watercooling GPU

[shairene]

Hi guys, hope this is the right place I'm asking this.

is the Kraken G12 is compatible with the rx 580?
I have the Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB version of the card and I would like to know if I can use it? or if there is another product that I can use?

[cj09beira]

i think it is there is a youtuber that has it, let me search for it

 

[cj09beira]

 

[Ruffleduffle]

since the 580 is physically almost identical to the 480 and on the nzxt the 480 is listed as compatible you should be good.

Order it and if it doesnt fit just return it, or crack out the trusty dremel and zipties . . . 

[cj09beira]

just went to nzxt's site and they say its compatible 

[TheNaitsyrk]

15 minutes ago, shairene said:

Hi guys, hope this is the right place I'm asking this.

is the Kraken G12 is compatible with the rx 580?
I have the Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB version of the card and I would like to know if I can use it? or if there is another product that I can use?

It can be risky if you have never done this before. I wanted to buy EK new aluminium line of water cooling for GPU and CPU or NZXT thing and I settled on Hybrid GTX 1080 TI instead and I put a really good fan on top. Temps are 43C when gaming at ultra 4K and I'm pretty happy with it, since I'm not voiding any warranties and I can play at peace knowing nothing will overheat.

 

If you're careful you'll be fine, but warranty will be void unless your GPU is EVGA GPU since they allow for stuff like this sometimes. I actually called them about this few months ago and they confirmed it in the UK, but it could be different in different countries, not sure.

[Ruffleduffle]

1 minute ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

It can be risky if you have never done this before. I wanted to buy EK new aluminium line of water cooling for GPU and CPU or NZXT thing and I settled on Hybrid GTX 1080 TI instead and I put a really good fan on top. Temps are 43C when gaming at ultra 4K and I'm pretty happy with it, since I'm not voiding any warranties and I can play at peace knowing nothing will overheat.

some ppl dont have the money to drop on a 1080ti hybrid and anyone who is going into watercooling should know what they do.

Just do your research and stay calm and take lots of pictures while installing. It`ll be fine

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, Ruffleduffle said:

some ppl dont have the money to drop on a 1080ti hybrid and anyone who is going into watercooling should know what they do.

Just do your research and stay calm and take lots of pictures while installing. It`ll be fine

My Hybrid 1080 TI is only an example dude, chill.

 

It's hard to know what to do if they've never done it before, even if they have instructional videos it can be difficult and I'm speaking from experience.

 

He should obviously know that his warranty is not coming back.

[shairene]

I know that the risk but I don't think that it should be to complicated.

I was thinking to do a custom loop but it's too expensive for me and my current rig isn't for that.

My next pc probebly will be watercooled .

By the way which cooler would you suggest?

[Ruffleduffle]

3 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

My Hybrid 1080 TI is only an example dude, chill.

 

It's hard to know what to do if they've never done it before, even if they have instructional videos it can be difficult and I'm speaking from experience.

 

He should obviously know that his warranty is not coming back.

didnt mean to sound angry or anything, but almost all of the hybrid cards are stupidly overpriced and doing custom or semi-custom waterloops is not that hard

[Ruffleduffle]

Just now, shairene said:

I know that the risk but I don't think that it should be to complicated.

I was thinking to do a custom loop but it's too expensive for me and my current rig isn't for that.

My next pc probebly will be watercooled .

By the way which cooler would you suggest?

to put into the mount on the kraken?

 

[shairene]

Just now, Ruffleduffle said:

didnt mean to sound angry or anything, but almost all of the hybrid cards are stupidly overpriced and doing custom or semi-custom waterloops is not that hard

That's true you can do the same thing withput paying so much

[TheNaitsyrk]

Just now, Ruffleduffle said:

didnt mean to sound angry or anything, but almost all of the hybrid cards are stupidly overpriced and doing custom or semi-custom waterloops is not that hard

Not really, prices fluctuate a lot depending on where you are. In my case it was worth adding £50 for a water cooled card. Step down from my hybrid was SC2 for £750 and this one was £800 so I'd rather get the water cooled one for very slightly more.

