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[fastcar123]

Hey everyone.

 

I just purchased a PNY GTX 1070Ti  (dual fan) secondhand from ebay. 

The seller did not use it in mining and they did not have any other cards for sale. 

 

I love this card but it runs really hot. It will hit thermal limit (83C) after some time in Destiny 2

 

Doing some research I found that this particular card is just a hot one.

It seems to be more of a design flaw than usage thing. 

 

That being said I don't think there is anything physically wrong with it.

 

Id like to find some creative ways to increase cooling performance. 

Right now I have set a blower style fan on the end of the card and that actually did help by a couple degrees. 

 

I've looked into aftermarket coolers but I believe I need a reference design for that to work. 

 

What do you think? Whats a creative way to cool off a graphics card?

 

p.s. The case is a Corsair Carbide Air 540, so airflow is not a problem here.

[chckovsky]

1. Custom fan curve on GPU. (afterburner or similar)

2. Custom fan curve on intake and exhaust fans. (bios)

[airdeano]

unless the software can increase the fans enough to lower the temps without deafening noise, i'd look to a watercooling solution:

nzxt g12 and corsair h50 AIO:

 

https://www.nzxt.com/product-overview/kraken-g12

[fastcar123]

1 hour ago, airdeano said:

unless the software can increase the fans enough to lower the temps without deafening noise, i'd look to a watercooling solution:

nzxt g12 and corsair h50 AIO:

https://www.nzxt.com/product-overview/kraken-g12

Yea I've considered that. I'm just terrified of water cooling. 

My thought process is if there were to be a leak, I wouldn't be able to afford to replace the hardware thast was damaged. 

Plus I would still want to have the RAM chips and VRMs to be cooled

 

1 hour ago, chckovsky said:

1. Custom fan curve on GPU. (afterburner or similar)

2. Custom fan curve on intake and exhaust fans. (bios)

Did that already...

That didn't seem to help too much

[chckovsky]

5 minutes ago, fastcar123 said:

Did that already...

That didn't seem to help too much

Does running all fans at 100% help at all?

[aisle9]

1 hour ago, fastcar123 said:

Hey everyone.

 

I just purchased a PNY GTX 1070Ti  (dual fan) secondhand from ebay. 

The seller did not use it in mining and they did not have any other cards for sale. 

 

I love this card but it runs really hot. It will hit thermal limit (83C) after some time in Destiny 2

 

Doing some research I found that this particular card is just a hot one.

It seems to be more of a design flaw than usage thing. 

 

That being said I don't think there is anything physically wrong with it.

 

Id like to find some creative ways to increase cooling performance. 

Right now I have set a blower style fan on the end of the card and that actually did help by a couple degrees. 

 

I've looked into aftermarket coolers but I believe I need a reference design for that to work. 

 

What do you think? Whats a creative way to cool off a graphics card?

 

p.s. The case is a Corsair Carbide Air 540, so airflow is not a problem here.

Have you opened it up to clean out any gunk and replace the thermal paste? I'd be surprised if that was the issue on a card that new, but you never know.

[fastcar123]

3 hours ago, chckovsky said:

Does running all fans at 100% help at all?

It does slow the eventual heating to 75. But it's also loud as hell.

 

3 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Have you opened it up to clean out any gunk and replace the thermal paste? I'd be surprised if that was the issue on a card that new, but you never know.

I didn't try that. I was going to attempt to perserve the void sticker if possible but I haven't tried it

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, fastcar123 said:

I didn't try that. I was going to attempt to perserve the void sticker if possible but I haven't tried it

Excellent point. If it's in warranty, don't open it. Just blow it out with compressed air.

[fastcar123]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Excellent point. If it's in warranty, don't open it. Just blow it out with compressed air.

The seller said that they never registered it so it very likely still has a warranty. It's definitely worth looking into. I'll have to check tomorrow.

If the warranty is not valid I'd like to see if an aftermarket air cooler would fit.

 

Even if the PCB isn't reference (I actually don't know if it is or isn't)

I've also contemplated using a CPU cooler and modfiying it to fit. That's a bit of a stretch though.

[Big_Devil]

You could try to undervolt it, would mean, that you might not reach the highest takt rates, but if your card throtles anyway, it might be worth a try