GTX 1070 Did I win the Silicon Lottery or what?

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SpencerGoshorn

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My Gtx 1070 is overclocked too 2100 core clock mhz and 4200 memory mhz and my gpu runs scary cold like it makes no sense peoples graphics card that aren't even overclocked runs hotter than mine mine stays at 25c at idle and never goes above 50c when playing any game and I can't even hear my fans its not even water cooled peoples water cooling gpu runs actually 5 degrees hotter at the same clock speed its freaking insane can someone explain my ambient temperature in my room is usually 75 degrees soooo yeah some explain why this is happening
 

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My 1070 G1 was clocked to 2138.5 mhz in both Afterburner and Extreme Gaming Engine. It even clocked to 2151.5 and 2164 in Gaming Engine, but Unigine Heaven would crash in 2nd or 3th attempt. So, I opt for the 2138.5 MHz.