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So i recieved my Elite 1080TI FTW3 as well, in green, but im disappointed that during construction, they scratched the clear cover where the card says "EVGA Geforce GTX 1080TI". It's not really a big deal because the view of the top lettering is obstructed when you cram it inside the Dancase, but it does irk me knowing its there.
I have time for a couple of tests this evening before I leave for the holiday, what would you like to see?
Nice hero shots, but I think the best thing about the first video was the gaming controller at the end. This video lacks any size comparison for people that don't have a good sense of the dimensions of a FE video card.
Agreed. Add banana for scale.
Nice !
- Coolerguys, but they are out of stock now.
Nice ! Keep us updated please , one more question , which motherboard you will going to use ? Some boards needs a mosfets heatsink replacment if you going to use the 120mm fan
Z270I with the mosfet heatsinks already replaced from earlier adventures. I know I might run into issues, so the backup plan is using the fan and memory with a workstation build in a Lone L4 case (a really beautiful, but niche case that's not for most people).
It looks like the one I made and uploaded here. You'll have to print it yourself or at a place like Shapeways.
I don't understand, why haven't you tried C7 with fan duct. That seems obvious to try it too!Last update, before the DAN cooler enters the stage:
After having tested the NH-L9i with and without fan duct and the C7 with both fans the C7 and the Noctua one I finally got myself the Noctua NF-A9 fan. It is 25mm wide as opposed to the 14mm fan, that comes with the NH-L9i cooler. It is supposed to provide better cooling in combination with the NH-L9i, but I could find no comparative tests to verify this assumption.
On paper the 25mm fan pushes a lot more air at higher pressure compared to the 14mm fan: 78.9m³/h vs. 57.5m³/h. All this while turning a bit slower with a max RPM of 2000 vs. 2500. With these promising numbers in mind I swapped the fan and fired up P95 to run the usual tests. Short version: Not worth it.
A few photos followed by the long version
The distance to the side panel is 5mm
Long version:
In my previous tests I ran the NH-L9i and the C7 at 1800 and 2500 RPM and recorded temps. The NF-9A has a max speed of 2000 RPM so I tested it at 1800 and 1400 RPM (the difference between 1800 and 2000 is negligible). I chose 1400 RPM as the slower and more relaxed speed for this fan. I expected the NF-9A at 1800 RPM to perform similarly or better than the NF-A9x14 at 2500 RPM and at 1400 RPM to be on par with the NF-9Ax14 at 1800 RPM.
Temperature results:
At 1400 RPM the NF-9A yields a delta of 57°C, which is worse than the 51°C of the NF-A9x14 at 1800 incl. fan duct.
At 1800 RPM the NF-9A yields a delta of 49°C, which is better than the aforementioned 51°C. It is about on par with the 50°C of the NF-9Ax14 at 2500 RPM without fan duct, but worse than the 44°C of the NF-9Ax14 at 2500 RPM including fan duct.
Sound: The NF-9A definitely sounds much better than the C7, but it still is a bit close to the side panel and creates more turbulence noise than the NF-A9x14.
Conclusion: The NF-A9 performs better than the NF-A9x14 at same speeds. As soon as you install a simple fan duct, the NF-A9x14 catches up. Finally the NF-A9x14 can speed up to 2500 RPM and outpaces the NF-A9 signifcantly.
So if you want to improve the cooling prowess of your NH-L9i cooler you can buy an extra fan or you can put on that fan duct and be done with it. It also sounds a bit better.
Here are the numbers as usual:
What happens if you overclocked the cpu to 4.3 GHz or 4.4 GHz? I guess with the I/O shield on, seems like 4.2 GHz is the optimal clockspeed to run at.
Here we go.
NF-A9x14 fan with LP53 heatsink.
