttling quite fast. The blower has been cleaned, but never opened up so it has the original thermal paste. With the G12/X63 conversion installed, the temperatures went down to 21C on idle and 38C under load. The core clocks to 2050Mhz and stays there which it never did before, it never even got above 2000Mhz at all with the stock cooler. The X63 fans can keep the temperature under load with fans never going over 60%. There's so much performance gained and the quality of life improved drastically, no more high pitch ear hurting from the bad and worn down 7mm blower fan. I'm planning on replacing the X63's stock NZXT P140 fans to Noctua NF-A14 Chromax fans some time. I should have done this a long time ago, I highly recommend it!

[@Lord_Dillinger]

Thanks for the video! I am just now upgrading to this, but with a ThermalTake 3.0 watercooler.

[@Ch1ck8n]

Finally a good review on the NZXT Kraken X52 with a graphics card! I brought two NZXT Kraken X52 Liquid Coolers about 4 months ago, one for the CPU and the other for the 1080ti. Worth everything dollar and its right with the graphics card temps, 50% less heat! I love how quiet my PC is now!

[@blackknight50277621]

exceptional production quality

[@dogboy4912]

Nice temps but would have liked to have seen some benchmark results.

[@dnsean03]

I did this with evga black sc, modified the aluminum plate over vrms, cut and sanded them down, opened the holes around the block and it definitely helps keep memory and vrms a hell of a lot ton cooler. Paired with a h55 which is really all that's needed. Stays under 60c 55c mostly and vram and memory barely goes up in temp.

[@zutkomutic842]

Would this fit in Ncase m1? And if so would it be possible to run a 240 AIO for cpu and let's say single fan AIO cooler at the same time in ncase m1?

[@d.oconnor4047]

I have this its amazing, constant 2075Mhz on my Strix 1070, never goes above 53c. The strix card has fan headers on the card itself which is great for connecting the Kraken fan and a front fan. I've got a 120mm pump on mine connected to the back of the case as exhaust

[@Noizy_Boi]

I used an EVGA CLC11 120mm AIO on my EVGA 1080ti SC2. Temps are great and helps keep my small case cooler by getting that GPU heat straight out of the system. GPU core temps on gaming can range from 60-70C depending on game and ambient temps. I did add small heatsinks on the other chips and that dropped power and memory temps 5-10C depending on application. Most of the power and mem temps stay in the low 60's while maybe 2 or three will hit close to 70C.

[@Boschy]

Great review!! Ive got the X72 kraken on my 1080ti with the G12. temps with overclock rarely hit over 50'C, even when gaming for 6+hours. Keep up the great work!!

[@luigigz]

hello, did u use any heatsink for vrm? which is the size of the heatsink? there are from 4x4 to 14x14mm...

[@Boschy]

@@luigigz hey, no there is no heat sink on the VRM. I bought the nzxt G12 GPU bracket, it comes with a 92mm fan which is constantly on and cooling the VRM area.

[@virtualmage0]

used this one for several month and worked great,only thing a found working better was a full ek water block with custom loop . Definitely a great product,only negative was the look .

[@D-Angel_]

FINALLY! AFTER 10 REVIEWS I CAN SEE VRM AND MEMORY TEMP! THANK YOU!)

[@StaticVapour590]

I subbed, first time i have watched video from you. Very good quality, in balance

[@Chrisit94]

I have the Kraken G10 with a corsair h75 on my 1080 ti FE since May 2017. Never had any problems with it.

[@SirSSau]

I done this to my 2 x 980tis a couple yrs ago but with g10 brackets because I hated to noise the cards were making, now they are so quite and cool 👍🏻 I’m not into custom cooling or RGB so this was perfect.

[@pdamasco]

My Gigabyte 1070 G1 Gaming was very loud under load with an OC to 2025MHz even with Kryonaut paste so I went with an EVGA CLC 120 and the Kraken G12. It's working really well and at moderate fan speed the temps max at 54c on the GPU core. Granted I had a custom fan curve to keep the card under 75C at all times but this is a far better solution and now I get NO throttling except when the card hits the power limit set in the vBIOS. It was worth the money to me for the reduction in noise alone.

[@keilinx]

Wonder what gpu u rocking rn

[@pdamasco]

@@keilinx I was finally able to get a 3070ti this past holiday season. I just missed the last 3080 in stock at the local microcenter. It's a 3070 Ti tuf gaming model from ASUS and it runs quite well.

