Scoob
New member
Yes, the newer gen of cards certainly run a lot cooler. When I was first testing my 680's on their reference air coolers I was very impressed. The things were very quiet (default fan profile) yet only hit 80c once (on the upper card) during my testing of them - I worked them hard too. They rarely get into the low-30's on water now, that's with an ambient of usually under 20c.
I used to be checking my loop all the time, especially after I had that faulty compression fitting. But, generally, I trust my work and it's somewhat over-engineered. My friend, with a similar loop, uses those bright primary-coloured plastic push-in fittings & thinks I'm daft going for good Phobya compressions through-out. My faulty compression was an EK one - smaller to fit side-by-side on their CPU blocks, but they saved much of the width by NOT having a lip to grip the tubing properly...bloody stupid, won't buy their fittings ever again.
Damn, you had an AIO leak? That's poor luck plus I bet they didn't care what it fried.
As long as you're happy with your rig that's the important thing. For me, originally with two 570's remember, the noise and worries about the heat became too much in the hotter months. Plus I really enjoyed doing the build...though my wallet did not lol.
Back on topic...crazy how my GTX 570 score is near as damn it the same as FTLN's 7950 score above at the same settings - that surprised me.
Scoob.
I used to be checking my loop all the time, especially after I had that faulty compression fitting. But, generally, I trust my work and it's somewhat over-engineered. My friend, with a similar loop, uses those bright primary-coloured plastic push-in fittings & thinks I'm daft going for good Phobya compressions through-out. My faulty compression was an EK one - smaller to fit side-by-side on their CPU blocks, but they saved much of the width by NOT having a lip to grip the tubing properly...bloody stupid, won't buy their fittings ever again.
Damn, you had an AIO leak? That's poor luck plus I bet they didn't care what it fried.
As long as you're happy with your rig that's the important thing. For me, originally with two 570's remember, the noise and worries about the heat became too much in the hotter months. Plus I really enjoyed doing the build...though my wallet did not lol.
Back on topic...crazy how my GTX 570 score is near as damn it the same as FTLN's 7950 score above at the same settings - that surprised me.
Scoob.
