Recently, I have bought the EVGA CLC 120mm AIO Cooler in hopes of cooling my 1080Ti so there would be more drops in the cards Mhz as well as being quiet. Even though it EVGA CLC 120mm Aio is not listed as compatible with the Kraken G12 mounting kit, It was the only one up on amazon and I coudln't wait any longer for the Corsair H55 to go back in stock, so I just went with it. I got the AIO, installed it on my card while also putting aluminum and copper heatsinks on the VRM/VRAM. I booted up and temps were sort of normal, could idle anywhere between 28-35c when it was downclocked to 600mhz. I booted up Heaven 4.0 to compare my results with another person who had the same setup (in reference to GPU, Hose orientation, and radiator placement, and airflow) but with the H55, a 120mm aio just like the evga clc 120. When the test was done I was completely unsatisfied and disappointed. He somehow got a max temp of 48c to his card when the benchmark was complete, while I got a max of 66c, people may be happy with a temp like that but im not, i should be getting the same temp and same performance as him with an 120mm AIO. But thats not it, he even outperformed me by 100 points at the benchmark at a higher clock.
Do you know the entire system he was using and exact card?His exact card was the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11GB GDDR5X 23.21.13.8831 (The exact same card as mine) and was using the i7 8700k at 3.7GHz while I have a i7 7700k at 4.2GHz, but still, that does not explain a 20c difference in the gpu and performance. His platform was Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64 bit.
Did he use the standard test or change some settings?He did not change any setting, his settings are the exact same as mineRender: Direct3D11Mode: 1600x900 8xAA WindowedPreset: Extreme
What drivers was he on? Ive seen scores change just from newer drivers.If he is able to install something as complicated as a kraken g12 and an AIO on a 1080TI, he obviously keeps his drivers to date. His review was posted on September 2018, I looked up nvidia game ready drivers from that timeslot and found a Geforce Game Ready Driver that released Sept, 10th 2018, which was the latest one before Sept 16th, so it is very safe to assume he was using that Driver.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/137727/en-us
What room temps/case temps did he have?My ambient temp is 23c in my room, Its hard to believe that his can make a 20c difference even if his ambient is 10c less then me.
View: https://imgur.com/a/C0lDKqV
View: https://imgur.com/a/ttTVzHz
View: https://imgur.com/a/UsJf5AR
View: https://imgur.com/a/YrBRZJg
1.This is the benchmark with NVIDIA driver 445.87
As you can see, this still does not solve my problem, even though i got a higher score than the reviewer by 41 points. My 1080ti still got up to 66C!!! And his is still 48c, I know i installed everything correctly, from applying thermal paste to screwing in the radiator. I used Noctua's NT-H1 Thermal paste and applied it correctly.
But I am not using only ONE persons temps and comparing it to mine, here is a couple excerpts from Amazon reviews from people using the H55 and 1080ti together...
"My 1080 TI now sits at idle of 19C in a 72F Ambient Temp room. when I game it never goes over 54C, seriously!!! I even added 125Mhz to the clock to bump it up to 2025Mhz, still it runs 54C, and my FPS stays much more consistent while gaming"
"Installed this on a PNY GTX 1080ti (Blower edition) paired with a Corsair H55 in a push/pull config. Running it under full load and it so far hasn't even gotten beyond 45c. "
"So I was overclocking my Zotac 1080 ti Amp Edtion and was watching the temps hitting 80+ C on the GPU...Since the installation I haven't seen the GPU get any hotter than 47 degrees no matter what I do!"
"it went from the hight 80s C down to 48 C, almost 40 C degree difference. wow i was super happy. i used a corsair h55 with the g12 and they pair up good. "
"MSI 1080 Ti Aero here. Silent with no load but becomes a Husquarna leaf blower during gaming. Had to summon the Kraken. In the pictures you will observe heatsinks, GPU PWM adapter cable and Corsair H55.Before: 29C idle, gaming delved into 80s (Anno 1800 in 4K), high 60s and mid-70s (GW2 in 4K) - all settings maxed.After: 24C idle, gaming 50C and 40C max respectively for the above.
And this is on stock H55 fan (low RPM non-PWM). "
Oh one last note, I also tried to move my pc right infront of an ac vent so the air from the vent is going straight through the rear, and reconfigured the radiator fans so they're running push/pull as intake.