[@sandidbouha3886]

since you took care of checking the VRM temps aswell and mentionned the MSI Armor Card which by the way has a lot of heating problems, you've gained a new subscriber, thank you for this informative video, a note though, I doubt the Armor version has the same PCB as the Gaming X since the VRMs on the latter seems to be a lot beefier and handles a more additional power, this is what explains the big price difference between the two editions, thanks

[@secondc0ming]

I have the G12 and Corsair H75 on my EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 and it hovers around 50c playing PUBG @ 4k (a drop of around 15-20c over the stock cooler). Definitely a worthwhile mod.

[@Tahity]

Whit the Asus DUAL RTX 2080 O8G works ?

[@dandan6683]

please do a thermal pad review like fujipoly, thermal grizzly minus pad and others

[@Aceclimb84]

I have the G10 with a 240mm rad on a MSI Armor gtx 1080 and i love it my temps stay around 45C to 49C !

[@Edglen]

Great content as always bro. You should try the ID-Cooling Frostflow 240G from PLE Computers. It’s hardly known about and it’s only $109 aud. I picked one up last year and popped it onto my MSI Armor OC 1070 which has a terrible aftermarket cooler on it and now it runs exceptional 👌🏾

[@lapptech]

Thinking of getting the G12 for my MSI Aero OC 1070 as I already got an Antec Kühler 620 laying around.

[@Daperdator]

Ive used the previous version of the bracket but got rid of it because it wasnt compatible with the 980ti when i upgraded. I recently bought this for said 980ti and paired it with the h50/55, cant remember, and it works great. Grant it my cooler is older because i used it with the previous bracket but its still keeping my card under 65 in 110 degree heat. I have the fans set up with the undervolting adapter and still getting thoae sub 65 temps even full over clocked. Great choice and i dont regret the "premium" price tag. Definitely recommend saving up for this and getting atleast a 120mm rad.

[@coinsagE46m3]

I used to have two 980 Ti FTW cards, each cooled by a G12 and a Corsair H55 (their cheapest 120mm AIO). Hottest I ever saw it get was 55C on the top card. I left the back plate as well as VRM heat spreaders on to make sure everything stayed cool, not just the core. I am thoroughly surprised the VRMs stayed as cool as they did (edit: on your card I mean). Especially a 1080 Ti. Gotta LOVE the iCX monitors! This is why when the 11/20 Series cards come out, I'm going EVGA iCX all the way!

[@264x720]

Nice vid! I have been running 1070 cheap ref kfa with kraken x40 for past two years soo much quiter and boosts a lot higher than the strix 1070 i had before it!! Always going to slap on an aio or air cpu cooler on gpus now

[@nathancasey7712]

Literally a requirement

[@DaltonP386]

I was wondering, since you have a 545cl and a g12 bracket, would this fit in the dan case?

[@titaniumwaffle4304]

I have a gtx1080ti FE and an R7 1700x and had been looking to upgrade the cooler (h100iv2) to the h150ipro and adding $30 to use it on my GPU is a wonderful way to get some more out of my existing Hardware

[@tiagobel]

Excellent!!! Keep doing these tests.

[@optimumtech]

Tiago Beltrão - thanks!

[@HurtboxTV]

Where do I get the mini 4 pin adapter?

[@SchaMmyyy]

I slapped a h115i in this thing. You do need to loosen the screws on the pump housing by half a turn to make it fit and then screw them back once the bracket is on.

[@Thuggie28]

Most underrated tech channel on KZbin

[@optimumtech]

Thanks for watching!

[@joshsanderson5512]

Aaron Chernus over*

[@batmanspen]

Running an RX580 on a G10 with a corsair H55 in a phanteks shift case. Temps went from 85 and huge thermal throttling down to 55-60!

[@Smashologist]

That's something i'd love to see pics of. That sounds beautiful

[@finnweigelt9943]

I have the Same graphics Card and im really thinking of buying the g12 together with a corsiair h55 so you think it is Worth the Prince of 100 euro

[@Zinul]

@@finnweigelt9943 defo bro

[@andiengel189]

Evga updated their warrenty in spring 2018, at least here in Germany. They are now excluding cards that are modified in any way! So check the warranty guidelines before buying!

