Watercooling the GTX 480 FAILED

[keiki646]

That Zalman CPU suxs bad,

[yapchagi]

@keiki646 zalman cpu? u mean the waterblock?

[yapchagi]

@DWcriticism nah I'm not using it anymore.

[xtredxdudex]

do you suggest getting one of these over a corsair H100?

[yapchagi]

@xtredxdudex Corsair H100 will cool much better than Reserator. But you will need some modifications on the GTX 480 to fit the waterblock on the chip.

[ScoMu7eD]

The Fermi 100 (480) and the Fermi 110 (580) are the same core. They have merely enabled a couple of things on it. WC you will notice very little difference between a 480 and 580. The biggest difference it makes it the redcuded PSU need. This along with the cooling is the only change nVidia made, then sold it to u as a new model. You all here have fell for it. Read whitesheets not idiot reviews done by some live @ home with mum 30 yr old.

@ Yami if u change the cooling on a 480 u get a 580 :p

[Saeedwins]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[BenBrut1]

A total rise of what ~12c? what was idle and high when it was fan cooled? ya gotta have a base line to compare and dont go by other ppls. btw u drilled the screws out? O.o

[Dr3aDnAuGhTz]

lol my Antec Nine Hundred two v3 case keeps my GTX570's at 24 degrees on idle and 39 degrees max

[yapchagi]

@Dr3aDnAuGhTz Yes, I heard the GTX 500 series are great in terms of temps. They really are great cards, esp GTX 580 & 590.

[Dr3aDnAuGhTz]

@yapchagi yeah, I am upgradeing to a GTX 580 but my 570's do a top job

[3dkiller]

Zalman Reservator is crap, (goodmorning)

[bddblade]

Cool song =) To bad on the fail though :( I feel your pain.

[Marihabadul]

I wander did u fill the tank?

About to take same coolling system(adding the extra fan on tank) for gtx570(wich I suppose generates lots of heat as well) and your video kind of scared me,but I can't see the level of the liquid in the tank wich can be crucial for the result u show.

[Rougewolf]

Sorry to see this. Your not the first to try a passive watercooling system. Hopefully you got it figured out with a nice 360 rad on the 800d uptop!!!

[Phenomental1ty]

GTX 480 GPU's are extremely powerful and run up to about 98 C. on load with the stock cooler. That is not a fail.

[declaration963]

That's not a FAIL, GTX 480 really hot, 51' to 60' it's standard for GTX 480. using watercooling.

my friend using GTX 480 reference cooler, GPU temp can reach 90' easily and 60' when idle.

[11Anti11]

Bullshit did it reach 90c. Your just crying now as you bought a shit entry level watercooler system. 59c stable for 10 seconds does not equate to 90c even if you let the fucker run for weeks. Next time do your research before you buy somethin.

[spookmineer]

The unique selling point for the reserator is that it's silent.

i7 930: 130 W, let's say 100 W. GTX 480: 250 W.

That's a total of 350 W pumped into a radiator which was designed for 200-250 W.

The fact that you put the unit under a table, with 1 side blocked off by the PC, doesn't help convection.

You could've added another reserator. I've got a puny 8800 GTX and it reaches load temps with the reserator which are *lower* than idle temps with the stock aircooler.

Just do the research.

[181jose]

im only using cooler master cpu and vga coolers never saw others in the stores where i buy things for my pc and id never buy from other cooler master is the best for me i dont know for others...

[aalegnani]

I don't think you set the waterblock right, no way it's doing to be that hot if you did it right. also make sure you don't spread the thermal, about a pea-sized dot in the middle spreads perfectly. Also make sure there's prime contact and tighten that block up. I have 3 470's watercooled and they sit at 30-31*C idle and at load don't bust over 48*C. Check it ouy man. Peace!

[yapchagi]

@aalegnani I guess u don't know Reserator. There's no way Reserator can cool even just the GTX 480.

After a while, the Reserator unit can't, won't, and unable to cool the water that's coming out from the GTX 480. Thus, the water in the Reserator is all hot water.

Well, I don't really wanna talk about this. Just imagine the cycle of hot water.

Check my other custom watercooling. The EK waterblock on the GTX 480 has never been removed from GPU when I change the watercooling unit.

[aalegnani]

@yapchagi Yeah i don't cause it's not good tech, never wanted to use it. Better to have a lot of fins for greater surface area for heat dissipations and didn't know u were using that, lol no need to snap my good sir. Just gave a suggestion. Either way, have you attempted to fix it? i'm guessing so. anyways, peace out man! :D

[dwillian]

actuly i have it cooling one for several months now and it done haven and full load but i bought the ftw that had the water block installed and used it in a seprate loop from the cor i7 920 but even when it and the chipset and the 920 were in the same loop i did not reach highenought temp to over heat. i was planing on over clocking the cpu so i seprated the loop.

