Question Can I install NZXT Kraken G12 on GTX 1080ti but keep the original Vram heatsink?

[pikapika1998]

hi , sorry if my English to bad

i have an Gtx 1080ti Asus strig , look like this

if remove the main GPU heatsink look like this

and the internet tell NZXT Kraken G12 on GTX 1080ti will look like this

but hang on a second , if we go back to this image

on this part

I mean, can I install a Kraken G12 in this to take advantage of the mini Vram heatsink?

thank you for reading .

 

[pikapika1998]

hi , sorry if my English to bad

i have an Gtx 1080ti Asus strig , look like this

if remove the main GPU heatsink look like this

and the internet tell NZXT Kraken G12 on GTX 1080ti will look like this

but hang on a second , if we go back to this image

on this part

I mean, can I install a Kraken G12 in this to take advantage of the mini Vram heatsink?

thank you for reading .

 

[Eximo]

I don't see why not. Unless that heatsink is too tall for the pump/block mount to fit around.

Worst case, you just do it normally with the loose heatsinks.

 

[pikapika1998]

I don't see why not. Unless that heatsink is too tall for the pump/block mount to fit around.

Worst case, you just do it normally with the loose heatsinks.

i mean , i don't know , why no one do that before ?

i need to buy Kraken G12 because they give me the kit tools for help install AIO Cooler CPU to slot of GPU

and i don;t know H100 Corsair can work on Kraken or not , theu said G12 only support H105 , H115 , H75 90 55 50

not H100

 

[Eximo]

It just depends on the exact heatsink shape the card has.

Long time ago when Arctic was still making what is essentially the G10/G12 adapter, I kept all the heatsinks my card came with in place, and still installed the AIO, but that was for a GTX 580. You'll just have to try it.

G12 bracket works with any Asetek style pump with the locking ring. If you look at the marketing images you will see all the teeth on the metal shroud. The pump bracket will have a matching set of locking teeth on a ring shaped bracket.

H100 and H80 were CoolIt made pumps if I recall. They are the ones with the square bracket.

Cheapest I think I see is the ROG Strix LC II
Next would be the NZXT Kraken 240

In white:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/q2...cooler-rog-strix-lc-ii-240-argb-white-edition

In black:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LDqrxr/nzxt-kraken-240-7802-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rl-kn240-b1

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tY...095-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rog-strix-lc-ii-240

RGB:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ccbRsY/nzxt-kraken-240-rgb-7802-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rl-kr240-b1

 

[pikapika1998]

It just depends on the exact heatsink shape the card has.

Long time ago when Arctic was still making what is essentially the G10/G12 adapter, I kept all the heatsinks my card came with in place, and still installed the AIO, but that was for a GTX 580. You'll just have to try it.

G12 bracket works with any Asetek style pump with the locking ring. If you look at the marketing images you will see all the teeth on the metal shroud. The pump bracket will have a matching set of locking teeth on a ring shaped bracket.

H100 and H80 were CoolIt made pumps if I recall. They are the ones with the square bracket.

Cheapest I think I see is the ROG Strix LC II
Next would be the NZXT Kraken 240

In white:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/q2...cooler-rog-strix-lc-ii-240-argb-white-edition

In black:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LDqrxr/nzxt-kraken-240-7802-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rl-kn240-b1

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tY...095-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rog-strix-lc-ii-240

RGB:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ccbRsY/nzxt-kraken-240-rgb-7802-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-rl-kr240-b1

i think , I'm going to mount the Corsair H100 cooler directly into these two frames without anything else of Kraken G12. no need for rectangular plate and fan of Kraken G12

and of course , i will no remove this original Plate

do you think that's can work for H100 ?

 

[Eximo]

I can't say that exactly, but I believe it would not work. That adapter is aiming for a certain Z height. The H100 will likely be different. Now I could potentially see it mounting to the hardware, but not touching the GPU, or not being able to get the spring loaded CPU cooler 'screws' to have enough depth before bottoming out.

That is assuming that the G12 bracket there is M3 and it goes all the way through, in which case you should be able to put the studs through, or get some M3 screws to be in their place.

Not insurmountable problems with the right adjustments, but you would be winging it on pressure at the least.