Question TITAN X running real hot

[olehburko]

Hello everyone i recently purchased a gtx titan x from ebay i have cleaned it and reapplied the thermal paste in a generous amount, and i am disappointed the stock cooling is questionable at best, completing the tutorial level in insurgency sandstorm brought the gpu up to 80 degrees Celsius, after opening msi afterburner and cranking up the fan to 75 percent at all times the temp's dropped to 62 degrees Celsius , now i don't think that is a long term solution and making that fan spin that fast at all times will most likely bring about a disaster, so i come here to ask. are there any ways to cool down the titan via alternative fan shroud's bigger heat sinks or simple water set up's ?

 

[Phaaze88]

It's the drawback of the radial fan cooler. For the best cooling performance, higher/more aggressive fan curves are necessary;
That fan has to use enough force to ram air down the length of that heatsink and out the back of the gpu. Run the fan too low, and the air just kind of drags partway in the heatsink.


Alternatives:
NZXT's Kraken G12 + Asetek-made AIOs(the mounting hardware is universal).
Arctic's Accelero Xtreme 3 or 4.
[Check chassis clearance!]

 

[olehburko]

Can't fit water in my case , the Arctic accelero is more expensive than the card , any other suggestions? like stripping graphics cards maybe buying a shroud from a different card that will fit the titan?

 

[Phaaze88]

No, sorry, that's it...

Gigabyte's Titan X Xtreme and Zotac's Titan X Arcticstorm use the same PCB as the reference, so if you somehow find the heatsink and shroud from those being sold for parts on the cheap, that'd probably work.
Shroud alone won't do anything.

 

[Gam3r01]

In regards to fan speeds, why would running the fan within rated limited be a recipe for disaster?
These reference blower cards are well known to run hot, and are specifically designed to shove as much air through them as possible.
80C is not even a bad temperature for that card. If 75% fans get you to 62C, make a fan curve that caps out around 50-65%, what temperature does that give you?

 

[olehburko]

In regards to fan speeds, why would running the fan within rated limited be a recipe for disaster?
These reference blower cards are well known to run hot, and are specifically designed to shove as much air through them as possible.
80C is not even a bad temperature for that card. If 75% fans get you to 62C, make a fan curve that caps out around 50-65%, what temperature does that give you?

I suppose you are right, made things better when i realized that the fan in front of the gpu was a intake fan and was showing hot air back into it, after rotating it it runs colder