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:confused: 3dMark results are lower when i O.C. Asus Turbo GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

Well... just to make Psycho Sonny happy i ordered a RTX 2070 Super from oc.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-0a5-kf.html
I cant fight with his technically arguments, isnt? :D
I just hope this new GPU to have an reference pcb because i ordered a reference waterblock....
Expect now Sonny to come to say "for those money you can buy the other one....." and so on.... :D
Cheers all!
 
Well i would have made sure to ask in the forum if that card is ref for the waterblock before you bought it.

Oh for the money i would have went on holiday instead, screw gpus there nowt but trouble. :D
 
Real sorry could not get it sorted
Guess the other one will be heading for the auction site
Thing with auction site it may bomb or it may go for a good price you never know
Ones with water blocks on them will be in short supply though even if there's a boost problem you may get lucky anyway

SkeeterUK said:
Well i would have made sure to ask in the forum if that card is ref for the waterblock before you bought it.

Oh for the money i would have went on holiday instead, screw gpus there nowt but trouble. :D
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Usually I look on ek cofigurator to see if there's a block and if reference

Lol
Cost of a rtx2070 super probably get you less than a week in a caravan in skeggy nowadays
 
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beberobu said:
Well... just to make Psycho Sonny happy i ordered a RTX 2070 Super from oc.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-0a5-kf.html
I cant fight with his technically arguments, isnt? :D
I just hope this new GPU to have an reference pcb because i ordered a reference waterblock....
Expect now Sonny to come to say "for those money you can buy the other one....." and so on.... :D
Cheers all!
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Personally I would forget watercooling.

It's a waste of money not only on the parts but in running costs too.

Which I always find amusing when people buy second hand GPU's at really high prices to then watercool them. The leccy costs of running a pump, radiator fans, etc. All the parts is so pretty high. Better off buying a newer and better GPU brand new.

I sold my GTX 1080 on ebay for £300 to some nutter who wanted to watercool 2 months back.

Again when you add up all his costs he could just buy a 2070 super and use is as it was intended to with it's supplied cooling. My 2070 super hits 55C whilst light gaming and I've never seen it hit above 70C when being benchmarked.
 
Watercooling the gpu is for more than one reason though
Some of us been doing it since the days when gpu fans actually were pretty loud
Aesthetics play a part too
No way I could have vertically mounted my gtx1070 with the massive lump of aluminium heatsink and fan shroud it had~needed 3 slots
Squeeze that last little bit of overclocking out of it
Maybe other reasons too

Or we are just crazy lol and have nothing better to do with our time
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Personally I would forget watercooling.

It's a waste of money not only on the parts but in running costs too.
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Not really. I am using custom loop but stopped using full cover blocks for GPUs as that is very expensive having to buy a new one every time I upgrade my GPU.
I now use DIE only block that works with every card and I don't even have to drain the loop when upgrading.
This way it's cheap and the core is cooled better than using full cover block.
Vrms and ram is cooled by a fan.
Yeah it's not pretty but works great and it's cheap...

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Because he said light gaming not heavy gaming
Would expect a benchmark to be more stressful than light gaming
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Yeah light gaming I agree but gaming with gpu usage at a constant 100% heats up the card more than benchmarking which only lasts few minutes at a time...
 
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z10m said:
Why is it running hotter when benchmarking..? Is it because you are applying an overclock for the duration of the benchmark.?
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I maiy play csgo and its not really taxing. Whereas a benchmark will test it to the limit and further than most games.

And likeni said it hasn't hit above 70c whilst being stressed out.

Mine is extremely well cooled though. Palit Jetstream model.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I maiy play csgo and its not really taxing. Whereas a benchmark will test it to the limit and further than most games.

And likeni said it hasn't hit above 70c whilst being stressed out.

