GTX 1080 TI and EK Titan X Pascal Waterblock - Anyone Fitted yet?

Xereo · 12 Mar 2017 at 18:19

Well i have now completed a 24hour Heaven Benchmark, and all seems good, Max Temp was 50 degree with no throttling at 2060mhz.
Guess i will just leave the card the way it is, with part of the thermal pads sticking out, can't see it anyway once it's in the case

deFiniLoGy · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:03

jaminben said:
Is it safe to fit a block with back plate, plug it in without any water and switch it on for a few moments to see if it still works?

Razor Time said:
No mate, never use a wc block without any water.

On the contrary, I've personally done it a couple of times, and demonstrate by Jayztwocents as well that you can POST fine with waterblock installed.

It's rather useful to double check that everything boots up fine before you fill the loop.

The waterblocks, assuming you remembered to put thermal compound on, act as a massive (& quite efficient) heatspreader for the card & CP, and if you don't stress the components the blocks are usually sufficient to boot into windows log-in screen.

But again, like all things in watercooling, do it at your own risk.

Razor Time · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:07

deFiniLoGy said:
On the contrary, I've personally done it a couple of times, and demonstrate by Jayztwocents as well that you can POST fine with waterblock installed.

It's rather useful to double check that everything boots up fine before you fill the loop.

The waterblocks, assuming you remembered to put thermal compound on, act as a massive (& quite efficient) heatspreader for the card & CP, and if you don't stress the components the blocks are usually sufficient to boot into windows log-in screen.

But again, like all things in watercooling, do it at your own risk.

Haha you've got bigger balls than me.

jaminben · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:59

deFiniLoGy said:
On the contrary, I've personally done it a couple of times, and demonstrate by Jayztwocents as well that you can POST fine with waterblock installed.

Thx, i thought I'd seen it done before but couldn't quite remember.... only going to have it on for 15 seconds or so.

The Artfull Bodger · 12 Mar 2017 at 20:08

Xereo said:
Well i have now completed a 24hour Heaven Benchmark, and all seems good, Max Temp was 50 degree with no throttling at 2060mhz.
Guess i will just leave the card the way it is, with part of the thermal pads sticking out, can't see it anyway once it's in the case

Nice. reckon I got a bad chip then , under water I can only reach 2038 and + 500 on the vram - temps stay under 40 though - need more voltage

deFiniLoGy · 13 Mar 2017 at 09:41

Got an email confirmation from EK.

there is no need to put the thermal pads on the capacitors, please follow the instructions of the waterblock.
Crucial parts that need thermal pads are VRMs/mosfets, memory ICs.

@EK Luc

EK Luc · 13 Mar 2017 at 10:53

Sorry everyone, I was on a little vacation for the past days.

Like @deFiniLoGy mentioned above from it's EK answer, It's not necessary to put pads on these components on the far right. They won't get hot enough to justify the use of active cooling there.

Razor Time · 13 Mar 2017 at 11:42

deFiniLoGy said:
Got an email confirmation from EK.

@EK Luc

EK Luc said:
Sorry everyone, I was on a little vacation for the past days.

Like @deFiniLoGy mentioned above from it's EK answer, It's not necessary to put pads on these components on the far right. They won't get hot enough to justify the use of active cooling there.

Exactly as I thought, thanks for confirming.

jaminben · 13 Mar 2017 at 12:12

Just finished mine... followed EK's instructions and pre-tested card for a few seconds before connecting to loop.

After an hours worth of testing (Heaven & Time Spy) I get a max temp of 51°C GPU and a max CPU temp of 78°C at stock settings (6700k and same loop with single 360 radiator, Heaven shows 1900mhz for GPU).

Now time to let it run for a few more hours

darket · 13 Mar 2017 at 15:08

That seems rather warm, my Titan XP max's out at around 40 degrees @2070mhz and Cpu (5960x @4.5) at 52 degrees after a good few hours of bench testing in heaven , realbech etc

jaminben · 13 Mar 2017 at 17:17

I've only got the one 360 rad... you have two? The CPU has always run hot but I may get round to adding another some day.

deFiniLoGy · 13 Mar 2017 at 17:26

@EK Luc Has there been any report of rapid oxidation of the Nickel base?

@momo56 's waterblock seem to have undergone rapid oxidation with Mayhem X1 w/ non-stain dye red/pink in merely 2 days.

momo56 · 13 Mar 2017 at 17:29

Here's an image of the block. Got a sample of the fluid too. Checked my other blocks and they are all fine.

darket · 13 Mar 2017 at 17:57

momo56 said:
Here's an image of the block. Got a sample of the fluid too. Checked my other blocks and they are all fine.

Have you cleaned that yet and what order in your loop is the gpu block ?

momo56 · 13 Mar 2017 at 18:38

darket said:
Have you cleaned that yet and what order in your loop is the gpu block ?

Yeah I tried my best to clean it, even used isopropyl but no luck. Loop order is CPU/pump/res > GPU >240 rad >120 rad

Razor Time · 13 Mar 2017 at 19:15

Damn that looks bad.

Aberfala · 13 Mar 2017 at 20:31

jaminben said:
Thx, i thought I'd seen it done before but couldn't quite remember.... only going to have it on for 15 seconds or so.

I do the same every time I get a new card and block.

Glanza · 15 Mar 2017 at 14:42

Fitted the Titan X block to my 1080ti this morning following the instructions, didn't use pads on the part someone else did where they stick out.

Highest temp I've got to so far is 26c after a hour of heaven. PC always runs cooler at work, will monitor tonight and see how high it goes, for reference highest my 980ti got to under water was 38c.

Robzere31 · 16 Mar 2017 at 10:53

Fitted mine last night & thought all was well, idle temps 24-25c couple of Firestrike runs showed 40c GPU-z render test again 40c.
However, 30 mins of Doom it hit 89c, Water temp was around 30c & CPU 50-60c so would I be right in thinking it's just an incorrectly seated block?

Also, applying the thermal pads, looking at the EK instructions the row of chips between where you place pads on 1 & 2, the stock cooler has pads on them.
I'm assuming the EK block doesn't need them?

Silent_Scone · 16 Mar 2017 at 11:46

Be interested to see what kind of clocks the Ti is seeing under water compared with Titan X. Some of the better silicon might have a little extra headroom (improved memory ic aside). Hope the Strix clocks well.

For comparison, my TX does 2100mhz at stock volts and 5500Mhz on the memory. (22c water)