Good stuff Matt. How bout dem VRMs?
Vrm cooling is definitely the weak point of the cooler.
My reference vrm cooling was better.
But this has superior core cooling.
I'm still experimenting whats best tbh.
There is no way i can take the card apart without starting again from scratch, at the moment im reluctant to do that as i have no adhesive for the washers or the heatsinks.
Maybe better heatsinks on the VRM's will help.
For now ive added two 120mm Spectre Pro fans as exhaust on the side of my 600t. This has brought the vrms down a bit.
If i run at stock volts 1.112, then the vrms don't go above 80. That's worst case scenario as well (sleeping dogs, SSAA) with the memory at 1719 stock volts. However any bump in core voltage seems to affect the VRM temps, whilst the core remains the same regardless.
I saw your post Petey about the extra fans you put around yours. Its a good idea, not sure how id get my fans in place like that though.
I'm very happy with it, but im not totally satisfied with the vrm cooling at overclocked volts on the core.
I'd like to keep it below 85c if possible.
Whacked the voltage up to 1.225, core at 1250. Stable as a rock, core nice and cool. VRM 100c, i backed out there. Core was around 58c.
With the two fans ive now added i expect that will come down a bit, but not enough for my liking.