Liquid vs air 1080 ti
Liquid vs air 1080 ti
Life story had an old gaming PC which was very loud, so when I started my first full build I aimed for the quietest possible setup. That led me to choose a 5930k with a 980 Ti and placed the CPU and GPUs on blocks. The system sounded pretty loud initially, but eventually I sold the 980s for a single 1080 Ti and moved it to blocks. Since I already had the loop, even without the other card, it still felt the same performance level, just taking a bit longer to reach the desired temperature. I was wondering if there was something I was doing incorrectly regarding the system... 2x480 plus 1x420 for the fans and exhaust fans.
To confirm your understanding, the system isn't cooling the 1 x 1080 Ti as effectively as it did with the 2 x 980 Ti.
If you have waterblocks on those GPUs, they're not generating any sound—this depends entirely on your cooling fans' settings. If the fans are identical (or always running at full speed), they wouldn't be noisier before or after swapping the GPU if you didn't adjust the fans either. In short, fully covering the GPU blocks isn't the issue; it's the fans that matter. What controls the fan RPM? Did you alter any fans or their speed?