zlpw0ker

sorry to burst your your bubble tho:p.
But I talked to someone on chat via the online shop and the person said if you change the fan that the seahawk comes with that you will fully void the warranty.
 

I don't rely on your "hearsay".  I will believe it once I have spoken to an MSI customer service representative.  Sorry, but no bubbles have been burst.
 
Besides, he was referring to the fan on the shroud and NOT the radiator fan.  I have no intent on touching the stock fan that cools the VRMs and GDDR5X ;-)

Iluv2raceit

PasTecHi

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PasTecHi
Watercooled cards are for low temps actually....That aircooled card be getting 15 to 20 degree hotter than the watercooled cards

as i stated in my post above your's. AIB air coolers really depend on your case's airflow.
 
my Strix GPU has the same temps as alot of watercooled 1080's that i've read about. like right now, i have this browser, CPUID, Afterburner, the CAM software, and the League of Legends game client open. my card is currently sitting at 29*c. it'll go down to the mid 20's during a fresh boot up or if i let the computer goto sleep. it'll hover in the low 30's during less graphic intensive games like League of Legends and the fans don't even spin up until my GPU goes past 34*c. in games like GTA V and Rise of the Tomb Raider (near max settings, no AA, 3440x1440 resolution), i've only seen my card max out at 55*c or 56*c. in those 2 games, the card is usually in the high 40's to low 50's range.

Well on aircool my old 970 gpu gets to 72degree on full load while a watercooled one probably gets around 55.
My 1080 should be delivered this week i hope....

Every single aircooled GTX1080 is reaching +80C easily under full load when benchmarking, whereas the MSI GTX1080 Sea Hawk X (Hybrid) maintains ~56C or cooler (depending upon ambient room temperature) under full load when benchmarking.  So, it's not just a small difference.  In most cases, it's a +30C difference!  Meaning that MSI Sea Hawk owners are NOT experiencing the dreaded thermal throttling that the aircooled cards get when pushed past 80C.

not every single air cooled 1080 is reaching 80*c because i'm living proof. my Founders Edition didn't hit that and my Strix OC isn't anywhere near that. i did experience throttling with my FE 1080, but not with my Strix OC. unlike most of u guys that are basing your statements on reviews and he say she say. my statements on personal experience.
 
i already stated that a watercooled 1080 will have consistently lower temps across various case/fan setups because airflow is not as important compared to an air cooled 1080.

Iluv2raceit

zlpw0ker

sorry to burst your your bubble tho:p.
But I talked to someone on chat via the online shop and the person said if you change the fan that the seahawk comes with that you will fully void the warranty.
 

I don't rely on your "hearsay".  I will believe it once I have spoken to an MSI customer service representative.  Sorry, but no bubbles have been burst.
 
Besides, he was referring to the fan on the shroud and NOT the radiator fan.  I have no intent on touching the stock fan that cools the VRMs and GDDR5X ;-)

I was reading wrong,I didnt think of the fan shroud. My bad then.I thought you meant the fan on the rad.

So I have now ordered the seahawk 1080

Iluv2raceit

petmic10

zlpw0ker

yep,thanks for the info:)


have you tried the fan at 100% regarding noise?
since you have the seahawk aswell.
 

No, I haven't.
 
The first thing I did was replace it with a Cougar fan and connected it to my fan controller on my case.

Got lucky and snagged an MSI GTX1080 Sea Hawk X off of Newegg while on backorder.  It arrives Wednesday.  The first thing I plan to do is replace the EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid with the Sea Hawk and will replace the stock radiator fan with a Noctua NF-F12 industrial PPC-2000 fan.  The fan is specifically designed to have a very high static pressure specifically for radiator applications.  I already have the fan as I've been using it on the GTX980Ti Hybrid and it has been working great.  Temps never passed 56C under full load benchmarking (ambient temperature 28C).  I can only hope the temps on the Sea Hawk will be even lower ;-)

Nice!
 
My Sea Hawk hasn't gone over 52C while gaming thus far. It usually hovers around 50C for the most part. 2012 MHz stable in OC mode(MSI default). Like I mentioned earlier a changed the fan out from the radiator and this time I connected it directly to the motherboard so I can least have rpm control. I did the same with my H100i V2 cpu cooler. So, I have 3 cougar fans(CFD120) connected to my MSI motherboard and all 3 are running in Smart Mode in MSI's bios. 
 
