Cooling and overclocking 1080Ti

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 15:06

I recently purchased a MSI Aero 1080Ti from Ebay.

Overall, I am very happy with it, but it does run hot, and seems to throttle quite a lot because of it.

What would people advise for replacing the stock cooler with?

Not currently looking at open loop cooling, but am open to watercooling options...

Thanks,
Rich.

tamzzy · 4 Jun 2019 at 15:13

yeah. msi aero is a bad cooler.
unfortunately you should've spent a bit more to get a better cooler.
as now, you need to spend even more to get an aftermarket/second cooler to cool a badly cooled card

the msi aero is a reference board iirc, so your best bet is either a) the evga AIO loops, or b) a 1080ti cooler from one of the other manufacturers second hand.

evga aio loop: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HY-5598-RX

Apone70 · 4 Jun 2019 at 16:11

I have an OCUK 240mm extreme AIO on my 1080ti using an NZXT G12 mount and its amazing. Boosts overs 2000mhz and sits around 50 degree's.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...-liquid-cooling-upgrade-bundle-bu-0d5-tl.html seems its no longer available which is strange. But there's loads of other AIO's which fit the G12 bracket

Finners · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:25

How hot are we talking? Do you run anything like MSI afterburner to monitor clocks and temps. If it's second hand there is a chance the person before you water cooled it and done a bad job fitting the air cooler back on.

Your best bet short term if repasting it doesn't yield any benefits is to use MSI afterburner to undervolt it to make it run cooler. By setting a custom clock/voltage curve. There are guides on the net.

On my titan I run 1900mhz @ 0.925v which is both an undervolt and overclock so you may be able to get below 0.9v if you run stock.

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:31

Thanks for the responses, highly appreciated.

I put an buy it now offer on an ebay item, and was suprised when the seller accepted. I had been thinking of trying some AIO watercooling at any rate, so not too upset by the horrible cooling the card currently offers.

Had been looking at the NZXT G12 mount, but that also requires the purchase of another AIO (sadly my current H100i is not compatible), and its not the best looking solution (imho).

I already purchased an Alphacool LT360 for CPU cooling, and to replace my H100i, so am considering the Alphacool waterblock for the 1080Ti, as I can extend the loop to include it quite easily - https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooli...080_ti_aero_oc_alphacool_eiswolf_120_gpx_aio/

Still quite expensive, however, but I like the looks and hope it would sort out the thermals... Not sure what the opinion of Alphacool Eiswof is on this forum... would love some input!

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:35

Sorry Finners - missed your post when replying.

The previous owner had been running a custom aircooling setup on the card, and did use Noctua thermal paste when putting the standard cooler back on, so I expect its just the limitations of the cooler rather then a bad fitting job.

I was running afterburner and heaven benchmark for testing (although I tend to play mostly cs:go, and its the CPU thats limiting me currently on that front).

The card quickly rises on temperature to around 87 degress, and starts throttling before it even gets into the 80s. When the test starts the card is boosting to over 2000, but drops to low 1900s.

I will look into undervolting in the short term to see what performance gains that might unlock - thanks for the tip!

Apone70 · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:40

I can't post pics of my set up as I am at work but this thread has pics of it, I use a cable mod vertical mount.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/aorus-1080ti-with-nzxt-g12.18855369/#post-32735427

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:45

Looks like a very nice build Apone. I did read about the cable mod vertical mount, but that is something for done the line when I get bored and want to tinker some more.

I had previously considered the G12, but the looks put me off in all honesty...

Apone70 · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:48

I was the same mate, the air cooler on the Aorus looked much nicer mounted vertically but the current set up with the AIO has grown on me big time.

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:04

Saw Jay2Cents review of the cable mod - does look very nice.

Apone70 · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:32

ubiquity said:
Saw Jay2Cents review of the cable mod - does look very nice.

Yeah its a great kit of bit, and saves you having to cut anything

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 19:38

But you need a custom displayport cable in order to be able to fit it to the back of the graphics card, which is recessed?

Apone70 · 4 Jun 2019 at 19:44

Yeah they come with either 2 display port or 1 display port and i hdmi cable

deuse · 4 Jun 2019 at 20:52

I use a Alphacool Eiswolf 120 GPX Pro Nvidia Geforce GTX TITAN X Pascal. On my Titan and it works great.

It went from 84C overclocked in games to 50C

At this moment it's 22 C Cool for cats

Skynet5 · 4 Jun 2019 at 21:07

Apone70 said:
I have an OCUK 240mm extreme AIO on my 1080ti using an NZXT G12 mount and its amazing. Boosts overs 2000mhz and sits around 50 degree's.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...-liquid-cooling-upgrade-bundle-bu-0d5-tl.html seems its no longer available which is strange. But there's loads of other AIO's which fit the G12 bracket

That is good. But mine does the same with only hitting 58 on a cool day.. With stock air cooler.

I'm done with AIOs now. Its either air or full loop for me.

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 21:27

Apone70 said:
Yeah they come with either 2 display port or 1 display port and i hdmi cable

I thought I saw an option for a vertical mount on the case I was looking at (Lian-Li 011D), it certainly looks nice although wondering what difference it would make depending on the cooling solution I go for.

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 21:31

deuse said:
I use a Alphacool Eiswolf 120 GPX Pro Nvidia Geforce GTX TITAN X Pascal. On my Titan and it works great.

It went from 84C overclocked in games to 50C
At this moment it's 22 C Cool for cats

Many thanks for the input; I am stronging leaning in this direction as well, despite the cost (around £130 for the Alphacool Ice Wolf GPX Pro - Nvidia Geforce GTX TITAN X Pascal / 1080 Ti M02)

Do you think it would be fine in the same loop as the 360LT? I was thinking of going push/pull or adding an additional rad to the system at some point in the future if temps were still an issue.

Would this work better / worse / no different in a vertical mount?

Many thanks for the input,
Rich.

deuse · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:52

ubiquity said:
Many thanks for the input; I am stronging leaning in this direction as well, despite the cost (around £130 for the Alphacool Ice Wolf GPX Pro - Nvidia Geforce GTX TITAN X Pascal / 1080 Ti M02)

Do you think it would be fine in the same loop as the 360LT? I was thinking of going push/pull or adding an additional rad to the system at some point in the future if temps were still an issue.

Would this work better / worse / no different in a vertical mount?

Many thanks for the input,
Rich.

I had my Wolf connected to my alphacool Cpu 280.
But I got lower temps keeping them separate.

Apone70 · 6 Jun 2019 at 22:18

not sure your temps will be that good if both your CPU and GPU are on a single 360mm, if not like you say just add another rad

ubiquity · 6 Jun 2019 at 23:35

Apone70 said:
not sure your temps will be that good if both your CPU and GPU are on a single 360mm, if not like you say just add another rad

Yeah I was already considering that, the temps are super low on the cpu though and it does at least add another pump into the system, so will have to wait and see..