480 Temps on Water

[ChrisLandin]

Hey guys.

Ive done a fair bit of playing around with my loop and case during the week and ive had some success ( well I think so ) with my idle and load temps. Im just after some clarification here on what other users are seeing.

So ive got my 480's in sli on there own loop running through 2 x 240 rads. My idle temps are around 31 degrees and under load in civ 5 they are maxing out at 51 and under furmark testing 55.

Are the temps about right for what other users are seeing?? The rads are cooled by 4 viper fans also?

Just quickly posted this whilst the missus is getting ready so I will reply with any info required in the morning.

Cheers

 

[kmufc77]

Well im no water cooling expert,but 51c on one of the hottest cards ever made and SLI,well that is superb temps.

My 480 ref used to get to 90c+ and thats with using the best air cooling case FT02.

 

[hyperst]

I have just put a GTX480 in my new set up of water cooling, I don't have sli only the one card and it idles at 34c, and loads around 55c, so looks like you done good with sli in your rig, mine runs, res>pump>gpu>cpu>120 rad>240 rad, good to know sli is still low on temps with the 480's under water, may look at some sli my self

 

[Kurisu Makise]

maxing at 51c?

im gonna have to look into how much watercooling my cards would cost

 

[Sida]

I'm currently running a 480 and will be buying another one soon. Once it was overclocked, I was hitting 85-90 degrees using MSI Kombuster. Like the guy above, I might have to take a look at watercooling myself I'd love to be running those temps when I get mine in SLI.

How much did it cost you to get them watercooled (ignoring cooling for any other components) and what are you using?

 

[hyperst]

well I over clocked mine to core 856 MHz, shader 1712, memory 2018, voltage of 1.113 and it ran kombustor fine and maxed out at 59c, idle 39c
max I have seen today is 51c at stock clocks

 

[Cr416]

They are great temps, this is tempting me to spend more money lol.

 

[hyperst]

You would be looking at around £260 to cool the GPU, that's all new gear.

 

[OLDPHART]

My H2o loop at ambient room temp 23'c, CPU 920 > 4.2GHz reachs 68'c, GPU 470 > 850:1700:2000 peaks at 52'c, both are on the same loop.

 

[ChrisLandin]

Cheers for the replies fellas. Im more than happy then with my results.

I bought a lot of my parts for the loop from the MM so ive no idea really what it would all cost new but for me all in it set me back about £160 I think.

 

[layte]

I have a pair of 480's being cooled by a single 360 rad. Overclocked in Afterburner to 900core(1.125v) 4200mem. They idle at around 35C and under the most extreme gaming sessions the max I have ever seen is 60C. (Furmark can push this to 65C)

 

[Marvin]

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When I had GTX480 SLI on a Pa120.4 I was seeing similar temps with full cover EK blocks. Watercooling GPUs is such a great thing.

 

[pastymuncher]

Got a core only block on mine with the cpu in the same loop as well. Rad is window mounted so i get the cool outside air through it. Idle temps are mid 20's and load temp after 30 mins of Furmark Stability test is 48 degrees. Normal gaming temps are in the high 30's/low 40's depending on the game. Card has a low overclock of 800/1968 with no voltage increase.

 

[Gtiracer]

Sounds good, you are highly tempting me to get my 90 Degrees Sli 480's watercooled.

Any pics of your setup and where you mount your rads?

Cheers

 

[seekdestroy]

Bit off topic, but my 460 SLI (overclocked to 900mhz @ 1.087v) idles 25-35. and never reaches 50C, hehehe.

Thats with CPU(@4.6 1.35v) in loop and on a 120 rad and 240 rad.


I was hoping I could reach 1ghz on the 460s under water, but the cards just wont do it. 950mhz is stable ish. Just wont go any higher