EVGA GTX 970 SSC + 3rd party cooling solution for better performance?

[chg911225]

Good afternoon, community. I am planning to purchase 3rd party cooling solution to enhance my gaming experience and I need some advice from you since this is my first time customizing my GPU.

First, here are my desktop system

CPU : Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 4.5 GHz(Overclocked)
SYSTEM : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU FAN : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MB : ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards
RAM : Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400MHz PC3 19200 Desktop RAM
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card(Overclocked)
PSU : Corsair CX Series, CX600M, 600 Watt (600W)
SSD : SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SATA III
HDD : WD Green 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache
CASE : Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 with 2 * 160mm fans in the front panel, 2 * 120mm on the top of the case, and 1 * 120mm fan on the back of the case.

Now,

This might sounds stupid but I overclocked both my CPU and GPU to get most performance of out them. After I overclocked my GPU(It runs at 1450Mhz right now), I've noticed that graphic driver crashes sometimes after overclocked so I turned my GPU fan speed to 100% then my overall ambient temperature inside the desktop is really hot and I was worried about high temperature might affect other component's performance, especially CPU.

So I searched for quite amount of time and come down to purchase

1) NZXT Technologies Kraken G10 Liquid Cooled GPU Mounting Kit &
2) Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler

to liquid-cool my GPU. But after more searching, I also found out that VRM on GPU can affect my overclock performance and (this one is not sure but...) VRAM might also affect the performance as well.

So along with those two(1,2) main cooling parts, I am also planning to purchase heatsinks for both VRM and VRAM with

3) Enzotech MOS-C1 MOSFET Heatsinks (for VRM)
4) Enzotech MOS-C10 Forged Copper MOSFET Heatsinks (for VRAM).

This setup costs almost $120 dollar.

but then I thought what if I sell my GTX 970 SSC and with that money plus $120 that I was planning to purchase cooling soulton, just buy used GTX 980 Ti? but then I also thought 980 Ti might be overkill for my monitor(FHD, 60Hz)

So, what do you guys think?

Do you think

1) purchasing 3rd party solution to improve my GPU performance is better or
2) sell GTX 970 and buy used GTX 980 Ti ?

 

[hdmark]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

 

[chg911225]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

I did not consider that since the price is waay over my budget and read many reviews that 1070 is just overkill for 1080p monitor...

Forgot to wrote but i meant used 980 ti, not new one

Thanks for the comment though!

 

[ryguybuddy]

Do you plan to over clock the 980 Ti? I would suggest a 1070 or a 1080 if you are buying a new card. A blower style reference model might be better because it blows it out of the case.

 

[hdmark]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

I did not consider that since the price is waay over my budget and read many reviews that 1070 is just overkill for 1080p monitor...

Forgot to wrote but i meant used 980 ti, not new one

Thanks for the comment though!

how cheap are you finding used 980 ti's for?? id go for the 980 ti if your upgrade price will be about the same or slightly higher than the 120 for cooling

 

[chg911225]

Do you plan to over clock the 980 Ti? I would suggest a 1070 or a 1080 if you are buying a new card. A blower style reference model might be better because it blows it out of the case.

I will overclock if I purchase used gtx 980 ti, but that option is not preferable since price is bit high... 🙁 That's why I am thinking between fully using my gtx 970 with better cooling with less $$ or spend some more extra money to purchase 980 ti

 

[chg911225]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

I did not consider that since the price is waay over my budget and read many reviews that 1070 is just overkill for 1080p monitor...

Forgot to wrote but i meant used 980 ti, not new one

Thanks for the comment though!

how cheap are you finding used 980 ti's for?? id go for the 980 ti if your upgrade price will be about the same or slightly higher than the 120 for cooling

one that I just found from Ebay is around $380~$400, and used 970 SSC is around...$220~$250

 

[hdmark]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

I did not consider that since the price is waay over my budget and read many reviews that 1070 is just overkill for 1080p monitor...

Forgot to wrote but i meant used 980 ti, not new one

Thanks for the comment though!

how cheap are you finding used 980 ti's for?? id go for the 980 ti if your upgrade price will be about the same or slightly higher than the 120 for cooling

one that I just found from Ebay is around $380~$400, and used 970 SSC is around...$220~$250

so worst case you sell yours for 220 , take a 20 $ ebay/paypal fee. and need to pony up 200 for a 980 ti. id say an extra 80 bucks is worth it to get a 980 ti over your liquid cooler 970. plus i imagine there would be less to worry about

 

[ryguybuddy]

id sell and pick up a gtx 1070

I did not consider that since the price is waay over my budget and read many reviews that 1070 is just overkill for 1080p monitor...

Forgot to wrote but i meant used 980 ti, not new one

Thanks for the comment though!

how cheap are you finding used 980 ti's for?? id go for the 980 ti if your upgrade price will be about the same or slightly higher than the 120 for cooling

one that I just found from Ebay is around $380~$400, and used 970 SSC is around...$220~$250

so worst case you sell yours for 220 , take a 20 $ ebay/paypal fee. and need to pony up 200 for a 980 ti. id say an extra 80 bucks is worth it to get a 980 ti over your liquid cooler 970. plus i imagine there would be less to worry about

Agreed. I wouldn't OC it too far however, as it is used and has a shortish lifetime already.