ikeikeDon’t forget that you have also void your warranty. I replaced mine for a full refund from Newegg and got the aircooled version. Max temps of 64 and no fridge whine
ikeiketearing the card down wont, but i think lowering the pump to anything less than 100% will...at least i read that somewhere.
sn0warmyI'm fairly certain in the Kingpin thread, someone from EVGA said they won't be part of the step-up program. They also sold out completely. So unless EVGA decides to make more I think that limited run is gone. I had one in my cart and ready for check out yesterday morning. I didn't pull the trigger but now I'm hoping I don't end up regretting that decision.
EVGA_JacobFFor those of you who are experiencing higher than expected noise levels on the HYBRID kits can you let me know what the serial number is that is on the bottom of the radiator?
GTXJackBauer You should PM him that and not post that on the public forms. I'm sure a moderator can assist here.
sn0warmyI'm probably just more sensitive to it lately, but I swear my pump whine is getting louder. I have to keep my 4x120mm intake/exhaust case fans at a minimum of 60% to drown it out and even then it's still slightly audible.Really hoping EVGA implements a way for us to decrease the pump speed by the time EK comes out with their FTW3 20 series water blocks. Otherwise I'll finally take the plunge into a custom water loop. At which point the hybrid kit will waste away, collecting dust in my basement. Such a shame...
sn0warmyrsogge - Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for your question. But I have a question for you...What adapter cable did you use to connect the pump to the MB? I've got this one bookmarked and like that it comes in a black sleeved option. If this will work I may place my order to have on hand if I decide to make this change.
DavidJ5545 I took apart my 2080 TI Hybrid XC last night to try a simple mod to see if controlling the pump via the motherboard would be worth the effort. I ordered a JKtech 4 pin mini to 4 pin fan adapter from amazon for 9.99. The tear down is simple. You just take all the screws off the back plate and remove the front cover screws. The shroud easily comes off and the led cable is easy to remove. I found the fan picking issue immediately because the fan wire was touching the bottom on the fan blades. So that was an easy fix to solve that problem (the fan still clicks when coming off and on, so that is another issue). I noticed that the cable from the pump and vrm fan connect to a simple power source by a split cable. This was unexpected as I assumed there would be two connectors to the board. No matter, I added the new cable and ran it out between the two pump cables. My motherboard is a Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme. I went into the bios and under fan control manually set the pump. I ran several noise test and temperature test by custom setting the voltage to the pump. My conclusion is like most on the forums who have done this mod, any thing about 90% has the same loud refrigerator whining sound. I set mine at 85% and it’s much better. The temperature various between stock 100% pump fan and 85% is around 1 – 3 Celsius. My card never got past 58 C in the test I performed with the fan power limit at 85%. The card hovers at 55 with the pump at 100%. For this test, I also replaced the standard 120mm fan with a Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM, 4-Pin Premium Quiet Fan and connected it to my motherboard so that I can custom control the rpms. I am sure that helped with lower temperature readings also. I believe EVGA could do a simple BIOS mod to allow custom fan controls. I am sure this would save them money over RMA’s for fan whines. I must say that I am a bit disappointed that I spent 1400.00 on a card that I had to mod to get to a point where I like the sound. Next time, I am doing a full custom loop. Over all I spend around $35.00 to perform this fix.
nhguapoDavidJ5545 I took apart my 2080 TI Hybrid XC last night to try a simple mod to see if controlling the pump via the motherboard would be worth the effort. I ordered a JKtech 4 pin mini to 4 pin fan adapter from amazon for 9.99. The tear down is simple. You just take all the screws off the back plate and remove the front cover screws. The shroud easily comes off and the led cable is easy to remove. I found the fan picking issue immediately because the fan wire was touching the bottom on the fan blades. So that was an easy fix to solve that problem (the fan still clicks when coming off and on, so that is another issue). I noticed that the cable from the pump and vrm fan connect to a simple power source by a split cable. This was unexpected as I assumed there would be two connectors to the board. No matter, I added the new cable and ran it out between the two pump cables. My motherboard is a Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme. I went into the bios and under fan control manually set the pump. I ran several noise test and temperature test by custom setting the voltage to the pump. My conclusion is like most on the forums who have done this mod, any thing about 90% has the same loud refrigerator Do you just unplug the pump section of the cable from the board plug it into the modded extension and then into the mobo? The vrm fan is plug in separately to the power source? Any chance you have any photos of this? Thanks!
DavidJ5545 I took apart my 2080 TI Hybrid XC last night to try a simple mod to see if controlling the pump via the motherboard would be worth the effort. I ordered a JKtech 4 pin mini to 4 pin fan adapter from amazon for 9.99. The tear down is simple. You just take all the screws off the back plate and remove the front cover screws. The shroud easily comes off and the led cable is easy to remove. I found the fan picking issue immediately because the fan wire was touching the bottom on the fan blades. So that was an easy fix to solve that problem (the fan still clicks when coming off and on, so that is another issue). I noticed that the cable from the pump and vrm fan connect to a simple power source by a split cable. This was unexpected as I assumed there would be two connectors to the board. No matter, I added the new cable and ran it out between the two pump cables. My motherboard is a Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme. I went into the bios and under fan control manually set the pump. I ran several noise test and temperature test by custom setting the voltage to the pump. My conclusion is like most on the forums who have done this mod, any thing about 90% has the same loud refrigerator