Should I water cool / get accelero cooler for GTX 1070 ?

[Pizza Dude]

Hi, the reason I'm asking this is because my Gtx 1070 Asus Dual always hits 82°C, since that's what it's locked at for highest temp. I'm a bit concerned about this, since my case's aiflow isn't the best, even though I've tried lot's of different fan positions (it's Aerocool DS Cube). My gpu is basically heating up the hole PC, so even the CPU temps are going up, this is more of a problem in summer as my room temperature can get pretty high and even the sidepanels get really warm to the touch.

I've been thinking if it would be worth it to buy something like a NZXT kraken g12 and some not so expensive aio or an accelero xtreme IV or a twin turbo II. I'm leaning more to the accelero side, since it's cheaper and probably less of hassle. The twin turbo II is relatively cheap on amazon right now, however I'm not sure if that would be worth it since it's smaller.

I live in Mexico so there's not lots of places where to buy accelero coolers other than amazon and the xtreme III is out of stock, so the only real options for that would be IV or II, however the IV looks really bulcky and I don't think it would fit well in my case.

I appreciate your help.

 

[geofelt]

What do you use for fans in your case?
What is the cpu that you are using and what cpu cooler.
What are your cpu idle and load temperatures?

Graphics cards run hot but they are designed to do so.
80c. is a normal target temperature and the card will try to do as well as it can at that target temperature.

If you use the normal 200cm fan included in your case, you should be getting all the cooling intake air you need.
If you need more airflow, you could replace your 600rpm front 200mm fan with one of higher capacity.
That would be a lot cheaper than liquid cooling.
In addition, if all your air intake is in the front and filtered, your parts will stay clean.
A aio radiator will mess that up.
I have no problem with a single 180mm intake fan on half speed cooling a 8600K@5.0 and a GTX1080ti.

If your ambient temperature is high, expect any cooler to be a bit less efficient.
Liquid cooling is still air cooling.
It depends on a radiator and airflow to exchange heat.

 

[Pizza Dude]

What do you use for fans in your case?
What is the cpu that you are using and what cpu cooler.
What are your cpu idle and load temperatures?

Graphics cards run hot but they are designed to do so.
80c. is a normal target temperature and the card will try to do as well as it can at that target temperature.

If you use the normal 200cm fan included in your case, you should be getting all the cooling intake air you need.
If you need more airflow, you could replace your 600rpm front 200mm fan with one of higher capacity.
That would be a lot cheaper than liquid cooling.
In addition, if all your air intake is in the front and filtered, your parts will stay clean.
A aio radiator will mess that up.
I have no problem with a single 180mm intake fan on half speed cooling a 8600K@5.0 and a GTX1080ti.

If your ambient temperature is high, expect any cooler to be a bit less efficient.
Liquid cooling is still air cooling.
It depends on a radiator and airflow to exchange heat.

I am currently using an i5 4690k @4.4 ghz with a Hyper 212 Evo. Idle temperature is somewhere around 40-45°C and load usually 60-70°C. However I used to have a gtx 750 ti that only ever peaked at about 55°C and with that my CPU at the same settings, it would idle around 35-40°C and 50-60°C on load. So I'm pretty sure the higher temps are due to the GPUs heat staying in the case.

For that I added two, albeit not the best fans (corsair AF120 I think), to the top of the case as additional exhaust fans, I also took out the Bluray drive I had installed and drive cage to get better airflow. This sort of worked, but only to make it so it takes slightly longer to go from 70 to 80 degrees on the GPU.

Another big reason I would like to replace the cooler on my graphics card is because it sounds pretty loud with a heavy load or basically just while gaming. So I thought maybe with a accelero cooler / aio it would be more silent and wouldn't be that much of a furnace.

In any case, what 200mm fan would you recommend, since there isn't really much.

thanks for taking the time to answer.

 

[rubix_1011]

Most of Nvidia's 10-series cards run remarkably cool compared to older generations, but if you don't have adequate airflow, you can see problems. But, like geofelt mentions, 82C isn't really that abnormal for these cards.

Here are a couple simple things you can do before deciding to go further:

1. Make sure the heatsink and fan of your card are completely dust free. Use canned air or air compressor (be very careful to mind static) and clean it out.

2. Use a normal house or desk fan set to highest speed and blow on your card with the case side/door removed or opened. What you're looking for here is making sure to determine if this is a cooler problem or airflow problem. Test your card (gaming, benchmarks, etc) and see what your temps are by comparison. If you see 5C or more difference, you have an airflow problem and should consider updating case airflow and fans, not GPU cooler. This should also help your CPU temps.

3. If you do not see better temps, buy some decent thermal compound, remove the factory cooler, clean the factory paste and replace with good thermal compound. Replace the stock cooler, repeat step #2. Be careful and keep track of all the small screws you need to remove. There are almost always YouTube videos on how to remove GPU heatinks out there.

4. If you do not see any improvement after these steps, you can consider another cooling option, but these steps are by far the simplest and most cost effective before buying something new. Arctic MX-4 is like $7 US for a small syringe and you can even find other decent paste for cheaper and in smaller quantities.

 

[Pizza Dude]

Most of Nvidia's 10-series cards run remarkably cool compared to older generations, but if you don't have adequate airflow, you can see problems. But, like geofelt mentions, 82C isn't really that abnormal for these cards.

Here are a couple simple things you can do before deciding to go further:

1. Make sure the heatsink and fan of your card are completely dust free. Use canned air or air compressor (be very careful to mind static) and clean it out.

2. Use a normal house or desk fan set to highest speed and blow on your card with the case side/door removed or opened. What you're looking for here is making sure to determine if this is a cooler problem or airflow problem. Test your card (gaming, benchmarks, etc) and see what your temps are by comparison. If you see 5C or more difference, you have an airflow problem and should consider updating case airflow and fans, not GPU cooler. This should also help your CPU temps.

3. If you do not see better temps, buy some decent thermal compound, remove the factory cooler, clean the factory paste and replace with good thermal compound. Replace the stock cooler, repeat step #2. Be careful and keep track of all the small screws you need to remove. There are almost always YouTube videos on how to remove GPU heatinks out there.

4. If you do not see any improvement after these steps, you can consider another cooling option, but these steps are by far the simplest and most cost effective before buying something new. Arctic MX-4 is like $7 US for a small syringe and you can even find other decent paste for cheaper and in smaller quantities.

Ok, thanks I'll give that a try