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2013/07/10 15:43:22 (permalink)
High all, new to forums, nice to meet you. :3
 
I recently purchased an EVGA Superclocked GTX 770 Blower design.
 
My temps on full load are around 79-80c, having noticed this I made a fan profile that pretty much puts fan at 65% when it hits 70c.
This has kept the card around 72-74c.
 
I only have one exhaust case fan at the moment and spent all of my money building this PC, because of the one case fan I went with the blower design over ACX to not toast my CPU, also because of possible SLI later.
 
My question is for an expert...
 
For the long term life of my card, would you use a fan curve to keep card around 72c and wear the fan out faster, or leave the fan on automatic and let the card sit at 79-80c for 10hrs a day?
 
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    Re:GTX 770 SC Blower Cooler Temp advice. 2013/07/10 16:22:06 (permalink)
    Anyone :3?
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    Re:GTX 770 SC Blower Cooler Temp advice. 2013/07/10 16:30:29 (permalink)
    How long do you plan on keeping your 780? I have 4 fans in my system; 1 140mm intake at the bottom, 1 120mm for exhaust right above my GPU on the side (helps pull heat off the chipset) and 2 120mm for my H100 at the top. I use a GTX TITAN, and even at 1.162V and 1150MHz I stay under 70C with the default fan curve. With my 570s, they went through a lot of 80% and 90% fan speed gaming sessions to keep my temps under 70C, and the fans were fine for the 2 years I had them. They were right next to each other in the SLI slot afterall. I wouldn't want my card to push 80C for 10+ hours a day TBH. I think you need more case fans, because at stock volts and clocks I feel you should be running a bit cooler. My 140mm feeds cool air almost directly to my GPU and I contribute my lower temps to that.
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    Re:GTX 770 SC Blower Cooler Temp advice. 2013/07/10 19:25:01 (permalink)
    IMO you must really enjoy gaming to be loading your card for 10 hrs. per day !  
     
    Kidding aside 1st of all you probably made the right decision with your existing case to purchase the blower design.
     
    Although when you glance at the below reviewed test temps that were performed on an open air bench setup in a 70F degree room versus a case enclosure with excellent air flow the temps are running essentially the same as yours in the case.
     
    Blower design :  http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_770_review,6.html
     
    The below i highly doubt would run these temps in your case under load so i feel the blower design was your best choice:
     
    ACX design  : http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_770_sc_review,6.html
     
    I used to be worried about my GPU temps and used various modded CPU heatsinks on my GPU and even ran with the left side of my case off and had a 18" fan blowing on the card. Back then we didn`t have fan profiles you could set and i never once had a GPU fan fail running wide open even after 3 years on the same vid card before upgrading. 
     
    If your getting 72-74 with your fan profile under load versus 80C i would continue with that strategy and not worry about the fan longevity. The GPU & heat on the memory chips are far more important and for sure if you go Sli in the future. 
     
    Regards & have Fun, 
     
     
     
     
    post edited by silverfox11407 - 2013/07/10 19:29:00

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