Changing stock cooling

[Meddadog]

My GF got me a 1080 FE, lotta running around and arguing and dealing with best buy, so its not going back to swap for aftermarket.

 

Given it gets hot and throttles at 82, or loud if you up the curve.....

 

Whats the cheapest way to change from stock cooling?

 

Cheapest ive found is doing a corsair bracket and like a h55 or h60. (If this is a bad idea, please also say so)

 

Thanks in advance!

[iRileyx]

If you already had a Hydro series cooler it could be worth it, if not something like this would be good, and has really good reviews.
https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html

[iRileyx]

3 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

If you already had a Hydro series cooler it could be worth it, if not something like this would be good, and has really good reviews.
https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/accelero-twin-turbo-ii.html

Change that, they don't make the adapter/brackets for GTX 10 series cards yet, so using a corsair H cooler is out of the question unless you can make a mount yourself

[Meddadog]

That's exactly what i needed rkriley! cheap too ! thanks!

[Guest]

or you could increase the thermal cap by a smedge and solve all your problems. 

[jj9987]

EVGA sells or used to sells it's cooler for reference cards separately. At least it was the case with 980Ti and ACX 2.0 cooler.

[Meddadog]

3 minutes ago, Alexokan said:

or you could increase the thermal cap by a smedge and solve all your problems. 

How do i do that? wasnt able to figure that out. is that in afterburner?

[Mick Naughty]

Where are you located? Got my stock cooler and back plate from an evga sc I'm not gonna use. Send me your fe blower in exchange. 

[Meddadog]

19 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Where are you located? Got my stock cooler and back plate from an evga sc I'm not gonna use. Send me your fe blower in exchange. 

Michigan. and that would work?

[Mick Naughty]

4 minutes ago, Meddadog said:

Michigan. and that would work?

It should as they are both reference pcb. 

[Meddadog]

Just now, Mick Naughty said:

It should as they are both reference pcb. 

How would you wanna go about this? where u located?

[Meddadog]

1 minute ago, Meddadog said:

How would you wanna go about this? where u located?

Also the FE only has one 8 pin. will that matter?

[Mick Naughty]

4 minutes ago, Meddadog said:

Also the FE only has one 8 pin. will that matter?

They are the same card, just different coolers. That's what reference means. I'm in Columbus Ohio. You can message me and we can discuss the details. 

[faziten]

Whatever mod you end up doing make sure you cool down your VRM's too. Some thermal glue + tiny metal heatsink (under 2$) should work given you have /add a fan blowing into them to dissipate the heat. 

Don't regret not doing it, just do it and be happy.