Want to replace stock EVGA fans

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To hold me over for the meh RTX 20 generation I got a used 1080ti. I got the ubiquitous EVGA SC Black model. However having an EVGA GTX 1060 SC in my girlfriend's pc I know their fan design from the Pascal generation is awful. The recurved (backwards curved?) fan blade from that generation doesn't move as much air as a normal fan blade and in my opinion it's noisier than a similarly sized normal shaped fan. I was really unimpressed with the fan on the 1060 and I replaced it with a Arctic Accelero Xtreme 3 cooler with Noctua fans (yeah I know super overkill and I love it).

I want to keep the stock ICX cooler on the 1080ti, but I'd like to replace the fans. It'll be in a super small form factor case so after market cooler is not an option here.

I noticed EVGA's RTX cards have normal fans. Would it be possible to swap out the 1080ti fans for some EVGA RTX fans? Or any other normal shaped fan? I know a lot of times the fans used on gpu's are generic and made by one of two companies, delta and sunon(?) and can often be found on AliExpress or other direct from China options.

Anyone have suggestions on replacement fans?
 
I guess I'm just looking to improve the noise profile more than anything? Also a more high static pressure fan would be good given how small the Ząber Sentry case is.
 
Depending on what you want to spend on it, you could go 3rd party hybrid (about $100-$120 for the two pieces depending on what AIO you get).
I'm using the NZXT Kraken G10 and Corsair H90 (I wanted a 140mm fan rad) for my GTX970 and it has almost no noise running at 100% and tops out at 60c.
Highly recommend it if you want to remove the noise, my entire system runs at <30db thanks to that add-in (I have a sound dampening case too though).

I just picked up a 1070 SC and I'll likely be buying the Kraken G12 and migrating the H90 cooler to it.
 
Spartacus09 said:
Depending on what you want to spend on it, you could go 3rd party hybrid (about $100-$120 for the two pieces depending on what AIO you get).
I'm using the NZXT Kraken G10 and Corsair H90 (I wanted a 140mm fan rad) for my GTX970 and it has almost no noise running at 100% and tops out at 60c.
Highly recommend it if you want to remove the noise, my entire system runs at <30db thanks to that add-in (I have a sound dampening case too though).

I just picked up a 1070 SC and I'll likely be buying the Kraken G12 and migrating the H90 cooler to it.
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I don't think the Sentry will fit those designs.

@OP, I think you'll have issues regardless inside the Sentry with fans/noise/heat. It's a great case but it's a hot box. 250w of GPU in a tiny space is asking a lot.
 
Spartacus09 said:
Depending on what you want to spend on it, you could go 3rd party hybrid (about $100-$120 for the two pieces depending on what AIO you get).
I'm using the NZXT Kraken G10 and Corsair H90 (I wanted a 140mm fan rad) for my GTX970 and it has almost no noise running at 100% and tops out at 60c.
Highly recommend it if you want to remove the noise, my entire system runs at <30db thanks to that add-in (I have a sound dampening case too though).

I just picked up a 1070 SC and I'll likely be buying the Kraken G12 and migrating the H90 cooler to it.
Click to expand...

I'd totally do that if I had the room. I probably should have specified the case is really small. Like ~7 liters. A bit smaller than an Ncase M1.
 
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