I decided to install EVGA's Hybrid cooler on my EVGA GTX 1060 iCX FTW2 card to get better temps on the card. The mod worked out really well since the GTX 1060 iCX FTW2 card has two power plugs on the pcb. So one plug runs the pump and the other plug runs the cooler fan. I installed a Gentle Typhoon D1225C12B5AP 120mm 1850 rpm fan on the radiator connected to a fan hub that has all 6 fans in the case on the fan hub. Also put a Silverstone FF121 120mm filter on the radiator to keep it clean. This system is hooked into my TV to watch movies and browse the net, the GTX 1060 does some folding for me. I needed to get the temps down as the small case just didn't let this stock cooler do it's job. There where a couple spots that I needed to mod the Hybrid memory cooling plate and the fan cooling block to get this to work on the ICX GTX 1060, see pictures.
I'm really happy with how this build/mod turned out, with very nice cable management thanks to my nephew who is a perfectionist on cable management. Before the Hybrid cooler was installed the GTX 1060 was hitting mid 60°C and the gpu clock was bouncing around. Now with the Hybrid cooler I have yet to see the gpu go over 53°C after 12 hours of 100% full load while folding and the gpu clock stays right where I set it. Pictures or it didn't happen.
This is what the card's pcb looks like. As you can see there are no memory chips towards the front of the card and there is a 2nd power plug as the card runs the two fans at different speeds. I assume to keep the fan noise down as they cool different areas of the card.
That 2nd power plug created an issue as it sits in the area of where the Hybrid memory cooling plate goes. So we notched out the memory cooling plate a bit so it would fit. Sorry for the out of focus picture, thought we had more then one picture of this before we put the card back together.
We also had to make a couple of notches to the fan cooling block as there are two capacitors that where in the way just a little bit.
Here is where we decided to run the pump off the front power plug and the fan off the back power plug. We left radiator fan controller plug in here also as the radiator fan is on a case fan hub.
Here is the card fully assembled.
Inside the case with my nephew's mad wiring management.
Here are my temps with the card folding 100% full load over 12 hours straight as of this post.
This was a fun build and turned out perfect for what I wanted. Hope you enjoyed the build and pictures.
post edited by kram36 - 2018/09/03 23:46:20