Water-cooled GTX 970

[Wilrocs008]

Hey all,

I was wondering how well a Kraken X31 would cool in conjunction with a Kraken G10.
I would opt for a Swiftech H220x if they were available in my country but unfortunately, they are not.
If anyone has any benchmarks they could show me or a different water cooler I would much appreciate it!

Thanks for all the replies,

Wilrocs008

 

[LukaBoki]

I prefer the Arctic Accelero Hybrid II-120 ,it is a great GPU cooler.

 

[unknownofprob]

The G10 with that AIO cooler would be better then getting an air cooler, to be put simply. That said the GTX 970 does not get very hot, even when overclocked to the max. When using the G10, it is also best to have the stock cooled model, for reference (just making sue you have it). I personally don't see a need to cool that card any further, but feel free to.

 

[smackers_12]

You wont fit a h220x onto a kraken g10 because it needs an asetek style cooler with the ridges on the sides. The g10 has some vrm cooling issues but this might be less of an issue with the 900 series, you dont really need to liquid cool them they run pretty cool already

 

[unknownofprob]

Compatibility - Official -

NZXT : Kraken X61, Kraken X41, Kraken X31, Kraken X60, Kraken X40
Corsair : H105, H110, H90, H75, H55 , H50 (CW-9060006-WW only)
Antec : KUHLER H2O 920V4, KUHLER H2O 620V4, KUHLER H2O 920, KUHLER H2O 620
Thermaltake : Water 3.0 Extreme, Water 3.0 Pro, Water 3.0 Performer, Water 2.0 Extreme, Water 2.0 Pro, Water 2.0 Performer
Zalman : LQ-320, LQ-315, LQ-310

I am very keen on using a Kraken G10 with a thermaltake water 3.0 extreme, the best AIO available with 360mm rad!

 

[Wilrocs008]

I really wish I could get my hands on a H220x. That way my whole system could be on the same loop which would save A LOT of power. I am overclocking dual SLI 970's very heavily so I can run GTAV at 5760 x 1080 maxed. Needless to say it is gonna be hot!

 

[unknownofprob]

How high is very heavily?

 

[smackers_12]

You could look into the gigabyte g1 gaming models, they have a huge cooling capacity. Running two cards overclocked with kraken g10s is not really practical as the vrm will potentially overheat

 

[Wilrocs008]

@ unknownofprob I'll hopefully push past 1400 MHz on the GPU's. 85c is my absolute limit on heat though. I'm too paranoid.

 

[maddogfargo]

@ unknownofprob I'll hopefully push past 1400 MHz on the GPU's. 85c is my absolute limit on heat though. I'm too paranoid.

As mentioned above, Gigabyte 970 is a good pick. Jay got his test sample to 1524 GPU core @ 63c max.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAahjdwfbRw

Other manufactures will also likely come out with good OC cards with nice coolers.

 

[unknownofprob]

Don't use youtube as a reliable source, ever.

In that case why not go for a custom W/C setup? Doing this ensures best Temps and the waterblock covers the whole card, and adequately cools the VRM.

 

[Wilrocs008]

The hunt for stock begins! Do you know any vendors in the USA that sell the H220X? Probably be the best option for me to ship from.

 

[unknownofprob]

I've been looking around and there isn't much. If ebay doesn't have it for you get one from canada. Newegg/Amazon have the H220.

 

[nikoli707]

i personally would avoid water cooling a non flagship gpu. just wait for gm210 chips and then water cool them.