White EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX w/ Backplate and Artic MX-4 and Overclocks

[Pro Swinny]

Hi all, this is my first post so let's hope it's a gooden! 

 

So after I finished my first year of Uni I thought I'd treat myself to a new GPU so I got myself an EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX to replace my XFX AMD HD 6870 (stock cooler).

 

Fresh out the box:

 

Old and new:

 

I was perfectly happy with how it was until I saw Tek Syndicate's video on painting the EVGA GTX 770 white and I decided that mine needed painting as well. Of course then I decided I couldn't just stop at painting it so I decided I would order a backplate for it and some new thermal paste.

 

Removing the shroud:

 

First coat of paint:

 

Final coat finished:

 

Shroud re-attached:

 

So onto the thermal paste. After many minutes of changing my mind on what I would use I settled on Arctic MX-4 which topped most peoples results and was pretty damn cheap too.  To clean of the old stuff I got some akasa TIM cleaner.

 

Old paste removed and a very shiny GK110 chip:

 

 

New paste applied:

 

 

And finally to add the Backplate:

Lovely.

 

And finally a picture of the entire PC:

 

Overclocks and Unigine Results

To overclock the GPU I used MSI afterburner.

 

Power Limit (%) - 104

 

Core Clock (MHz) - +115

 

Memory Clock (MHz) - +290

 

Custom Fan Speed Curve

 

Unigine Results:

Sorry it's not a screenshot, it would just come up as a black screen.

 

 

Reading in the top right corner:

 

Graphics: 1421

Memory: 3294

Max Temp: 62° (was up around 66­°/67° before I changed to the MX-4)

 

Hope this was all ok for my first post . In the coming months I have an X99 build planned with the 5930k in a Corsair 350d and a Kraken X61 so I'll be sure to post a build log on that as well.

[Mateyyy]

That's a great overclock and very good temperatures!

It's nice how easy it is to paint your card. It actually looks really good!

[dev893]

Nice makes me want to paint mine (R7 260X) but I kinda like the brushed aluminum look

[KellerKind]

i want to change my thermalpaste too but...  i thing that i might RUIN my card   ive got the same card as you