NZXT Kraken G12 on a 5700XT?

[SpookyCitrus]

Anyone know if the Kraken G12 will work with the 5700xt? Pretty sure it's a reference PCB model, it's the XFX RAW II RX 5700 XT. I've seen posts saying it will or people "think" it will but I would like to know if anyone has tried it. I don't have the card yet and am just looking at options for a build I'm planning on reselling and want to get a decent GPU in the system, I have heard the 5700XT runs hot so if I can might as well liquid cool it if I go that route.

[Bombastinator]

32 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Anyone know if the Kraken G12 will work with the 5700xt? Pretty sure it's a reference PCB model, it's the XFX RAW II RX 5700 XT. I've seen posts saying it will or people "think" it will but I would like to know if anyone has tried it. I don't have the card yet and am just looking at options for a build I'm planning on reselling and want to get a decent GPU in the system, I have heard the 5700XT runs hot so if I can might as well liquid cool it if I go that route.

It runs meh hot.  It’s an AMD card but it’s not a Vega vii or anything.  My experience is the vast majority of more or less all GPUs regardless of their maker or even era of manufacture after a certain point run from 180-225w.  Some are a bit louder because of the design of their air coolers.  If you’re reselling the thing unless you have a kraken sitting around you just want to find a way to get rid of it seems like you very possibly won’t get the money from the cooler out of it.  Krakens are not cheap.

[Whiro]

25 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

It runs meh hot.  It’s an AMD card but it’s not a Vega vii or anything.  My experience is the vast majority of more or less all GPUs regardless of their maker or even era of manufacture after a certain point run from 180-225w.  Some are a bit louder because of the design of their air coolers.  If you’re reselling the thing unless you have a kraken sitting around you just want to find a way to get rid of it seems like you very possibly won’t get the money from the cooler out of it.  Krakens are not cheap.

I agree with this. Once you start adding price of kraken and aio it may end up you can afford higher tier card.

[SpookyCitrus]

14 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

It runs meh hot.  It’s an AMD card but it’s not a Vega vii or anything.  My experience is the vast majority of more or less all GPUs regardless of their maker or even era of manufacture after a certain point run from 180-225w.  Some are a bit louder because of the design of their air coolers.  If you’re reselling the thing unless you have a kraken sitting around you just want to find a way to get rid of it seems like you very possibly won’t get the money from the cooler out of it.  Krakens are not cheap.

 

14 hours ago, Whiro said:

I agree with this. Once you start adding price of kraken and aio it may end up you can afford higher tier card.

I have all the parts necessary besides the $20 G12 mount and the GPU itself, I have a few Kraken coolers in my invent. that I use for builds when they will be beneficial. I'm not reselling the GPU I'm using the parts I already have while buying the couple I need to build an i7-8700k gaming rig to resell, so I'm selling the whole rig. The only reason I'm thinking of going 5700XT is that from what I've heard it has 2070 level performance and is very reasonably priced, but gets fairly hot, I've found a few for under $380 and if the performance level is that good I thought might as well. If they really don't get that hot then I won't be using the cooler that's the whole reason for me asking if it will work and if it's necessary, as I have never tested or used the 5700XT.

[FookDat]

I just installed my NZXT Kraken G12 on my XFX RX 5700 XT Triple Dissipation card. Had some issues at first. The bracket screw holes did not line up perfectly with the PCB holes for the the AMD bracket. I have seen where others cut their bracket and screwed new holes in the mounting plate. That is NOT what I did. I found a metal drill bill and drilled out the PCB holes to make them 1 cm bigger if that. There is a what looks like plastic filler in the holes that were making the screws not line up so I just screwed those out then the screws screwed into the mounting plate straight and perfect. This most certainly will void any warranty. Also mounted copper ram heat sinks with thermal glue to the ram modules and vrm. Same places the stock heat sink had pads at.
I attached a link to my assembly hope it helps.

Stock temps were 75-85c on GPU under load,
Junction temps were 100-110c under load

NZXT G12 Temps - 54c on GPU under load
NZXT G12 Junction temps 60c under load.
Hovers around 2064 MHz

MAX OC 2163 MHz

Using AMD performance tuning only setting Power Limit to 50%. No other changes.

All games and 3DMark Tests pass.

NZXT Kraken G12 and XFX RX 5700 XT Triple Dissipation MOD

PC Specs:

Ryzen 7 2700X @ 4.2 GHz - LEPA Xtreme 240 AIO
Corsair DDR4 3000 @ 15-17-17-35
MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC Mobo
PC Power & Cooling 700W Power Master Semi-Moduler
Samsung EVO Plus M.2, 512GB, 3500MB/s read, 2500MB/s write
XFX RX 5700 XT Triple Dissipation 8GB GDDR6 3xDP HDMI Graphics Card RX-57XT83LD8 NZXT Kraken G12 with Corsair H55i AIO