Water or value?

[BerGar92]

I a looking at buying a 1060 6GB and the one I want to get is £300 including shipping, I want to get this one as later down the line I can water cool it (Gigabyte G1 gaming 1060 6GB card) but there is another card for £50 cheaper and with a free gaming mouse but I can not water cool it later down the line (Asus Dual 1060 6GB gaming).

G1 1060: https://www.ebuyer.com/780573-gigabyte-gtx-1060-6gb-g1-gaming-graphics-card-gv-n1060g1-gaming-6gd-v2

Dual 1060: https://www.ebuyer.com/753392-asus-gtx-1060-6gb-dual-oc-graphics-card-dual-gtx1060-o6g

The reason I want 1060 6GB is because I am on a budget and therefore am not looking to be upgrading too soon.

The water cooling gear I want to be using is only EKWB and I want to water cool my card so can not be 1050 if anyone knows of any 1060 6GB cards around the same budget as the dual and can be water cooled please let me know and also the payment has to be in the Steerling Pound.

[BerGar92]

Also the card can not be the asus turbo as that is too long for my case

[QuantumBit]

Dont watercool a 1060, it'll cost just as much as the 1060 itself and offer little performance boost. Same as what you can do with a air cooled 1060

[Jurrunio]

if you have the money for watercooling, spend all of that on the graphics card and stay on air. Imo among currently available cards only 1080ti and Vega cards are worth watercooling.

[nick name]

Can I ask why you plan to water cool your card? Will it be part of a loop or will it be cooled on its own? Like others have said there isn't any obvious benefit to water cooling a 1060 so if there is a specific reason you have knowing that reason will help us provide more useful opinions.

[BerGar92]

I am going to be creating a water cooling loop on at least the cpu if I do add the GPU it will not be on a single loop and the main reason I want to water cool the card is that when I get water cooling the res will be acting as a GPU support and I don't think that looks the best so I want to water cool the card so it isn't sagging on the res

[BerGar92]

If it's not worth water cooling a 1060 should I buy the dual 1060 now then sell it later down the line to upgrade to a 1070 or what ever series Nvidia calls their line up (1170)?

[Froody129]

6 hours ago, BerGar92 said:

If it's not worth water cooling a 1060 should I buy the dual 1060 now then sell it later down the line to upgrade to a 1070 or what ever series Nvidia calls their line up (1170)?

It's not worth watercooling the 1070 either. The only things worth overclocking are 1080tis with bad coolers and Titans. Just get a 1080/ti with the watercooling money and you'll be much happier.

 

For pure aesthetics watercooling is awesome though, so it depends on what you're looking to get out of your PC

[Jurrunio]

7 hours ago, BerGar92 said:

If it's not worth water cooling a 1060 should I buy the dual 1060 now then sell it later down the line to upgrade to a 1070 or what ever series Nvidia calls their line up (1170)?

The Asus 1060 Dual has a strong shroud that helps holding the card straight. I dont need a support beam for mine at all.

 

Dont upgrade to 1070. Your next step should be the 1170 or 1260 (a next gen card of a higher tier, or next 2 gen card of the same product tier)