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MSI SeaHawk 980ti

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filipcristian

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Hello guys good morning. I recently purchased an MSI SeaHawk 980ti after reading the reviews on here about the card's temperatures and capability or overclock stable. I was not able to push the card high like here and my card kept crashing. MY idle temps with the card were 35 celsius at idle 0 load 0 overclock and 64 celsius - 70 celsius under load at max overclock. However I couldn't achieve a max overclock that was stable.. since the card would black out or straight up fail in games while playing. I'm currently having the card replaced as I am thinking the card has a faulty waterpump or something. My question however is.. did I install this incorrectly? I plugged the cable for the radiator fan in a 3pin connector that was connected straight with the powersupply. Was this incorrect?... Should I have installed this cable into the motherboard somewhere? I'm asking this because I was unable to change the fan speed on the radiator.
My specs are : Motherboard Z97/ 32gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, Intel i7 4790k oc at 4.4 ghz stable(watercooled by H220X swifttech closed loop ). And the 980ti seahawk which i'm having replaced.
 
I think most of those AIO watercooled deals run the fan power from the card itself so it can control fan speed, but I'm not familiar with the SeaHawk specifically. I'll look it up in a bit. Either way, the fan power connector should go to the card or the motherboard if you want to be able to change speeds -- just running it straight off the PSU will leave it running 100% all the time.

70C under water does sound very high for load temps -- what case do you have? Where were the radiators mounted / what was the fan orientation (intake/exhaust)? RMA may be the way to go here, or we may be overlooking something -- just trying to narrow it down.
 
i think maybe you needed to boost the voltage? Granted its lame you have to raise voltage to get ANY overclock...and i don't even have that card but i would at least try boosting the voltage to what effect it has
 
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I have the Phantom NZXT White case it stays open case all the time and I mounted the radiator with the ventilator on the inside of the case and radiator facing outward of the case on the top left corner of the case.. it was blowing air into the case from what it seems.. so exhaust in the case.. but the case stayed open at all times. my power supply is 1000watt gold from evga. and there is a little cable sticking out of the fan that has 3 pins i connected it straight to the PSU.
 
I did boost voltage to the max.. still crashed after gaming for like 5-7 minutes.. really weird.. and my PSU is new 1000watt evga always worke flawlessly , just got it 2 months back.
 
i think i would normally exhaust hot air outside the case but i don't think thats the problem as it stands. Just double check pc at cpu stock clocks just to be on safe side...but sounds like you got a bad card. Maybe it be quicker to return it where you bought it vs doing rma thru msi? as far as the rad power wire, i would have hooked it straight to the supply like you did..either way i dont think that temp would cause instability even if thats seems to be on the high side. In any case, you will get plenty of replies tonight:)
 
well i did ask amazon for a replacement and they already sent it out. All i need to do now is send this back to them. :D
 
ohh well good for you. I bet the replacement does fine....after looking at the hard review, your first card does indeed seem very hot. I bet the pump maybe was not working correctly:)
 
I plugged my radiator fan into the motherboard, have not overclocked yet. I tried 4k gaming and it worked fine, I would get a new card/replacement.
 
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