Alternative STRIX 1070 cooling options?

[LanzoCommando]

Are there any alternative options out there to cool these non-reference cards? I just purchased the new Resident Evil 7 and it's making my temps rise pretty good...into the low to mid on the high end 70s at 90-100% fans.

I've seen people say there's NEVER hit that, but mine hit it from pretty much day 1. I have the OC 8G version, but I've got it clocked 75mhz over the the pre-programmed boost clock and +750mhz to the memory clock. Power target is open to the maximum (120) and I think I add one click to the voltage as a precaution...can't remember.

Right now I can get rid of the CPU cooler I have if I want and I saw where EWKB has pre-filled AIO solutions with expandable quick disconnect options for cards. Basically I could get their CPU cooler and then expand later...but I wasn't sure if their water blocks would fit the non-reference cards. From what I can see on the internet the layouts look different.

Anyway...I plan on moving to the 1080TI when it comes out so this all may be mute, but I can't find anything online like "Strix 1070 AIO" or just an option in general so I thought I'd open it up to here.

Anyone know of anything? Or if you have the Strix 1070 what are your temps like? Should I be worried about low to mid 70s and running the fans at 100% all the time to get there? I wear headphones so noise isn't a concern.

 

[LanzoCommando]

80c. is ok for a graphics card under load.

What is your case and cooling?
One needs to feed any cooler with sufficient fresh air to do it's job.

If your temps improve when you take the case covers off, look to better case cooling solutions.

I have a Phateks Enthoo Evolv mid tower. I've got 2 140's pulling air in the front...then a 280 radiator, and then two more 140's pulling on the opposite end of the radiator into the case.

There's 1 140 exhausting in the back and then I have 2 120's exhausting up out the top, but I haven't closed off that empty square up top that the radiator blocks on the far end (mostly because I'm not sure what to use or how to do it) and I'm reading online I need to do that somehow to keep air from coming back in.

I'll open the case and run the card under the auto curve and see what happens tonight or tomorrow...have to be back into work super early tomorrow so I wont have time tonight.

I don't understand the logic of this setup...

you say the CPU's hot radiator is being fed air from the front as well as pulling air from the front into the case?.... I think I see the problem now. You have 4x 140mm Fans pulling not just air, but hot air from your radiator into the case.
Your exhaust simply cannot keep up with only a single 140mm and 2X120mm. What you have created is positive airflow. Intake: 4*140=560 Exhaust: 2*120+140=380 You want Negative airflow. ie. More air leaving than entering. Especially on a high performance oriented build. (More fans isn't always better.)

For a positive air pressure system you need a blower style 1070 that blows the hot air inside it out directly out. The Strix 1070 takes in air and dissipates it off of itself through vents in the shroud, thus all your CPU heat being blow off the radiator is being used to [strike]cool [/strike] warm your GPU.

Please read this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cooling-air-pressure-heatsink,3058-5.html

My Suggestion

If I understand correctly your Radiator is in between 4 fans.

What you could do is make a goofy setup and have one pair push air in and the other pair push air out. looking like this.
<-[]ll[] in
out []ll[]->
Then keep the rest the same that will give you 660 exhaust and 280 intake. Creating a large amount of Negative Pressure. Since your specific case has so many vents the negative pressure will be able to take advantage of them creating a vacuum sucking in a ton of cool air from them while releasing all the hot air faster than it can come. If you do setup the rad that way make sure the bottom ones are the ones blowing out.

Likely the best and easiest solution
Simply reverse everything. Have all the 4x140 mm fans exhaust through the front.
and use the rear 140mm and 2x120mm as intakes. This will also create a nice negative pressure. 560 exhaust and 380 intake. Plus the added bonus of having all that hot cpu radiator air leaving the case not heating the case. As well as making full use of all those vents in your case for a nice vacuum effect. All the hot air will leave faster than it can be produced.

hopefully this works.

Also...technically according to those diagrams wouldn't I still be exhausting more than pulling in? It goes off surface area so since the air coming in is still only across that 280mm (maybe a touch higher because of the offset, so like 300 maybe) the 140 and 240 (120 x 2) would still be more exhaust since those fans make up a larger surface area.

 

[TJ Hooker]

What is the temp in your case (your mobo should have at least one temp sensor on it that you can use to judge case temp)? And what CPU do you have?

It seems unlikely that this is a case airflow problem. You have a single, 150-200 W card and a decent sized case with plenty of fans. Maybe if you were running high powered cards in SLI and a heavily OCed CPU you'd really have to worry about optimizing air flow and pressure, but a GTX 1070 isn't really throwing off that much heat relatively speaking.

 

[LanzoCommando]

What is the temp in your case (your mobo should have at least one temp sensor on it that you can use to judge case temp)? And what CPU do you have?

It seems unlikely that this is a case airflow problem. You have a single, 150-200 W card and a decent sized case with plenty of fans. Maybe if you were running high powered cards in SLI and a heavily OCed CPU you'd really have to worry about optimizing air flow and pressure, but a GTX 1070 isn't really throwing off that much heat relatively speaking.

i7 7700k. If memory serves correctly the MB reported temp is in the lows 20's at idle. CPU usually runs in the mid to high 20's at idle, high 20's to low/mid 30's on the top end during gaming.

I haven't paid attention to that temp (motherboard) while running games though. I'll be playing some tonight so I'll check and report back.