Smart Mode seems to alter fan speed based on temperature. It has been working well thus far.
 
With it set up that way my cpu temps range from the high 40's to low 50's and my gpu is as stated above. I'm very happy with this card.
 
You should do better with the Noctua fan in my opinion.

zlpw0ker
So I have now ordered the seahawk 1080

Congrats!
 
You won't be disappointed.

petmic10

Iluv2raceit

petmic10

zlpw0ker

yep,thanks for the info:)


have you tried the fan at 100% regarding noise?
since you have the seahawk aswell.
 

No, I haven't.
 
The first thing I did was replace it with a Cougar fan and connected it to my fan controller on my case.

Got lucky and snagged an MSI GTX1080 Sea Hawk X off of Newegg while on backorder.  It arrives Wednesday.  The first thing I plan to do is replace the EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid with the Sea Hawk and will replace the stock radiator fan with a Noctua NF-F12 industrial PPC-2000 fan.  The fan is specifically designed to have a very high static pressure specifically for radiator applications.  I already have the fan as I've been using it on the GTX980Ti Hybrid and it has been working great.  Temps never passed 56C under full load benchmarking (ambient temperature 28C).  I can only hope the temps on the Sea Hawk will be even lower ;-)

Nice!
 
My Sea Hawk hasn't gone over 52C while gaming thus far. It usually hovers around 50C for the most part. 2012 MHz stable in OC mode(MSI default). Like I mentioned earlier a changed the fan out from the radiator and this time I connected it directly to the motherboard so I can least have rpm control. I did the same with my H100i V2 cpu cooler. So, I have 3 cougar fans(CFD120) connected to my MSI motherboard and all 3 are running in Smart Mode in MSI's bios. 
 
Smart Mode seems to alter fan speed based on temperature. It has been working well thus far.
 
With it set up that way my cpu temps range from the high 40's to low 50's and my gpu is as stated above. I'm very happy with this card.
 
You should do better with the Noctua fan in my opinion.

im getting the idea that you cant change rpm of the fan manually through afterburner?
or can I use precision X on the seahawk? and rpm purposes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWynWqqvN8
 
I'm using this one and like it so far.  I don't use the tuning in that program, I use afterburner for that and the fan profile but have afterburner open with windows and never look at it since this one has all the info on your system and the gaming overlay is so simple to use compared to msi/precision x.
 
For the radiator fan if you want to control it you have to hook it up to your motherboard.

zlpw0ker

petmic10

Iluv2raceit

petmic10

zlpw0ker

yep,thanks for the info:)


have you tried the fan at 100% regarding noise?
since you have the seahawk aswell.
 

No, I haven't.
 
The first thing I did was replace it with a Cougar fan and connected it to my fan controller on my case.

Got lucky and snagged an MSI GTX1080 Sea Hawk X off of Newegg while on backorder.  It arrives Wednesday.  The first thing I plan to do is replace the EVGA GTX980Ti Hybrid with the Sea Hawk and will replace the stock radiator fan with a Noctua NF-F12 industrial PPC-2000 fan.  The fan is specifically designed to have a very high static pressure specifically for radiator applications.  I already have the fan as I've been using it on the GTX980Ti Hybrid and it has been working great.  Temps never passed 56C under full load benchmarking (ambient temperature 28C).  I can only hope the temps on the Sea Hawk will be even lower ;-)

Nice!
 
My Sea Hawk hasn't gone over 52C while gaming thus far. It usually hovers around 50C for the most part. 2012 MHz stable in OC mode(MSI default). Like I mentioned earlier a changed the fan out from the radiator and this time I connected it directly to the motherboard so I can least have rpm control. I did the same with my H100i V2 cpu cooler. So, I have 3 cougar fans(CFD120) connected to my MSI motherboard and all 3 are running in Smart Mode in MSI's bios. 
 
Smart Mode seems to alter fan speed based on temperature. It has been working well thus far.
 
With it set up that way my cpu temps range from the high 40's to low 50's and my gpu is as stated above. I'm very happy with this card.
 
You should do better with the Noctua fan in my opinion.

im getting the idea that you cant change rpm of the fan manually through afterburner?
or can I use precision X on the seahawk? and rpm purposes.

MSI afterburner only controls the onboard fan and not the radiator fan. Not sure about precision X. Your motherboard bios should have some kind of fan control system.
 

Waterforce pre-order on amazon now fams
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/...20&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER