EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX and CPU temps

[Dave3000]

I was considering getting the EVGA GTX 780 SC reference model or the ACX model. I have no plans for SLI. The one thing that I wonder about with the ACX model is how much hotter my CPU will run during gaming than using the reference model. Does the ACX model increase CPU temps by more than a few degrees during gaming?

 

[Deders]

How would it increase CPU temps?

 

[skipsneeky2]

Think he means that since the design dumps air inside the case as well as outside that perhaps he will see a increase in overall internal ambient temps versus going with a loud blower design that pumps it out with the trade off of higher operating temperatures.

Would really have to have a piss poor case with crap airflow to make it really matter that much.

 

[Deders]

yeah, my graphics card doesn't affect my cpu at all unless they are both being tortured

 

[hyrule4927]

Depends how good the airflow is in your case. With a decent case, it shouldn't affect CPU temps by more than a couple degrees.

 

[blackened23]

I was considering getting the EVGA GTX 780 SC reference model or the ACX model. I have no plans for SLI. The one thing that I wonder about with the ACX model is how much hotter my CPU will run during gaming than using the reference model. Does the ACX model increase CPU temps by more than a few degrees during gaming?

It's a non issue if you have a good case with decent air flow. I've used aftermarket cards extensively and it has never affected my CPU temps in an appreciable manner - hot air is expelled by case fans, which should be the case for most good full size cases.

 

[paul878]

The ACX raise the temperature of my fractal arc midi case (comes with 3 fans) quit a bit, the side panel became hot to touch while gaming. I had to add a 180mm side fan to cool things down. If I can do it all over I would go with the reference edition.

 

[Dave3000]

I recently noticed that EVGA has a GTX 780 FTW edition with ACX cooling. I don't want to mess with overclocking for reliability reasons and this card has it's GPU clocked at 980MHz vs the GTX 780 SC non-ACX's 941 MHz and the FTW edition is only $10 more than either the SC ACX edition or the normal SC edition. If someone here say's just buy the standard GTX 780 and overclock yourself, I don't want to mess with overclocking and rather have a guaranteed factory overclocked GPU than me doing the overclocking and assuming it will be stable.

 

[Majcric]

I recently noticed that EVGA has a GTX 780 FTW edition with ACX cooling. I don't want to mess with overclocking for reliability reasons and this card has it's GPU clocked at 980MHz vs the GTX 780 SC non-ACX's 941 MHz and the FTW edition is only $10 more than either the SC ACX edition or the normal SC edition. If someone here say's just buy the standard GTX 780 and overclock yourself, I don't want to mess with overclocking and rather have a guaranteed factory overclocked GPU than me doing the overclocking and assuming it will be stable.

The problem with this kind of thinking is you can still get an unstable factory overclocked card. Of course, there is a warranty but the vanilla/aftermarket will also have warranty.

 

[Dave3000]

The problem with this kind of thinking is you can still get an unstable factory overclocked card. Of course, there is a warranty but the vanilla/aftermarket will also have warranty.

I right now have a GTX 680 4GB that comes slightly factory overclocked and I'm looking for a video card upgrade that will be substantially faster that what I have without resorting to SLI. I don't think that the standard clocked GTX 780 will be enough of a upgrade and even if I sold my GTX 680 I would be lucky to get $420 for it and that's before ebay and paypal fees. I can afford a Titan but I'm not willing to spend $350 more for something that's around 10% faster.

 

[3DVagabond]

The 780 is the only appreciable upgrade from the 680 with a single GPU (excluding Titan, of course). If you need to buy now and don't want to O/C yourself, then buy the fastest 780 you can afford that's available to you. IMO, you pay extra for the EVGA name, but some people swear by them. It's up to you.