[@RhinoTV]

I got a spare nzxt kraken m22 cpu cooler. If i got this would it work? I have a msi 970 and temps get to maybe like 74 c max?? Id just like to see if it will make my pc quieter and would't cost me a lot as im only buying the bracket

[@optimumtech]

Rhino TV - I'm actually not sure, since the M22 doesn't use an Asetek pump (it might still use the same mounting).

[@RhinoTV]

hmm. Need to look into it

[@LoonAxD1988]

Kraken M22 is not supported

[@RhinoTV]

LoonAxD1988 fuck for reals ?? What else could I use

[@apacinfrastructure1188]

I just run the X42 with my 1080ti, i have also added heatsinks on the VRMs and mosfets and have seen a max temp of 55 degrees @ 100% load for 20 mins with the ambient temp being around 30.

[@Ennis09]

I am so damn happy to see this video, everybody was telling me the G12 doesn’t work on the SC2! Would keeping the thermal pads on the VRMs worthwhile? Also, is it possible to keep the backplate at all?

[@007devilassassin]

Very nice I was thinking about the same configuration on my GTX Titan because its getting really hot. The only thing I am wondering about is why did you not turn the logo of the NZXT in the right direction? But for the rest exactly what I am going for with my inverted installation in my pretty Dark Base 700. You doing a perfect job and hope you got more subscribers soon!!Thx and have a nice day!

[@Mazzerants]

I bought an 240mm AIO, the hunter DUET. It contained pump and block for the CPU and for the GPU and each plate was copper. I had a 7700k at 5GHZ and a FE 2018TI running a very high overclock. When running a benchmark the temps would hover around 65-72 for the GPU and 75-80 on the CPU, I have to mention that I had two Noctua NF-A12 fans at variable speed. I would say for 140 dollars the Hunter Duet could not be beat, it included brackets for Intel 1511, AM3+, and even Ryzen.

[@peterkirk8510]

When you’re talking about the adapter to plug it all in to the gpu, what exactly do you need? Is it a 4 pin pwm to 3 pin adapter?

[@bytes-vq6ug]

6 and 8 pins that's for my gpu atleast look at your gpu specifications that's what I did.

[@zakibechar4747]

thanks that what i was looking for , GPU cooling awesome .

[@mateuszczekaa2638]

Hi, great staff. It would be extremely nice if you could tell me how I can check the temperature of VRAM and VRM. : D

[@Guntaku_Gaijin]

I got the hybrid ftw3 cooler to replace the stock ftw 3 cooler. Gpu, power, and memory Temps never go above 50C even with a +1200mhz core and +450 memory overclock. Cooling using two a12x25. Those things are beasts. Also remember check with your countrys ruling on "void if removed" stickers. They can't void your warranty because of that. They have to prove that the fault was because of the user if it was broken.

[@Morgow1]

I got a Hyper 212 Evo on my GTX970 and the temperatures are at 50C Max with medium fan speed (push and pull), and it's overclocked!

[@Morgow1]

Efficiency is never overkill!

[@grindle2000]

I ran the g12 with a 240mm corsair on 970 with insane overclocks and never got close to 60c they are a amazing and will worth the money

[@restive81]

I have spare X53 laying around, just ordered G12 to test it out with EVGA 1080 ti FTW3 Hybrid. Let's see if there's any change in temperatures.

[@DG-ti4qc]

I have the G12 kit and was terrified to actually use after I tore down my XFX RX480 GTR. The amount of thermal pads and heat plates(?) seemed far superior to what I had just bolted on so I chickened out. Applied new thermal paste and put the card back to stock. But after seeing you do it to a 1080Ti.........Which takes some balls. I might give it another go and see where I end up.

[@MrThedowd]

I've just bought this kit and i'm curious about your comment about hooking everything up to the graphic card. Would you connect both the pump, radiator-fan and "bracket"-fan to the card and if so, how?

[@DiceAir]

I love theis bracket. i used it to cool a 980ti and using a corsair h75. installation was a bit difficult for me. I also added some small heatsinks on vrm and memory and my card in stress test goes about 40C on full tilt and wisper quiet due to h75 having slower sp120L fans. Before it was 70-80C on max load with lower overclock. So happy with the noise and temps and i can just install the stock cooler back and reuse this for a next card.