[ImmortalUniverse]

@yapchagi

lol, you need a pretty big radiator with atleast 2 fans to cool 1 or 2 of those beast.

and take the cpu and mobo on a seperate loop/

to much work for me though ,i dont wanna spend the money and mod my case for the radiator. the zalman vf 3000 cooling looks fine to me.

and a h70 corsair for the cpu

[Chrisfragger]

Thats a HELL of a radiator / pump

[iamthewizard2]

i dont get it???? you said fail...60c is not fail????? yes its hotter than normal but didnt you do your research b4 you bought that zalman kit??? the reserator 1 v2 is only a newbie entry level cooling system. in the end you said it hit 90c...i highly doubt that it would hit 90c in real world situation anyhow. furmark is a really heavy app there is nothing in the real world that would punish your GPU like that anyhow

[nickygeforce]

that zalman tower is crap get a norman wc rad 240 ore 360 is beter than that zalman crap

why that hot water is suck in te pomp aigen befor it can be coolt probely

sorry for the fuckt up englis

[YamiPoyo]

Did you void your warranty?

[yapchagi]

@YamiPoyo By changing the cooling on the GTX 480? No, it won't void the warranty.

Basically u can buy one, open it, change the original fan, and if it doesn't work or break, u can contact eVGA and they'll replace it lol.

[metzgermeisterfuchs]

Think ill stick with getting 2xGTX 460's...

[yapchagi]

@metzgermeisterfuchs Smart choice. It's cheaper that way. And u'll get more fps in most games as well. But u'll lose the other PCIe slot for physx dedicated card. That is...if u need one.

[metzgermeisterfuchs]

@yapchagi Yeah I dont think ill be needing any extra PCI slots anywho.

[smeghead666]

@yapchagi why would you need one? Nvidia bought out Physx, their tech is in teir new cards

[PianoGermz]

Compared to other cards, sure 60C is a little high for water cooling. But really, for a GTX 480, that is reason enough for a freaking sandwich party. I think it's easy to underestimate the amount of processing this card is putting out.

100C is absolutely commonplace with these monsters.

[moose4computers]

@PianoGermz I totally agree. 60c on the GPU is reason to pass the beers and cigars. This card is FREAKING HOT. Even with the high-flow bracket, backplate (which only changes the temp 1-2c which is within the margin of error on the sensor), and replacing the thermal paste with Gelid GC-Extreme only drops it into the high 90's at best.

[rticewar]

such a lame somg!

[yapchagi]

@rticewar hence, the result. I find the song matches the result.

[GenericName007]

Meh, given the specs the card is designed to run at, those are decent temps. The card will fun fine and last long running at temps way hotter, though I guess for the extra cash it takes to water cool them, you might want more for you investment. :)

[joevinsoulenq]

The Zalman Reserator is too light (for a GTX 480)...

[FSXFAJames]

This may be the fix you need. 3D GALAXY 2, Google it. Also get a fan for that massive radiator. It like a vehicle cooling system, only minus a fan lol

[FSXFAJames]

fail

[bee2643]

keep in mind, this watercooling system doesnt use any fans. If you used a typical watercooling system with a radiator and 2 120mm fans and a more powerful pump, you would get improved temperatures.

the point of the zalman fanless system is that its an "all in on" type system, with 0 fans, and 0 noise.

[drKlitzman]

lol my 5850 idles at 40. try blowing a fan at the raditor

[urmomisfineinbed]

no dih you had the heated coolant running straight out of the hot taosty CPU and into the GPU, your basically heating it. and Nvidia is known for making bbq's anyways also celine dion is really lame....

[Knothole]

When I originally read "GTX 480 water-cooling fail", I got a sick feeling in my gut because I thought that the system leaked all over your card. Glad that's not the case!

[yapchagi]

@Knothole That would be awful for a $500 card.

[bloodreighn]

@yapchagi Ur lucky you get them Cheap there, I had to pay 600 bucks + for my gtx470

[kanekewl14]

@Knothole ya lol same here

[taishou89]

@Knothole yes me too had that thought before..that would be horrible..!

[PandemicDead]

Why would you water cool your Graphics card? I'm curious to why you would do that if it already has a cooling unit. I've never used water cooling so i wouldn't know but what are the benefits to having it water cooled than just leaving the fan and heatsink on? Unless you're overclocking your GPU which Idk why you would overclock one of the best GCs on the market. xD

[yapchagi]

@PandemicDead with original air cooling fan @100% -> GTX 480 load temp 97C.

with watercooled load temp 50ish C.

How's that?

[PianoGermz]

@PandemicDead The GTX 480 is much more than just a graphics card. It's the fastest single GPU currently on the planet. It needs to dissipate MUCH more heat than any card in recent memory. Conventional air cooling and aftermarket heatsinks have failed, for the most part, allowing temperatures to approach 100C. Add to that a hair dryer-level fan trying to keep the thing from melting and you have a very sad situation. Liquid cooling is almost standard procedure for these cards.

[ryantttt]

who sing this ?

[yapchagi]

@ryantttt Celine Dion.