I idle at 16c-19c with the ac vent blowing directly into it
But the under load temps terrified me, through only half the benchmark of Heaven 4.0 it climbed insanely fast and reached 58c! Still 10c higher than the average review, with an cool AC air blowing directly into it!
I really want to hear what anyone has to say about this, please do so. But the only explanation I could see for this other than it being an anomaly is that the CL11 120 has worse heat transfer for gpu dyes.
Do you know the entire system he was using and exact card?His exact card was the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11GB GDDR5X 23.21.13.8831 (The exact same card as mine) and was using the i7 8700k at 3.7GHz while I have a i7 7700k at 4.2GHz, but still, that does not explain a 20c difference in the gpu and performance. His platform was Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64 bit.
Did he use the standard test or change some settings?He did not change any setting, his settings are the exact same as mineRender: Direct3D11Mode: 1600x900 8xAA WindowedPreset: Extreme
What drivers was he on? Ive seen scores change just from newer drivers.If he is able to install something as complicated as a kraken g12 and an AIO on a 1080TI, he obviously keeps his drivers to date. His review was posted on September 2018, I looked up nvidia game ready drivers from that timeslot and found a Geforce Game Ready Driver that released Sept, 10th 2018, which was the latest one before Sept 16th, so it is very safe to assume he was using that Driver.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/137727/en-us
What room temps/case temps did he have?My ambient temp is 23c in my room, Its hard to believe that his can make a 20c difference even if his ambient is 10c less then me.
View: https://imgur.com/a/C0lDKqV
View: https://imgur.com/a/ttTVzHz
View: https://imgur.com/a/UsJf5AR
View: https://imgur.com/a/YrBRZJg
1.This is the benchmark with NVIDIA driver 445.87
- The "latest" driver 446.143.
- The amazon reviewers score
As you can see, this still does not solve my problem, even though i got a higher score than the reviewer by 41 points. My 1080ti still got up to 66C!!! And his is still 48c, I know i installed everything correctly, from applying thermal paste to screwing in the radiator. I used Noctua's NT-H1 Thermal paste and applied it correctly.
But I am not using only ONE persons temps and comparing it to mine, here is a couple excerpts from Amazon reviews from people using the H55 and 1080ti together...
"My 1080 TI now sits at idle of 19C in a 72F Ambient Temp room. when I game it never goes over 54C, seriously!!! I even added 125Mhz to the clock to bump it up to 2025Mhz, still it runs 54C, and my FPS stays much more consistent while gaming"
"Installed this on a PNY GTX 1080ti (Blower edition) paired with a Corsair H55 in a push/pull config. Running it under full load and it so far hasn't even gotten beyond 45c. "
"So I was overclocking my Zotac 1080 ti Amp Edtion and was watching the temps hitting 80+ C on the GPU...Since the installation I haven't seen the GPU get any hotter than 47 degrees no matter what I do!"
"it went from the hight 80s C down to 48 C, almost 40 C degree difference. wow i was super happy. i used a corsair h55 with the g12 and they pair up good. "
"MSI 1080 Ti Aero here. Silent with no load but becomes a Husquarna leaf blower during gaming. Had to summon the Kraken. In the pictures you will observe heatsinks, GPU PWM adapter cable and Corsair H55.Before: 29C idle, gaming delved into 80s (Anno 1800 in 4K), high 60s and mid-70s (GW2 in 4K) - all settings maxed.After: 24C idle, gaming 50C and 40C max respectively for the above.
And this is on stock H55 fan (low RPM non-PWM). "
Oh one last note, I also tried to move my pc right infront of an ac vent so the air from the vent is going straight through the rear, and reconfigured the radiator fans so they're running push/pull as intake.
I idle at 16c-19c with the ac vent blowing directly into it
But the under load temps terrified me, through only half the benchmark of Heaven 4.0 it climbed insanely fast and reached 58c! Still 10c higher than the average review, with an cool AC air blowing directly into it!
I really want to hear what anyone has to say about this, please do so. But the only explanation I could see for this other than it being an anomaly is that the CL11 120 has worse heat transfer for gpu dyes.
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