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Hey there,

 I’ve got the ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 2080 Ti 11GB OC gpu which is extremely insane. 
A friend told me that i should waterblock it to reach the max performance.
Honestly, I have no idea about the waterblocking topic.. I’ve seen a couple YT vids about it, guys using the kraken g12, others installing a full liquid corsair hydro system ...

I’m really confused and would like to have yr advice:)

thanks

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Custom water cooling is a great way to squeeze the last bit of performance out of a GPU, but you won't produce a night and day difference, and it's quite a lot of work. Kits like the Kraken G12 are easier, but still require some effort that many don't find worth it.

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water cooling results in lower temps which allow for better OC. at minimum a 240 rad would drop your temps and allow for more OC.

the AIO route kinda sucks which is why most people go full custom.

Just now, Fasauceome said:

Custom water cooling is a great way to squeeze the last bit of performance out of a GPU, but you won't produce a night and day difference, and it's quite a lot of work.

not last bit. mattering on the card and the cooler along with the ambient temp it can help a lot.

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i have a strix 1070ti with a ek water block on it and i havent really noticed much temp or overclocking differences compared to the air cooler.  Maybe like 2 to 3 degrees lower on water compared to air

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7 hours ago, xdeathshot20 said:

i have a strix 1070ti with a ek water block on it and i havent really noticed much temp or overclocking differences compared to the air cooler.  Maybe like 2 to 3 degrees lower on water compared to air

That shows something is clearly wrong. 
 

Drop a minimum of 30c on my cards but I don’t do the minimum to get by. 
 

at the same time I wouldn’t cool a gpu for just the performance. Even gaining 60-70mhz on the core from gpu boost won’t do much for me in the few frames it would produce. 

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