1080 watercooled.. Do I need it?

[tonyo098]

Uhmmmm im kinda new to this whole PC stuff so I really want your onion on this question guys... For 3 years i have worked with this crappy system of mine and im thinking of spending a hefty amount to build a new PC,Since Nvidia released their new graphics card the "1080" i was thinking of buying it now my main question is "is it useful to water cool the GPU that only requires 180w of power?" thankss guyss in advance.

[StfnJT]

Not really, a reference founders apparently ran at only 67 C at the press conference under heavy load.

[positivePXL]

180w is the TDP, the heat output of the pcb, primarily the gpu chipset. The reference cooler should keep the internals nice and crispy at stock speeds, but for anything more, you should consider getting a custom cooler, but by no means is water-cooling the card anything less than complete overkill.

[TheMissxu]

I'd probably wait for non-Founder's Edition custom PCB 1080s with dual 8-pin power

[Izumi Reina]

If you are ready for some fun, overclocking I would if the 'founders edition' (refrence card) ran at 67degrees under load overclocked to around 2.1Ghz I would suggest it to achieve potentially even a higher overclock.

[Beeeyeee]

you definitely don't "need" it. but hey, it would be cool. I would say something like the reference 980ti would need it since it ran at 83C

[Alexzz_]

i dont think so, especially if you get a custom card

[Allshevski]

No, you don't. And if you want to in the future, there will be water blocks for that so no worries. Air cooling is pretty great btw..

[Lord_Karango17]

Any card will benefit from an improvement in cooling, but it is less effective with lower heat output cards. With the 1080, just getting a good aftermarket card with a good cooler will be just fine.