Can a liquid cooling solution like H100i be used with an ITX GPU?
Can a liquid cooling solution like H100i be used with an ITX GPU?
this card cannot be cooled in any situation or even placed on an open bench because the heatsink is just a simple aluminum block.
there are methods to attach an AiO here, but this card doesn’t justify the cost.
better to sell it and buy a card with a better cooler, possibly upgraded to a higher tier.
Boasting a Mini version card often means that the PCB was reverse engineered with the power delivery area modified to be on the side not meant to be per Nvidia's spec drawings. If you study the cooling bracket for the GTX1060, you'll notice that the hold down area conflicts with the VRM area on the card you own. You could fabricate your own hold down or have the waterblock/pump module ziptied onto the GPU but you loose out on cooling the power delivery area.
To resolve the heat issue, get a case that has better airflow. It's the cheaper option when compared to buying an AIO and the resources invested for making it work.
this card cannot be cooled in any situation or even placed on an open bench because the heatsink is just a simple aluminum block.
there are methods to attach an AiO here, but this card doesn’t justify the cost.
better to sell it and buy a card with a better cooler, possibly upgraded to a higher tier.
Lutfij :
Boasting a Mini version card often means that the PCB was reverse engineered with the power delivery area modified to be on the side not meant to be per Nvidia's spec drawings. If you study the cooling bracket for the GTX1060, you'll notice that the hold down area conflicts with the VRM area on the card you own. You could fabricate your own hold down or have the waterblock/pump module ziptied onto the GPU but you loose out on cooling the power delivery area.
To resolve the heat issue, get a case that has better airflow. It's the cheaper option when compared to buying an AIO and the resources invested for making it work.
n0ns3ns3 :
this card is uncoolable within any case or even open bench due to the heatsink being a simple aluminum slab.
while there are ways to mount an AiO on it, this card simply not worth the investment.
instead just sell it and get a card with a decent cooler. probably with upgrade to higher tier.
Would it be possible to just mount the block just on the main chip? OR do I need to worry about the VRMS?
You really need something to keep the VRM from overheating.
For more details about the VRM of this card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLWVvHasaw
Still, offering this fake 1060 model at a lower price won’t give you a much better card out of the box.
The potential benefits don’t justify the risk, time, or cost.
ALWAYS cool VRMs, MOSFETs and your vRAM as well as the GPU core itself. There is a reason that both stock coolers and full cover waterblocks make contact with these components (usually via thermal pads).
Gone are the days when you could get by only by dropping a universal GPU block and leaving the rest of the components naked...there simply isn't cooling for these components just allowing them to wave freely in the air - thermal loads will cause you to encounter permanent performance and display issues.