3rd Party Coolers for GTX 295

[PotshotPolka]

Well I've gotten tired of listening to my 295 roaring whenever it gets above 55C (don't say turn down the fans, it gets hot and it needs to run up in speed to keep the temp down, I've tested it) so I've looked around and found a few compatible 3rd party fan/water cooler units to stick on the card.

I want to try and lower the load temps at least 10C, but also I want it to be quieter.

 

Here's a couple I found, they are expensive as hell, and there's nothing on newegg, that's compatible as of yet.

 

My GTX 295 Model:

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/aqcoaqforgtx1.html

 

http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=857

 

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1562 Haven't found it on a site to buy from yet.

 

I currently do NOT have any water systems installed inside of the PC, would I need one or are these stand alones?

[Akaru]

You will need to install a water cooling system; radiators, reservoir, and pump.

[PotshotPolka]

You will need to install a water cooling system; radiators, reservoir, and pump.

 

Any good systems for that you know of?

[Renzeko]

Bigwater 760i is a nice compact water cooling unit, everything comes with it, and it's easy set up, takes up to DVD Drive bays though, if you dont have them to spare, then you out of luck.

But if you do, I highly recommend this:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/Bigwater760i

[PotshotPolka]

Well for the time being I'm shelving this, I'd need to upgrade to a full-tower to fit this in.

[Wrathek]

i wouldnt fuck with water cooling, knowing the case you have and the more than ample cooling you have.

 

Id say wait till newegg has something. I bet they know themselves that there's nothing affordable out yet or they'd be selling it.

 

I say turn the case fans up (i cant remember if your fans are controllable or not) so that you either

 

1. don't hear the gfx card over them

2. the card doesn't get over 55C

 

What I find strange is that the card's fans go so fast at 55C like 55C is alot to a graphics card.

[PotshotPolka]

the card idles around 50C Ambient case temp is 35ish.

It's the Antec 900. Fans are at max speed, and its pretty loud, but at 100% the GPU fan simply TEARS through them. It sounds like a damn blow-dryer.

[Ultramarine]

the card idles around 50C Ambient case temp is 35ish.

It's the Antec 900. Fans are at max speed, and its pretty loud, but at 100% the GPU fan simply TEARS through them. It sounds like a damn blow-dryer.

 

Deafness Has its plusses

 

But ya, as wrath said, wait til Newegg has something.. shouldnt be too long.

[BOOWY]

This guy: http://www.rodsrig.com/

 

...has two GTX 295s in his rig and he's using a custom Danger Den watercooling setup. (http://www.dangerden.com/store/custom-kits/)

 

If you're going the watercooling route make sure that you get a non-conductive cooling agent... though I think that goes without saying.

 

Large pictures of the Danger Den stuff and a listing of the parts in the custom setup can be found here(the check prices chart in the first post is not for this watercooling setup): http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55609

 

EDIT: By the way, if you want to control your fans and play around/experiment with stuff like that you might want to try SpeedFan(http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php). I can't get it to run my case fan constantly but you might be able to, and you might have better results on your card doing that if you can get it to run your case fan constantly.

[Nighthawk]

One day, I want to see:

 

Whatever is the most powerful i7 on the market overclocked to 4.5 GHz,

 

Quad-SLI GT2 295 (that is, 8 GTX295 cores)

 

and 32 GB of DDR3 1800 Ram.

 

And probably, liquid nitrogen to cool it!