[@Cuzbanger]

I have an EVGA 1080ti and the g12 with a Kraken x62. I have been thoroughly impressed with the temps (roughly the same as your charts), but most of all the silence. The pump and fans are pretty quite, even when gaming.

[@VannyARTS]

In you link i see a kit with the kraken Z63 280mm, So does it mean the G12 can be use with the Kraken Z73 360 mm?

[@michaelting1496]

The G12 is awesome. I bought a used EVGA 1080ti SC which is probably around 2 years old. It ran ok, but once in a while I would get a DirectX 12 crash when running CoD Warzone, at GPU temp around 77-78. Opened the card and tried to reapply with new thermal paste. The thermal pads were so old a lot of them are torn when I pulled out the original heatsink. Watched this and a few other videos, decided to go with G12 and X53. All three fans running at 1500rpm, heaven's benchmark at 1440p for 45 minutes, GPU running at 2015MHz, temp never touched 50 C.

[@speakerlover13]

I put the g12 with a 140mm nzxt aio on my 980 ti strix around 10 months ago. Before the mod it would hit 83-85c and I could only overclock to 1425mhz. After the mod it is now much quieter, runs at 1500mhz and doesn’t go above 55c. I also have a 1080 ti ftw3 but I honestly don’t feel like it’s needed with this card. With stock fan speeds it is very quiet, hovers around 70c and sits at around 1985mhz.

[@jfetgek]

the compatibility with other aio is not mentioned. for example the arctic liquid freezer 120/240/360 are compatible.

[@ilkanakten]

Chart says that VRAM needs to be cooled as well. Can you measure distance between vram and white shroud? We can think of an easy cooling solution

[@chetana9802]

wow now i can do dual AIO setups (so happy : ) )

[@DeanRendar]

these make reselling and upgrading so much easier. no more enthusiast grade custom parts that retail for over 10xs their materials to worry about selling and starting over each new gpu encarnation.

[@Macadoof]

Absolutely fantastic video. I have been worrying about my GPU - I keep getting notifications from Windows that my GPU is at 83-84 degrees celsius at max load. Thanks, subscribed! BTW: how did you mount the X52? Thinking about radiator against case and fan orientation. I have a x72 CPU cooler, I mounted the radiator directly to the case and the fans on the inside blowing air IN to the case

[@Dillinger86]

I'm getting ready to do this very thing with my GTX 1070, with the same Kraken AIO and Kraken bracket yet I was told to apply heat sinks to my Vram but you didn't put any on. Do I ned heat sinks?

[@7sins979]

running an evga hybrid on a 1070 ftw. performs better than my 1070 ti at 20 degrees cooler in my itx case.

[@sanithtait40]

So would mounting my GPU vertically with this setup yield similar results?

[@benjaminingold7980]

If you want to controll the fans in Afterburner, do you have to connect just the fan which is right on the GPU with the GPU itself or do you need to connect all fans including the ones of your AIO?

[@SweatyNerdz]

What 4 pin cable and 3 way splitter did you use? I'm trying to buy these parts but want to make sure I buy the correct ones.

[@dub_rider]

awesome video! love that you did this on a non founders edition card.. I've been looking into getting a set up like this for my EVGA 1080 sc, however because the G12 is made for founders edition no one can guarantee that the G12 will be compatible. Any ideas anyone? cheers

[@surgedtwice]

killed it! Great video showing how to get this NZXT Kraken AIO paired with the G12 Mounting kit. I'm getting ready to do this exact setup on my 1080ti. I'm going to use the GPU fan connector to control my AIO fan speeds through MSI Afterburner. I'm a noob at building and I have a question about this setup. Did you plug the water pump speed controller connector into the PUMP_FAN header on the motherboard? The NZXT instructions say to plug the 3-pin connector from the water pump into the CPU_FAN connector on the motherboard. Obviously we cant do that since we have a CPU cooler already plugged into that connector. I'm pretty sure I know the answer but it would be nice for confirmation. Thank you!

[@MagicH8balls]

I was able to eek out some extra overclocking out of my 1080 ftw by running the fans and pump off the motherboard, freed up some voltage, also i modified the cold plate on the vrm/gpu side of the board so i kept both that and the backplate and am seeing lower temps than others who removed both. was thermal throttling before and now it's silent under full load at 48c.