[shairene]

Just now, Ruffleduffle said:

to put into the mount on the kraken?

 

Yes

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, shairene said:

That's true you can do the same thing withput paying so much

They don't produce lower tier hybrids, hence why he has no choice but to use Kraken G12. Last time I seen Hybrid one was GTX 970 one.

[Ruffleduffle]

i think there also was a 1070 hybrid once, not shure tho

[shairene]

1 minute ago, Ruffleduffle said:

i think there also was a 1070 hybrid once, not shure tho

[shairene]

3 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

They don't produce lower tier hybrids, hence why he has no choice but to use Kraken G12. Last time I seen Hybrid one was GTX 970 one.

I meant that you don't have to pay for the watercooled one and you can take convert them in less cost

[TheNaitsyrk]

4 minutes ago, shairene said:

Yes, but it's not exactly lower tier GPU.

 

I know 970 wasn't a low tier GPU back in the day, but I just remember that they lied about VRAM being 4 and it's actually 3.5 etc and it just stuck it my mind that's it's a lower tier card. Now it is, but it wasn't before.

[TheNaitsyrk]

Just now, shairene said:

I meant that you don't have to pay for the watercooled one and you can take convert them in less cost

Sure, but what happens if you break it? If you like the risk go ahead, I'm not a fan of it.

 

Plus in my case, I'd save an astonishing amount of £20 if I didn't buy the Hybrid.

[Ruffleduffle]

Just now, shairene said:

yeah that one.
And about the aio cooler, the rx 580 has a tdp of 185watts, so i would choose the cooler accordingly.

here is a list of compatible aio coolers taken directly form the nzxt website:

Compatibility - AIO Liquid Coolers

NZXT Kraken X62, X52, X42, X61, X41, X31, X60, X40 Corsair H105, H110, H90, H75, H55, H50 (CW-906006-WW only) Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360, 280, 240, Red 280, 140,  Water 3.0 Ultimate, Extreme S, Extreme, Pro, Performer Water 2.0 Extreme, Pro, Performer Antec KUHLER H2O 920V4, 620V4, 920, 620 Zalman LQ-320, LQ-315, LQ-310

[Ruffleduffle]

4 minutes ago, shairene said:

I meant that you don't have to pay for the watercooled one and you can take convert them in less cost

if there is watercooled version from the factory, it is usually cheaper to buy that one, but in most cases such a model is simply not available

[shairene]

6 minutes ago, Ruffleduffle said:

yeah that one.
And about the aio cooler, the rx 580 has a tdp of 185watts, so i would choose the cooler accordingly.

here is a list of compatible aio coolers taken directly form the nzxt website:

Compatibility - AIO Liquid Coolers

NZXT Kraken X62, X52, X42, X61, X41, X31, X60, X40 Corsair H105, H110, H90, H75, H55, H50 (CW-906006-WW only) Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360, 280, 240, Red 280, 140,  Water 3.0 Ultimate, Extreme S, Extreme, Pro, Performer Water 2.0 Extreme, Pro, Performer Antec KUHLER H2O 920V4, 620V4, 920, 620 Zalman LQ-320, LQ-315, LQ-310

That's wierd that the H60 is'nt there

[Ruffleduffle]

2 minutes ago, shairene said:

That's wierd that the H60 is'nt there

you would probably get away with the h90 or something but i would go for any of the dual fan radiators.

Sorry, but I am kinda of a corsair fan.

[shairene]

5 minutes ago, Ruffleduffle said:

you would probably get away with the h90 or something but i would go for any of the dual fan radiators.

Sorry, but I am kinda of a corsair fan.

I was thinking on the H60 but it's almost o dentical to the H55.

The H90 is 140mm and my case doesn't support that - spec alpha love Corsair as well 

the cpu will have the H80 probebly because I want to oc it as much as he can - an I5 7600k