Custom cooling with EVGA 560ti

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Hello,

I recently ordered a EVGA 560ti from Newegg and it is on its way but lately I've been thinking about the cooling on this card. The EVGA 560ti definitely does not have a better cooling system compared to the MSI TFII 560ti but I got the EVGA for the warranty and for known quality. I've read somewhere that this card does run really hot on some occasions and even with proper case air flow, it will still run pretty hot at times.

So my main question is, will I be able to add an aftermarket cooler on the EVGA 560ti if I find the stock cooler to be insufficient?

This is the card that I will be receiving,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604

Example of a aftermarket cooler,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118037

Also, if it is possible to add the aftermarket cooler onto the EVGA 560ti, how difficult would it be to swap?

Thank you for your time,

Louis

 

[rolli59]

Point of getting EVGA excellent warranty and customer support! Mounting a third party cooling solution voids warranty from most manufacturers.
Cooling solutions make cards like the mentioned MSI (and others) preferred cards with overclockers.

 

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I know that mounting an aftermarket cooler will void the warranty on most if not all manufacturers, that is a given. I'm looking to see if it's possible to mount a VGA cooler onto an EVGA 560ti, some manufacturers seal the graphics card tight and thus it's not worth ripping off the cover. And finally, I believe that if you want to install a VGA cooler onto graphics card, there needs to be a mid plate and I'm unsure as to whether or not the EVGA 560ti has a mid plate or not.

 

[badboyzasr]

Honestly IMO, you should cancel the order and get yourself a better cooling solution card, such as msi twin frozer or gigabyte oc edition of 560ti as mine. They come with teo fans, and have a heatsink as shown in the VGA cooler all preinstalled. As with your concern about rma and warranty, not being sarcastic but if you are going to void the warranty anyway, would it matter if you get an evga or any other card? I think instead getting a better cooled card with warrant and full tech support makes more sense. Msi has good rma policies but gigabyte would normally ask you to return the card from where you purchased it.

Secondly, the 560ti has s max temp of about 99 c, Which is hardly reached with the titles available. However a dual fan with heatpipe over a single fan and stock heat sink is a no brainer, but as the prices are almost the same anyway, might as well genthr better cooling solution instead of purchasing an additional cooler oh and additional shipping charges, is it really worth it?

Again not being sarcastic, just my opinion. Hope it helps.

 

[rolli59]

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Here borrowed from original post "but I got the EVGA for the warranty and for known quality"

 

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Here borrowed from original post "but I got the EVGA for the warranty and for known quality"

Yes, I originally got the EVGA for the warranty and quality (not saying MSI twin frozr II doesn't) but now I'm kind of lopsided since the card is already on its way here . Although, I did more research and based on most of the reviews, heat is not really an issue with the EVGA 560ti. I was going to get the MSI tfII 560ti at first but there is a lot of artifacting issues going around with that card (think it's mainly due to the weight of the card, which makes the card slant over time), thus I wanted to be more on the safe side and go with the EVGA 560ti.

Thanks for your input badboyzasr, btw do you have a MSI tfII 560ti? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[rolli59]

I personally do not think that the purchase of the EVGA was a bad decision specially looking at there very good customer support. On top of that I have not heard any loud voices about temp issues with their cards.

 

[badboyzasr]

No worries. I own the Gigabyte 560Ti OC edition heres a link to it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363

So lets see, the EVGA 560Ti is about $10 more, 50Mhz slower, less cooling option but the Gigabyte edition is faster, has heatsink, heatpipe, dual 3600 RPM fans ( i am presuming on this one) and come factory overclocked. I would highly recommend these over the twin frozers themselves. My buddy has the Twin Frozer, and was able to OC his card to about 950. We benchmarked a software suite of 5 games/utilities, he had on average of 3-5 more fps than my setup. Not worth the extra $6 when i bought an Antec gamer fan for my side and it has air intake on my two Gigabyte 560 TI's directly, keeping the temps well under 65 on 96% load in Metro 2033 (resource hogger) and 68 (furmark). I always prefer going the budget friendly smart way, just saying.

The cards are running good, my SLI scaling is about 1.9-2.0 on all titles, and I can show you benchmark results to prove, just in case. But these cards are great, ridiculously quiet, and mine came with $30 of mail in rebate, so bought mine for $189.00 before taxes and after mir in canada. I have talked to the Gigabyte support team as well on a number of occassions ( the issue was with my Mobo) and their response is about 1-3 business days late, though not the most helpful in all honesty.

P.S. I can understand if you want to try going out of the league of typical enthusiast with purchasing stock cards, but instead making changes to the hardware yourself, its like your first water cooling system. I wouldn't want to try that on my brand new 2k build just to not take chances, but try it on my existing old rig, and see if i did a good job. the same applies to gpu, why spend $50 on a $250 card when you can spend about $20 on an old lying around gpu and test its cooling capability? i am sure you already have an idea.

 

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Thanks for your input once again. If anything I will just return the card when it arrives either tomorrow or day after tomorrow and get a Giga or a MSI.

You got the vote for best answer, wish I could give it twice. cheers

 

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