Is cooling a gpu necessary?

[Ziferous]

I want to know if gpu coolers are necessary, or if the case fans will do it for me. I will be cooling a Nvidia GTX 1080TI FE

 

[USAFRet]

I want to know if gpu coolers are necessary, or if the case fans will do it for me. I will be cooling a Nvidia GTX 1080TI FE

The vast majority of GPU's have no cooling besides what it came with. Nothing 'extra'.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Huh? Of course its necessary, you would burn up the card without a cooler. Maybe I am understating you wrong. Are you asking if an aftermarket cooler is necessary? If so then no the FE cooler is adequate for most situations.

 

[Ziferous]

So how do I cool a gpu?

 

[Ziferous]

Any really good waterblocks, reservoirs and red tubing that are cheap?

 

[USAFRet]

So how do I cool a gpu?

Why do you think yours needs extra cooling?

And no...it is not "cheap".

 

[feelinfroggy777]

The stock cooler on your 1080ti will be fine. It is not the best, but unless you are just into building a cooling setup, you will see little to no improvement.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

If you really want to cool it with liquid, this will be the cheapest way.

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HY-5388-B1

 

[captaincharisma]

there are GPU's that come with a water cooling black but they are way more expensive them their air cooler counterparts