Should I water cool my GTX 1060 6Gb?

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I am planning on installing a custom water loop for my new build, an I wondered if it is worth including my GPU in the loop? I have a GTX 1060 6GB Founder's Edition
 
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I reread the question. You already have the 1060 so getting a 1070 is pointless. I still wouldn't do it, though. Even the founders edition 1060 stays fairly cool due to it's really low TDP.
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Water cooling is only really viable at all if you plan on OCing.
 
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The 1060 on it's own has a nice cooling system, so it will hold it's own very nicely. You don't need any extra cooling sources. If you use it like you received it.

If you plan on overclocking, it maay be an option, but depends too on how much of a overclock you will do. Water cooler sometimes has problems with leaking so i don't reaally trust them. Only buy if you really need it.
 
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I have both 1060 msi gaming x and 1080 sea hawk, which is water cooled
Played BF1, 1440p ULTRA, everything is ON, played about 2 hours, even though MSI claims their cooling is the best on the market I got about 78C, I have two Noctua 140mm intakes and two 120mm Noctua fans running around 1200rpm
switched to 1080 sea hawk, same game, 2 hours non stop, max get 49C.....

So yes, I say it is worth it, if only you not planning replacing your 1060 soon, than it just waste of money, but if you keeping it, I say go for it, it won't hurt anything and you can keep it cool and plus water cooling your pc without GPU seems a bit weird
 
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Don't. Please do not.
Buy a good 1070 for the same money it would cost to get a 1060+waterblock. Really.

I have an MSI 1060 and it runs at 71C peak load temperature at inaudible fan levels. Overclocked to 2101 MHz.

1060 is not a card to put under water. In fact: all pascal cards generate so little heat that a good air cooling solutions is all you need.
 
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I reread the question. You already have the 1060 so getting a 1070 is pointless. I still wouldn't do it, though. Even the founders edition 1060 stays fairly cool due to it's really low TDP.
 
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Are you sure that 78-84C is "fairly cool" ?
 
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I was talking about FE design in general, 1060 gets all the way to almost 80, my MSI gaming X 1060 with 100mm fans gets to 76.... but with water cooling temps will be around 50max
 
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+gernader I feel your pain. I'm folding on my GTX 1060 and starting to play around with GPU rendering. I've wondered if I should do the same, as far as water cooling. However, one of the popular YouTubers, I think it was Jay, asked EKWB about this. They stated that they have no plans to release a water block for the GTX 1060. Perhaps this has changed? Are you sure that a reputable company even makes a water block for the 1060? If so, would you mind sharing the link?
 
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https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/

put your 1060 and it says that 1080 water block fits 1060, not sure how accurate this ,but I don't think ekwb will put random things
 
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That's the problems, it's a very efficient GPU and because of that they throw a crap cooler on it... I would've gotten an aftermarket card IMO.
 
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but as I said, my aftermarket MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X with two 100mm fans still gets hot....
 
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Well I am planning on overclocking, I just haven't found the safe offset levels yet in order to do so. However I guess the copper heatsink may be good enough...
 
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I've got the MSI 1060, too. 71C peak at 40% fans. Overclocked to 2101. Check your case airflow.
 
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two 140mm Noctua industrial fans running at 2000rpm and two 120mm noctua exhausting
 
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As has already been stated, don't get water cooling. The FE cards ship with a HORRIBLE fan curve on it. If they're going to put a blower cooler on it, IMO they should ship with a heavier curve, but I think it doesn't go above 50% right out of the box. It'll be noisier, but you can easily just increase the fan curve instead of wasting more money on a card that shouldn't end up being watercooled. The other issue (if you really don't want to use a blower cooler) is to go get an aftermarket air cooler and install that. Much less money. Don't waste more money than you have to on a mid range card. If it was a 1070/1080 then I'd understand, but the money that you put towards water cooling a 1060 could easily have been better spent on a 1070, as has already been stated.

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Don't water cool it. Give it a more aggressive fan curve, or get an aftermarket air cooler. Don't waste your money.
 
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Aftermarket air cooler for reference designed GPU ? What?
 
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My Gtx-1060 throttles over 55 degress C , so I don't know what you're all talking about. Either I need better airflow, or watercooled gpu , because after 55 C , it drops down to 1933 for the core clock.
 
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That is really odd. My 1060 runs at 2062MHz and it starts brake at around 76-77C
 
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