Scheibler1
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Wondering what the quietest AIO cooler is. Going to use it with a Kraken G12 gpu bracket. I have a gigabyte gtx 1080ti with the 3 aftermarket fans, but they're still pretty loud
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That's a pretty small radiator for a 1080ti; it'll have to run flat-out to keep it cool under load. Plus, that bracket will cool the core only, so you'll still have a fan on the card for VRAM and VRM cooling.
You might get better thermal performance, but it will not be quieter than the stock heatsink.
Did guy on YouTube happen to mention what speed he was running the fans? Or what software he was stress testing it with?120mm is plenty. Guy on YouTube used an h50 unmodded and kept it under 50. Just wondering what's the quietest
Did guy on YouTube happen to mention what speed he was running the fans? Or what software he was stress testing it with?
Like I said, it'll cool it. It just won't do it quieter than the stock heatsink. I guarantee that three-fan heatsink has more surface area than a 140mm radiator.
Get a 240 or even a 280 AIO to throw on there, and you'll reduce the noise factor. A 120 is undersized for a card of that TDP.
If silence is your goal (as is suggested by your OP) you'd probably be better served just dialing in a less aggressive fan profile using MSI Afterburner or similar.
Did guy on YouTube happen to mention what speed he was running the fans? Or what software he was stress testing it with?
Like I said, it'll cool it. It just won't do it quieter than the stock heatsink. I guarantee that three-fan heatsink has more surface area than a 140mm radiator.
Get a 240 or even a 280 AIO to throw on there, and you'll reduce the noise factor. A 120 is undersized for a card of that TDP.
If silence is your goal (as is suggested by your OP) you'd probably be better served just dialing in a less aggressive fan profile using MSI Afterburner or similar.
(thick) 120mm rad will do if:
1) ambient is around or less than 25 C;
2) Load temp desirable to be around 50.
25 C water delta (from my experience AIO suprisingly has ~1 C delta betwean water temperature and GPU temperature, my custom GPU waterblock has 6 C delta...) will suffice for many watts of heat dissipation even with 120 mm (around ~280 watts to be exact, its explained quite well here http://www.overclockers.com/guide-deltat-water-cooling/) at 1000 RPM (which is tons quitter than any "solid state" solution). So with any "decent" (had Antec 920 and GTX 980 Ti matrix which has the same TPD as 1080 Ti) AIO will keep gpu under 50 with ease (as long as ambient is at 25 C or less). VRMs are are too quite easily kept cool by pretty much any fan on earth if they have any sort of heatsink (but yeah, you have to look if VRMs heatsing is part of main heatsing or if it a separate heatsink, nudes help a ton).
(thick) 120mm rad will do if:
1) ambient is around or less than 25 C;
2) Load temp desirable to be around 50.
25 C water delta (from my experience AIO suprisingly has ~1 C delta betwean water temperature and GPU temperature, my custom GPU waterblock has 6 C delta...) will suffice for many watts of heat dissipation even with 120 mm (around ~280 watts to be exact, its explained quite well here http://www.overclockers.com/guide-deltat-water-cooling/) at 1000 RPM (which is tons quitter than any "solid state" solution). So with any "decent" (had Antec 920 and GTX 980 Ti matrix which has the same TPD as 1080 Ti) AIO will keep gpu under 50 with ease (as long as ambient is at 25 C or less). VRMs are are too quite easily kept cool by pretty much any fan on earth if they have any sort of heatsink (but yeah, you have to look if VRMs heatsing is part of main heatsing or if it a separate heatsink, nudes help a ton).
That's a pretty small radiator for a 1080ti