1080 gtx cooled by a 120mm aio?

[scotdaliney]

My case gives me a few options. Looks wise though a 120 (aio) will be cleanest look,  will a 120mm radiator cut it?. (Not overclocked), but stock cooler gets into 80's easy.

[TheStyne]

120 is not really recommended for a GPU, those are mostly for non-overclocked just CPU loops. I'd go for a 240 minimum for a 1080, definitely skip the 120

 

EDIT: Disregard. 120mm will be fine. 

[Enderman]

Yes it is more than enough.

 

1 minute ago, Fixinit1 said:

120 is not really recommended for a GPU, those are mostly for non-overclocked just CPU loops. I'd go for a 240 minimum for a 1080, definitely skip the 120

[TheStyne]

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

Yes it is more than enough.

That's a FTW Hybrid, meaning it has a fan and a rad. If he's talking about just the rad(which is what I thought he meant) then I wouldn't recommend a 120.

[scotdaliney]

Sorry for asking the obvious, but I take it the above chart is with a 120mm radiator. 
EDIT,,,  looked it up, yes. 
cheers.

 

 

[TheStyne]

1 minute ago, scotdaliney said:

Sorry for asking the obvious, but I take it the above chart is with a 120mm radiator. 

Yes. It is. Are you planning on getting a hybrid cooler or just a waterblock?

[flibberdipper]

6 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

120 is not really recommended for a GPU, those are mostly for non-overclocked just CPU loops. I'd go for a 240 minimum for a 1080, definitely skip the 120

What kind of drugs are you on? If what you said was true then EVGA and MSI wouldn't make their hybrid cards (that run in the 50C range btw) lmao

[Guest]

 

120s are absolutely fine. Been running hybrids that way for years.

[Enderman]

5 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

That's a FTW Hybrid, meaning it has a fan and a rad. If he's talking about just the rad(which is what I thought he meant) then I wouldn't recommend a 120.

AIO GPU cooling is only for the core.

The fan is just for cooling VRM and vram.

There are no GPU AIO brackets that only have an AIO mount and no fan.

 

4 minutes ago, scotdaliney said:

Sorry for asking the obvious, but I take it the above chart is with a 120mm radiator. 

All the hybrid cards listed are 120mm.

[TheStyne]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

What kind of drugs are you on? If what you said was true then EVGA and MSI wouldn't make their hybrid cards (that run in the 50C range btw) lmao

Read my above responses. I was unsure of whether or not he was using just a water block or a hybrid cooler. If he's using a hybrid cooler he's fine, but I'd go with something bigger if it's just a water block.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

Read my above responses. I was unsure of whether or not he was using just a water block or a hybrid cooler. If he's using a hybrid cooler he's fine, but I'd go with something bigger if it's just a water block.

"120mm aio"

That means it is a GPU hybrid AIO cooler, not a waterblock.

 

This is a waterblock:

 

You cannot attach this to an AIO.

[scotdaliney]

Sorry guys, ye with a kraken 12 and aio. 

[flibberdipper]

2 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

Read my above responses. I was unsure of whether or not he was using just a water block or a hybrid cooler. If he's using a hybrid cooler he's fine, but I'd go with something bigger if it's just a water block.

Going from an AIO to an open loop doesn't magically cut the cooling performance in half so either way you'd be dead wrong...

[scotdaliney]

Also I'm concerned that anything bigger than 120 will have to go on bottom. Which doesn't give the fan much breathing room to cool the rest of the card.

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, scotdaliney said:

Sorry guys, ye with a kraken 12 and aio. 

Yeah a 120 is perfectly fine.

It's highly recommended you buy some tiny heatsinks to put on the VRMs though.

[TheStyne]

Apologies. I didn't realize there weren't any AIOs with waterblocks. I've done some further research and found my mistake. Sorry about the fuss. Disregard my original comment, it appears 120 will be just fine.

7 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Going from an AIO to an open loop doesn't magically cut the cooling performance in half so either way you'd be dead wrong...

Never said it was going to cut it in half. I would just expect that with a waterblock the temps would be getting into the pretty high with only a 120mm rad. 240 would be more comfortable.

[flibberdipper]

9 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

Never said it was going to cut it in half. I would just expect that with a waterblock the temps would be getting into the pretty high with only a 120mm rad. 240 would be more comfortable.

You do realize an AIO is just a little waterblock with a usually pretty shitty impeller moving water around, right?

[AskTJ]

Any AIO cooler on a GPU will outperform air coolers. Use a NZXT G12 mount with a 120MM AIO and you should see low temps. My brother uses a 240MM AIO on his 1070 and doesn't see temps over 40 under load.

[Mick Naughty]

1 hour ago, scotdaliney said:

Also I'm concerned that anything bigger than 120 will have to go on bottom. Which doesn't give the fan much breathing room to cool the rest of the card.

What does that mean? There won’t be anything left to cool on the card. If you can get a 240 version do it. If not a 120 will be enough.