Kraken G10 + Zalman LQ310

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Just installed on my stock Evga 980 SC GTX.

A problem I had with the stock cooling is that my card would idle at 35c and hit the 80c mark while playing intensive games or benchmarking. Pretty hot stuff. Setting the fan to around 75% kept the temps down to 70c but was rather loud.


A quick 10 min run of MSI Afterburner Kombuster shows my max temps being 38c with a low of 20c.

A rather significant decrease in temps for around $100 investment.

Something I'd recommend if your GPU is running too hot for comfort. Also I installed some Vram heatsinks for good measure.
 
That's one heck of a temp decrease! Have you got any photos of it in action, I'd be interested to see how it fits in to a case as it's pretty bulky.

Do you hear much when you're at full load now?
 
Is that the stock NV cooler? 80c is high for a 980 isn't it?

My 780 is the ACX version with a slight OC and its doesn't get near that!
 
Ian said:
That's one heck of a temp decrease! Have you got any photos of it in action, I'd be interested to see how it fits in to a case as it's pretty bulky.

Do you hear much when you're at full load now?
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My case is quite a mess on the inside. :blush:
Once I got it installed and working I didnt bother with wire management. But sure I'll post pics soon.

At full load it doesn't get any louder since the fans are not connected to the graphics card.
 
V_R said:
Is that the stock NV cooler? 80c is high for a 980 isn't it?

My 780 is the ACX version with a slight OC and its doesn't get near that!
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Its was the OG stock cooler running the Superclocked version, Not the ACX cooler that they come with now. That's what I get for a day one purchase. :D
 
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Excuse the cable mess. :D
 
Thanks Alf! That's not as bulky as I'd imagined it to be :)

I haven't opened up my case in over a year (I think!)... perhaps I should have a spring clean :D
 
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