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Got both GTX 1070 and 1080, advice what to do.

SRRAE
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I got a GTX MSI 1070 Gaming X and its has been a solid performer.  Not only that it has over clocked well and runs super quiet, something I find appealing.

My friend recently updated his computer and for basically sold me his EVGA GTX1080 SC ACX3.0 for about £100, bargain!.  Doing a few game bench tests I see the expected 20-25% increase in performance which is great, however the NOISE!!!!!

 

I did notice the fans and heat sink on the EVGA 1080 is way smaller than my MSI 1070 hence the faster and louder fans.

What should I do?

 

Put up with the noise?
Sell the EVGA 1080? eBay looks like they go between £280-£300
Sell both the 1080 and 1070 and with the money get a 2060 Super?

Thanks in advance
 

 

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clean the heatsink + fans and replace the thermal paste on the 1080.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, SRRAE said:

Put up with the noise?
Sell the EVGA 1080? eBay looks like they go between £280-£300
Sell both the 1080 and 1070 and with the money get a 2060 Super?

Thanks in advance
 

 

Sell both IMO and get a new GPU. Perhaps a 2070S if you can find them priced well.

I think a 2060 Super would end up being a downgrade from a 1080.

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25 minutes ago, ThePD said:

I think a 2060 Super would end up being a downgrade from a 1080.

Agreed, at best a sidegrade.

I think that a 5700XT would be a better choice 

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51 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

clean the heatsink + fans and replace the thermal paste on the 1080.

I was very sceptical of this.  The card is only 18 months old, the heatsink and fans were clean and thermal paste shouldn't go off that quick.  I removed the heatsink and there was a thick layer of thermal paste over the die with excess covering most of the chip and nearly all the surface of the heatsink.  Way too much.


Cleaned the heatsink surface and chip off with some 99% IPA, put some Artic MX-4 I had left over from my build last year.  Now the temperature holds about 66ºC with the fan set to auto spinning about 50%.  Previously the temperature was 77-80ºC and the fan was 70-80%

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13 minutes ago, SRRAE said:

I was very sceptical of this.  The card is only 18 months old, the heatsink and fans were clean and thermal paste shouldn't go off that quick.  I removed the heatsink and there was a thick layer of thermal paste over the die with excess covering most of the chip and nearly all the surface of the heatsink.  Way too much.


Cleaned the heatsink surface and chip off with some 99% IPA, put some Artic MX-4 I had left over from my build last year.  Now the temperature holds about 66ºC with the fan set to auto spinning about 50%.  Previously the temperature was 77-80ºC and the fan was 70-80%

Actually with the case closed the temperature still goes up and the fans become loud.  Its not reached close to 80ºC like before, but is staying steady at 70ºC 

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35 minutes ago, SRRAE said:

thermal paste shouldn't go off that quick.

The paste in my laptop got garbage within a week, so...

 

35 minutes ago, SRRAE said:

Cleaned the heatsink surface and chip off with some 99% IPA, put some Artic MX-4 I had left over from my build last year.  Now the temperature holds about 66ºC with the fan set to auto spinning about 50%.  Previously the temperature was 77-80ºC and the fan was 70-80%

So it is indeed the thermal paste

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, DeadlyPlayGames said:

Agreed, at best a sidegrade.

I think that a 5700XT would be a better choice 

If I can find the other £100 would it be worth trying to get a 2070S over the 5700XT?

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For pure gaming, probably not. If you want the new video recording encoder, usually 5%-10% performance increase (depending on game might be more or worse than 5700XT), CUDA, RTX ETC then yes. Up to you, but considering you care about sound and temperature, don't get a blower 5700XT, get a custom model, however this increases the cost reducing the price difference.

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None of my sc’s were loud compared to my strix. Better performance would be my pic. I’d expect more fan and heat from a better chip on a reference board compared to a 1070 with a 1080 cooler on it. 

 

 

Selling both would be a great option too. If the rest of the system can keep up with a better card. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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