Large Aftermarket HSF for Pascal Card

Looking for suggestions for an aftermarket heatsink/fan for a Pascal card - ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme IV seems good, would appreciate feedback or better suggestions. Thanks.

From my limit research in the past the arctic accelero was what I ran into also. Not sure if it will fit the new titan x, but I don't see why not. I wish Noctua made a universal gpu cooler.

Alpenfohn Peter 2 is one of my favorite Aftermarket GPU cooler since couple of years ago..

together with the Thermalright Shaman and Depending on Case and CPU cooler the Thermalright Spitfire is also a very good one.

The Arctic Accelero coolers are good, but what's good about those coolers are the Included fans which are amazingly good and silent.. however the ability to use 120mm/140mm in the Peter 2 is just another level of cooling performance.

Thanks for the info Araxie.

I noticed that Gigabyte rates its latest Windforce coolers at 600W whereas the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV is only rated at 300W - quite the difference, which I find odd as they seem to have very similar designs. I have a 980ti w/ the Windforce 3X 600W cooler - I might try that on the new card.

Tyns said:

Thanks for the info Araxie.

I noticed that Gigabyte rates its latest Windforce coolers at 600W whereas the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV is only rated at 300W - quite the difference, which I find odd as they seem to have very similar designs. I have a 980ti w/ the Windforce 3X 600W cooler - I might try that on the new card.

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yeah for sure, Gigabyte's cooler are on top league since Maxwell.. I think the cooler used in the Xtreme Gaming Series on the GTX 980TI (windforce 3x 700W) have nothing to envy to the big guys in aftermarket solutions, in fact it is better than most of what you can buy out there making hybrid cooling the only upgrade path on cooling/performance/noise terms..

If you have already the Windforce 3X 600W and it fit well your card you will have no reason to buy any other aftermarket solution as the cooling required for the newer pascal cards are way less than what an high overclocked 980TI could require..

Edit: since you have windforce cooler any improvement in noise and temperature is only possible with water (AIO) cooling

If you consider changing cooler of pascal card (I assume stock cooler, because pretty much any AIB cooler is able to cool pascal card very well because of low power consumption) I would only ever change it to AIO water cooler (NZXT G10 or custom bracket + AIO + small fan over VRM and memory). Even 120mm is enough for GPU (and especially in case of pascal). It is THAT good for gpu and since small AIO coolers are always on sale you can grab one for cheap and get better result (no stress on video card since rad is supported by case; wayyyy better temperature; less noise). I did an everkill for my 980 and later 980 ti –> H110i GT and temps never went over 40-42 degrees celcius with "quiet pump" and fans at 900 rpm.

Well my situation is a tad unique - I built a submerged PC, so HSF coolers are what I need. My 980ti oc'd to 1477MHz - temps hover around 48C under continuous load, so the Windforce 3X 600W seems to work very well. It lies tight to board, though, and comes into contact with the VRAM (and possibly VRMs?), so I don't know if it will fit on the new Titan X.