[@_Tesla_Corp._]

I´ve got an Accelero Xtremme III in my 970 (much more fresh than 1080 ti) and temps are in the 50s Cº when I install the cooler but in the next weeks temps ups over 70Cº wich is insane for that cooler in a 970. I´ ve tried applying the thermal paste(Arctic MX4) in all differents ways, with different quantity and result are always the same, seems like the cooler lost contact with the chip by the time but screws are correctly, so I don´t know what is happening

[@jjlritchie]

What cable should I buy for getting the fan controlled by the graphics card? I have the same GPU, Kraken X62, and G12 bracket. Please advise. Thank you!!

[@mike850826]

one more consideration: mind your clearance between psu in m-atx case. i had a hard time let tubes avoid psu in m-atx case.

[@madararinneganuchiha]

I have used these g12 brackets to watercool my MSI gtx 1080ti Gaming Xs in SLI. For the upper card i used kraken x62(280mm) and kraken x42(140mm) for the other one. Unfortunately, didn’t have enough space(cuz i have x62 for the Cpu as well) in my Corsair 780t to make then both kraken x62 or at least 240mm ones for both, cuz x62 performs much better(35C maximum), the difference can go upto 10-12 degrees.

[@zywypl]

Did exactly the same with my Ti FE last year with x62 (plus liquid metal) - the temps go to 48-49 degrees max, which means the card never throttles and I can enjoy perma 15TF thanks to the 2076mhz clock. G12 is currently the best option to squeeze the most from your GPU hands down.

[@douglaswalston3137]

Really hope you didn’t do liquid metal. It eats at and will harm the gpu die.

[@benazzi8434]

you should also state that the thermal paste you use makes a difference as well.im going to use liquid metal which should even see up to 10c better cooling

[@natechavez8824]

this question might come out as dumb but what happens to the vram does it cool off with the fan on the right

[@peterl8417]

The position of the pipe fittings might limit the mounting position of the rad on certain cases. What I can see on the video, mounting the rad in front of the case and at the bottom seem to be the only options. Are the pipes long enough to mount the rad on top of the PC casing?

[@geogan2]

But there is NO fan at all blowing on the VRMs on the other side of the liquid cooler!?? So what is keeping the temperature of those down?

[@ShystikPushystik]

I put 120 mm radiator with G12 on my ref GTX 1070 and get 52C instead of 83C

[@ShystikPushystik]

Rad Fan speed is 1350 rpm and i have custom 1070 bios with 210W TDP. btw my overclock result is 2076 mhz stable and 2103 mhz semistable

[@adriiiME]

My temps average 58c using a corsair h80i v2 but instead of the kraken g12 adapter i made my own mounting adapter, i used a fairly thick copper sheet cutout that covers the vrm and core.

[@DiceAir]

That's a bit high. A friend of mine using h80i v2 on his 1080ti that's about the same tdp a my 980ti actually more effecient than my 980ti but still see higher temps than I have on my 980ti. Mine goes to about 40-50C on full load

[@adriiiME]

DiceAir It is higher because im cooling the vrm aswell not just the core, the nzxt g12 mount only makes contact with the gpu core(or gpu die) and you need that extra small fan there too cool other components. Also my room is already quite toasty this summer at around 26c to 31c.

[@tonggi]

Канал Шистика nice I will be doing the same thing. Currently with an aggressive fan curve on my stock reference card and cooling system I can get my card to 60-62c. My goal is to get to low 50s and would be nice high 40s during gaming

[@jbettcher1]

With that ASUS board you should be able to adjust the fan curves to be based on GPU temp in either AI suite or BIOS when connected to the motherboard.

[@whimsicalcellbooster]

Great vid, but i wonder if a 140 radiator could also work on a gigabyte 1080ti fe (space Problems). I am not overclocking, just want to reduce noise. Fan for radi will be eloop 140 ps and for the bracket a noctua 92mm pwm 1600. love to hear your replies. Thanks a lot.

[@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.

[@milo679]

Already have a CPU AIO hooked up , so would I have to get a splitter for the pump header?

[@hknp]

ooooi does this also fit on the gtx 1070 ?

[@pandknz]

I run this on a MSI Armour RX580 - reason, because I upgraded my CPU cooler to a corsair 115i and used my old 110i so it only cost me $30 and the GPU runs at 100% all day on 35deg C.