Mine is extremely well cooled though. Palit Jetstream model.
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My gtx1070 is palit game rock
So I believe you
The size of the heatsink that was on it was humongous
 
Had GTX 770 4GB and 2080ti from Palit and both were crap considering how big the heatsinks were.
But hey they were the cheapest AIB cards around....
Trust me my £15 core only block that can be used on any card does way way better than those heatsinks from Palit...
 
z10m said:
Not really. I am using custom loop but stopped using full cover blocks for GPUs as that is very expensive having to buy a new one every time I upgrade my GPU.
I now use DIE only block that works with every card and I don't even have to drain the loop when upgrading.
This way it's cheap and the core is cooled better than using full cover block.
Vrms and ram is cooled by a fan.
Yeah it's not pretty but works great and it's cheap...
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so your custom loop isn't drawing more power than stock?

also you are having to run fans additionally to cool memory and VRM's anyway which would consume power too.

watercooling is pretty much a gimmick and for looks these days.

it's funny how people complain about the cost of a GPU then spend £300 on watercooling gear and then an additional £50 a year in leccy running it all.
 
z10m said:
Had GTX 770 4GB and 2080ti from Palit and both were crap considering how big the heatsinks were.
But hey they were the cheapest AIB cards around....
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Got mine at a couldn't refuse offer from someone who bought it then decided to change to something different he barely used it
So yeah was first palit card I ever had
Never had an issue with mine
Over clocked to 2ghz+ and 9000+ on memory
Runs 45c to 50c max heavy gaming
More than happy I got it
Though the upgrade bugs itching again lol
 
z10m said:
Had GTX 770 4GB and 2080ti from Palit and both were crap considering how big the heatsinks were.
But hey they were the cheapest AIB cards around....
Trust me my £15 core only block that can be used on any card does way way better than those heatsinks from Palit...
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Mine wasn't the cheapest. It was the one or two up from the cheapest 2070 super.

It's also a triple slot cooler. The heatsink is massive but more importantly the fans are different from the cheaper one and they are bigger then the ones on the gigabyte cards, etc. bigger fans push more air and are quieter too generally.

I have been very impressed. My old MSI GTX 1080 ran 15-25C hotter than this card does in the same case. And that MSi wasn't a cheap card either.

The 2070 supers just don't need watercooling. they run very cool and quiet if you buy a decent one.
 
Because some of us are so talkative today... and because Psycho Sonny seems to know everything (but nothing on the problem) and that all the time whats good for him is for everyone, i dare to ask you, all but in particular Sonny, because i am in massive need of an advice:
on my system i have like that:
- 2 fans on front radiator
- 3 fans on upper radiator
- 1 fan bottom case
- 1 fan rear case
For the moment i manage all those fans through a fan hub, more precisely NZXT Fan Hub. Hub what, to be honest, is doing, for 2 yrs already, a good job! Cant complain about!
What i can complain is about their software, NZXT CAM, which sometimes is not so good and do some mess.
On the other hand i have, as MB (bought it brand new, Sonny, having in mind, from the first second, to use it with watercooling custom loop. Actually every part on my rig i bought it brand new, except this GPU, and i dont want to explain why, even this is not fitting with your taste or you dont like it):
https://www.asus.com/uk/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-STRIX-Z270E-GAMING/
This MB have enough slots / connectors for fans, with the mention that have only one connector for high amp fans. And i can use that one for the upper fans (3 fans). But i am afraid to connect the front 2 fans to an usual fan connector of MB, i dont know if the fan wont burn the connector.... way much amps than the connector can give.
Actually this was my main reason to buy the NZXT Fan Hub, 2 yrs ago when i build this rig.
So, Sonny, my friend, what do you think about, may i use one usual connector on the MB for the 2 front fans? May i use, in this way, all the fan connector provided by this MB, for my fans? Would be that better? Or better to stay sticked with that Fan Hub, which use a separated power? What you'd do?
Now, seriously, i would like to hear an opinion and hope nobody (Sonny) offended! :D
 
I use fan splitters all the time no issues.

There is nothing wrong with buying second hand. It's actually really good to buy second hand.

However not for the gpu market. Prices are inflated and people are paying stupid money for gpu second hand. But if people keep paying it they will stay that way.

As in if I told you. Here is a 3 year old car with no warranty for £45k. Or the same spec of car from the same brand but brand new for £40k. Why would anyone buy the second hand one? Funny thing is people are buying them like you have proven.

I advocate buying second hand but only at a good price. For me a 1080ti is max £300 and for a blower I would want it for £200 as I hate blowers. You paid more than double that.
 
Hey just realised I have a z270~e with a 7700k and 90% of a build here~just upgraded mine to 3900x build and that's left from last build
Going to sell it~just needs a graphics card but the buyer can use integrated
So yes you can run 2 fans on 1 header on it
The ones marked pump/AIO give more power~so does high amp one which you are using
But the other headers will handle 1A so fine for 2 fans
 
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