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Good after market cooler options for GTX 1080 Founder's Edition Video Card?

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Hello, I'm wanting to look into good options for after market coolers for my GTX 1080 Founder's Edition video card.

 

I'm very new at this so I'd like something pretty easy to do, but I'd like to see if I can get it to be cooler when playing games. The FE card only has that one big ol' fan on it, so I think that's why it's getting pretty hot.

 

Thank you.

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Something like this (plus fans, radiator, tubing, coolant, pump, and fittings) should do:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx

 

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6 minutes ago, Lord Mirdalan said:

Something like this (plus fans, radiator, tubing, coolant, pump, and fittings) should do:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx

 

I don't think I'm comfortable / confident enough to go the full custom waterloop route yet, being my first time doing this with a video card.

 

I was considering something along the lines of: 

 

https://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=46 With 2-3 fans. 

 

Or, another option I was considering, is: https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Efficient-VRM-Cooling-DCACO-V800001-GBA01/dp/B00HHMJIIO

 

Thoughts? 

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The Raijintek doesn't directly cool the VRMs, but other than that, seems OK. Note: only supports 2 fans, so factor that into your planning.

 

The second one doesn't support officially 10-series cards, and also doesn't directly cool the VRMs. Seems a bit crusty, with the overblown backplate.

 

Given the choice between the two, I'd pick the first, but be very sure to cool the VRMs with some aftermarket heatsinks. 

Screwdriver specs: Long, pointy. Turns things. Some kind of metal.

 

Main rig: 

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The evga acx cooler works just fines. 

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EKWB almost makes an AIO version with their waterblocks.   More or less all you have to do is attach the block and plug the tubes in

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5 hours ago, Lord Mirdalan said:

The Raijintek doesn't directly cool the VRMs, but other than that, seems OK. Note: only supports 2 fans, so factor that into your planning.

 

The second one doesn't support officially 10-series cards, and also doesn't directly cool the VRMs. Seems a bit crusty, with the overblown backplate.

 

Given the choice between the two, I'd pick the first, but be very sure to cool the VRMs with some aftermarket heatsinks. 

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/ax4.html

Supports the 1080 yea?

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16 hours ago, Bitter said:

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/ax4.html

Supports the 1080 yea?

It does say that. The page the OP linked did not.

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Main rig: 

i9-7900x | Asus X299-Prime | 4x8GB G-Skill TridentZ @3300MHz | Samsung 970 Evo 500GB | Intel 5400S 1TB | Corsair HX1200

 

unRAID server:

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4 hours ago, Lord Mirdalan said:

It does say that. The page the OP linked did not.

Page OP linked said to see that page for a full list, so I saw that page for a full list and saw the 1080, I sawed it good.

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