[aurediv]

The real problem is that you try to have a GTX 480 in passive, the reservator is not for a graphic card like that.

I'm glad to see that you will use a home made watercooling system. futhermore, you have the obsidian 800D so you will have a lot room to maneged that.

[yapchagi]

@aurediv Yep, the custom build watercooling is a lot better. You can check my other video.

[boeing159]

Yea I think you need a better pump and radiator to cool both of those components, especially that 480

[yapchagi]

@boeing159 exactly. I'm glad I returned the Reserator unit back to Amazon.

[artymowycz]

@XtremePCGaming oh so it costs the same?

[artymowycz]

@XtremePCGaming whats the difference?

[Timerrin]

I'm guessing by your choice of music that after this video you ended walking down the road with a sack over your shoulder and were never seen again - until the sequal.

[yapchagi]

@XtremePCGaming u know this is not because of the waterblock. This is bad because of Reserator (slow pump and radiator without fan).

And besides, my EK waterblock is better than Koolance waterblock, temperature wise.

[liljoker77]

fag music!

[0MeNdEz84]

sorry b ut the gtx480 is not the fail is you...first because you got a bad watercooling,.get one good then do the test....second maybe you didn´t watercooled really good the gtx480....(thermal paste)(rams) etc etc....

final note YOU FAILED

[yapchagi]

@0MeNdEz84 dude, if u see my other videos, I'm using a different watercooling right now.

And anyway, notice the title "Watercooling the GTX 480 failed", means the process of the watercooling is a failure, not the GTX 480 that's failed. Learn some English before you post anything in English. YOU FAILED.

[0MeNdEz84]

@yapchagi ok my bad

[bloodgulch1]

@yapchagi [hey bro buy the zalman fan for you cooler

[TheMash84]

@yapchagi

Infact he wrote that the fail was you and watercooling system, not the 480 as you wrote LOL

Double fail

PS: what a fuck love song...

[imafurryhusky]

shoulda got a HD5970

[NikKast1981]

Why use something so bad as the old zalman reserator ?

[yapchagi]

@NikKast1981 Just wanted to try it out first.

[ToThEnExTlEvEl100]

its not actually FAILED it works so thumbs down if it didnt work i thought that it will burn or blue screen so yeah

[yapchagi]

@ToThEnExTlEvEl100 it's failed coz it reached around 80 - 90C load temp. when the water gets hot, it'll stay hot, and the reserator can't cool it down. Thus, it's failed!

Once it's idle, it'll take maybe 1/2 hour to cool down.

[Kyodaikuma]

Get koolance! 

[yapchagi]

@Kyodaikuma I'm using the EK waterblock now. From what I've heard, it's better than the Koolance waterblock.

[renofury]

there is an addon fan for the reserator maybe helps to kool the water

[yapchagi]

@renofury there's a review for the Reserator with and without the fan, and the fan is useless.

[Bartleby3004]

60c is wicked good i usually get around 85 c runnin heaven with 100%. 60 is a little higher than alot of reviews i have seen on custom dedicated gpu loops for the gtx 400s but still 60 really isnt that bad good job! i plan on gettin my waterblock for my 470 after i get my new case either the haf 932 or corsair obsidian. which case are you using is it the obsidian i really like it whatever it is

[yapchagi]

@Bartleby3004 It would actually go higher coz the coolant inside the tube WILL get hotter and hotter, thus, the temp of the GTX 480 will reach the 80s Celcius. I tested this with Reserator. Believe me, it's a failure.

And yes, the case is the Corsair Obsidian 800D. It's awesome!

[amad390226]

you need installation the fan on the cooling system.

[yapchagi]

@amad390226 Yeah that's why I'm not using it anymore. This was my old watercooling system.

[KeithStyles]

What song is this name and title pls?? Relaxing sound should be in a game by squareenix or sumthin...

[yapchagi]

@KeithStyles Celine Dion - Je Sais Pas

[djmmstan]

THE ZALMANN RESERATOR WATERCOOLING IS NOT THAT GREAT. I HAVE TWO EVGA GTX 480 HYDRO COPPER FTW IN SLI USING KOOLANCE RADS AND PUMPS AND I GET 38c ON IDLE AND 55c RUNNING UNIGINE.

[yapchagi]

@djmmstan Yeah I know that. That's why I'm not using Reserator anymore. I'm using internal watercooling with 360 rad.

[yapchagi]

Yeah I could do that, but the pump on the Reserator is pure garbage. It's really weak only 300 L per hour.

But then again, right now my GTX 480 is idle at 29C, while my GTX 260 is at 40C (GTX 260 is stock cooling).

[Kanabanoid]

you are correct that Zalman reserator is not maded for awsome cooling it is made to be quiet thoe it seems to be doing a better job than i would have thought it would sence it is cooling both the cpu and gpu not a complete fail if it was low noise you were going for all you would have to do is turn down the clocks on the gpu if you want max FPS then you will need better cooling . as a thought you can always just get another rad. and add it in the loop between the cpu and gpu, just a thought