Hi all,
heaving read some short reviews I wonder if anybody here already made experiences with custom coolers on the GTX680 yet?
http://www.overclock.net/t/1236780/accelero-twin-turbo-ii-installed-on-gtx-680-warning-56k
 
What are your experiences and were your expectations met?
 
So far I feel that e.g. the TwinTurbo II seems to deliver even better results than the Phantom or Windforce X3 coolers. What do you think?
 
Regards
Stefan
 

honnestly dude the supply to demand ratio is extremely low in a few months we'll plently of h20 coolers and aftermarket heatsinks
 

I posted an update on the forum you referenced.  Just to spread the wealth of knowledge I'll repost here.
 
I have gone back to gpu controlled fan speed (when using the max 1.2v connector there was a bad sound - kinda high pitch, almost scratchy - it doesn't happen ever with the 85% limitation of precision X - just wonderfully quiet - though I'm sure it's not a common problem - just sometimes fans are not perfect).

I'm at +132%/+170 /+400 steady for 7 days of BF3/Witcher 2/ME3/SC2/TF2 etc

Last night I was getting 58*C (I live in hot-as-fk New Mexico) in BF3 with FXAA injector (costs about 3fps which is only measurable in the worst dips - ie from 59fps to 56fps when looking at some particular spot that for whatever reason kills fps, otherwise it is always at 59-60 fps) with everything ultra except I turn off motion blur cause I don't like it. (BTW FXAA injector will NOT get you banned! lol - omg though - please don't let this comment derail the thread - keep it on track and about the twin turbo! ;-)))

7664stefan


Hi all,
heaving read some short reviews I wonder if anybody here already made experiences with custom coolers on the GTX680 yet?
http://www.overclock.net/t/1236780/accelero-twin-turbo-ii-installed-on-gtx-680-warning-56k

What are your experiences and were your expectations met?

So far I feel that e.g. the TwinTurbo II seems to deliver even better results than the Phantom or Windforce X3 coolers. What do you think?

Regards
Stefan

 
I have the cooler and created a thread about its results a while back, here is the link and btw the cooler is awesome.
 
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1522057&high=twin+turbo

Hey Robs, thanks for information sharing! BTW is there a documentation available explaining in detail how to replace the cooler and what needs to be considered?
Any risks regarding the replacement or 'only' wonderful results?
 
 

theres always a risk when it comes to modifying hardware with third party devices.....it's something you assume once you remove that first T6. Just be careful, and make sure you keep ALL of your original parts. 

Today I finally received my new Gelid Icy Vision and mounted it to my 680. The cooler...better the heatsinks were not perfectly compatible and needed mechanical adjustment.
Once this was done (approx. 1 hour) everything fitted perfectly leading to max
 
56 degrees under stress testing with only 50% fan speed (using my case fan controller) instead of
 
70 degrees with 70% fan speed by the EVGA reference cooler.
 
Amazing result!
 
I hope that now also the manufacturers know for higher quality (e.g. Prolimatech, Alpenfoehn) will announce their cooling solutions for the 680s.