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Watercooling for MSI gtx 760?

Says it's compatible with gtx 760. I'm a believer in AIO cooled GPUs. I red modded a 7950 and was impressed with the temp and noise reductions.

That being said I thought 760's already ran cool and quiet?
 
20C reduction in core temp. Almost complete elimination of fan noise as I have the radiator push-pulled by two sub 1200 rpm 120mm fans. VRM cooling is handled by side case fan also under 1200 rpm. VRM's are 5-10c cooler than stock.

My starting point was a really cheapo powercolor though. The stock cooling was atrocious.

How old is your card?
 
monkeydelmagico said:
20C reduction in core temp. Almost complete elimination of fan noise as I have the radiator push-pulled by two sub 1200 rpm 120mm fans. VRM cooling is handled by side case fan also under 1200 rpm. VRM's are 5-10c cooler than stock.

My starting point was a really cheapo powercolor though. The stock cooling was atrocious.

How old is your card?
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Around half a year old. I cleaned out the dust bunnies but the other dust stuck in the fan is too narrow to clean out.
 
Well if you have money and are looking for a project watercooling your card is fun. If you don't want to spend the money but need the card to run cooler you can try a more aggresive fan profile and/or taking the card apart to clean and re-paste. Both usually yield measurable temp reductions.
 
I don't see why it wouldn't work. I have a pair of those on my 7970s and they've been working great for about 6 months now. Soooo much cooler and quieter.
 
monkeydelmagico said:
Well if you have money and are looking for a project watercooling your card is fun. If you don't want to spend the money but need the card to run cooler you can try a more aggresive fan profile and/or taking the card apart to clean and re-paste. Both usually yield measurable temp reductions.
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I reapplied the paste yesterday but when my new motherboard came in it didn't seem to make a difference. Maybe I put too much on there, i'm not sure.
 
blake0812 said:
I reapplied the paste yesterday but when my new motherboard came in it didn't seem to make a difference. Maybe I put too much on there, i'm not sure.
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Other than making a mess too much paste shouldn't cause any temperature issues.

When the GPU is reaching high 70's is the fan running at 100%?
 
If you've already got a side panel fan then probably not. Well that rules out all the cheap cooling ideas I have.

So, got your Kraken on order yet?
 
monkeydelmagico said:
If you've already got a side panel fan then probably not. Well that rules out all the cheap cooling ideas I have.

So, got your Kraken on order yet?
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Kinda anxious on ordering it, considering that I dunno if the cooler will fit on the card or not. It says it will but each card is different so I dunno

EDIT: I looked more into the page, it's only an adapter to use a CPU cooler on it rather than have it be it's own thing.
 
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I would email MSI or NZXT to be sure. I don't think the MSI board is reference.

Those are good coolers though.
 
I've been running an AIO system on my GTX680 for the last 2+ years. I highly recommend them, however, you need to add heastsinks to VRMs. Easy enough to tell where you need them, just look for what the factory heatsink has cooling (pads?) and , excluding memory(which really needs no cooling) and you will be fine.

As to fit, you should have no problems, except that the Fan hangs past the videocard - on most 670's - have really small PCB's
You might want to check this out:
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/kraken_g10/

Kraken G10 on GTX 670 (reference)

You are welcome!
 
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