Hi.
I bought an Inno3D 1060 6gb compact half a year ago and to be honest if it wasn't for the cheap price I bought it at, it would be one of the worst cards I could have bought.
The performance is great an equal to the 1060's my friends have, but it only lasts for a few minutes, then the temperature sets in and it start thermal throttling. Average temp runs around 85-88 degree Celsius stock.
Looking at the heatsink, it's no wonder that the cooler isn't performing well. It's just a rough block of aluminum.
I've tried to change the thermal paste, but it didn't have any particular effect.
I've also tried replacing the fan with the stock fan blade from AMD Ryzen 5 1600 stock cooler. The fit was very good and looked ok, but the performance didn't change at all.
So I've come to the conclusion that I need another cooler for the GPU.
I've come across this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ARCTIC-Accelero-Xtreme-VRM-Cooling-DCACO-V800001-GBA01/dp/B006DAD8HS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529699201&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx%2B1060%2Bcooler&th=1 Would this be a suitable fit for my 1060 compact version? Don't know if there's any difference in the hole layout between then standard 1060 and the compact version?
Better yet, would it be possible to fit a cheaper AIO directly to the card? I was thinking, that if only a CPU block of an AIO had the same hole layout, it might be possible to create a bracket for the back to hold the cooler in place. Tried finding some dimensions for various AIO CPU blocks but with no luck so far
Any other recommendations for a well-suited cooler would be highly appreciated. I'm looking in the below 60 euro / 70 USD bracket.
Thanks.