All I can say is based on the images of the FTW3 ultra is that it "might". They appear to have a similar layout of the mounting holes around the GPU. That said, I can't guarantee anything.
Yeah I’ve been comparing all of the 2080 ti boards to see if they’re similar and it does look like it will work. I’ll use a copper shim if I have to. Thanks!
my man. good job with an excellent overview. i was wondering if the evga clc would work with this bracket. i know it's late but i can help with the dual evga clc's. plug the usb in on just one of them. tune your fan and pump speeds as well as desired rgb settings. unplug it and repeat with the other. it defaults to the last configuration when unplugged. at least that's how mine behave. thanks for the informative video!
this is a very good budget water cooler, personally i would go for an eisbaer aio just for slightly better performace and the look of it but apart from that its great if u dont have a side panel on your case.
@@DruuzilTechGames only due to the fact that it doesn't fill up the whole card, if think if they charged slightly more and improved a little on looks it would be amazing as the modularity is unparalleled
It's been some time since I made this or ran dual 20 series GPU's, however if you look at 19:53 in the video you'll see the cards are bridged. What I did was take the internal "guts" out of the NVLINK bridge (ie I removed the plastic outer shell) to make it smaller, and then it fit successfully. Doesn't look as nice of course, but it's functional.
Nicely done. I've been looking for a video like this. I'll be doing it to a XC Ultra Gaming model in the future with a 360mm AIO cooler. Though thinking where the VRMs are where the thermal pads are. Take those off and out some stick on copper heatsinks. And if I can find it. Some kinda heatsinks for those VRMs near the video connectors.
GUYS DO NOT KEEP THE FACEPLATE ON! I kept it on like he did in the video, and I got 70 C on load. After removing it and the thermal pads, the max I got was 50.
hey guys, so just wondering if the thermal pads should be left on if they are not actually transferring heat to a heatsink. wouldnt it be better if they were removed so open air could cool the plate?
Which screws specifically are you referring to in the video? Sorry, as you mentioned though it's an old video. Is there a timestamp you're referring to so I can see which screws you're talking about?
Although I'm not 100% sure since I don't own any of this stuff anymore, at 14:24 I mentioned the screws came with the cooler, so hopefully that narrows it down.
Did you end up having to use the copper shims? I had to use them on my 1080 so i have a bag still left over of them. You mentioned you may have to use them but never confirmed it?
Man now looking at your video it makes me think that those temps must be the norm for watercooling this particular gpu and that the 2080Ti is just a hot ass chip, cuz I liquid cooled my 2080 Ti the same way you did with a Kraken G12 and a Corsair H55 but I have TWO fans on the radiator in push pull and my temps have pinged at 73c before. Like just now I finished playing a bit of Gears 5 and I was at 70c pretty much the whole time but at idle I'm at 43c. I honestly don't get it. I have 2080 Ti EVGA Blower Card and don't get me wrong before at 100% fan speed I was hitting 83c! I'm happier the temps are a lot better but when I watercooled my 1080 Ti FE card the same way I NEVER hit temperatures this high. I was in the 50's. Glad to see I'm not crazy. I've been thinking now that maybe I should have used liquid metal instead of thermal paste. I just gotta cover of those little transisitors surrounding the gpu with nail polish or something first.
I did a follow up to this video concerning that issue. My pump was on a low setting/low rpm. Not sure if a Corsair H55 can be controlled but that may be your issue.
@@DruuzilTechGames After I made that comment I went back and took the card apart and discovered that parts of the die wasn't comletely covered by thermal paste. I have NO IDEA how that happened but I cleaned it up and reapplied it and then smoothed it out myself before applying the cooler. Temps are much better now. Highest it ever got now is just 64. So I'm happy. Had a scare though and thought I messed something up cuz my framerates were suffering for some reason so I went back and loosened up the screws on the cooler and relieved some mounting pressure and now everything is all good. Thanks for the advice.
@@sph3reofpain Glad you got it working. I currently run a Zotac 2080 Ti Max AMP edition card with a Corsair H50 on it and it idles right now at 26, and caps out like 48. Are you using 1 or 2 fans on your radiator?
I don't own these cards anymore, I sold both off quite a while ago. One of them is still in use by one of my coworkers, I don't remember who I sold the other one to. I don't know what the temps were at this point and I can't test them since I don't have them anymore. Sorry.
cool video man, question, how did you get your NVLink to fit? i assume you had to cut the frame to size and also remove the plastic shroud off of the bridge? i'm thinking of doing the same to my 2080Ti SLI setup.....just weighing up my options at the moment
@@DruuzilTechGames thanks for the response bud, i was looking into the kraken G10 but seems hard to find. i'm thinking of taking a hacksaw to the G12 bracket and respraying it because i dont want to leave the bridge open :D
@@Esch88 I used tin snips on a set of g12's in the past when I used them on gtx 1080's in SLI. The HB SLI Bridge was too large and so I modified the g12s enough to make room.
Were you ever able to get the second CLC 120 to show up in Flow Control? I have one for my GPU currently (set up identically to one of yours) and am debating the addition of a second one for my CPU. The LED's I'm not so worried about but being able to turn both pumps down to about 70% would be a huge benefit.
@@seeingred1990 One ran at whatever I told it via the software (usually set it ~70% for noise/performance ratio), the other wasn't detected so I don't know what it was running at.
Hi there, what are you using to control the fan's speed? I have placed the CLC 120 on my GPU, and the "Flow Control" software from EVGA sucks hard, it shows temps over 100 celsius degrees, and can't have any control over fan's speed :-/
You have to align the "teeth" on the CLC with the spaces on the G12. Push it through, then give it a slight twist until the teeth on the clc120 are aligned with the teeth on the G12, which holds it in position. It's been quite a while since I made this video but as I recall it took a bit of force to get it in there.
I'm abit late but I was asking if that same aio would work, gonna implement the g12 in my mining rig, with my 1070s, and the evga 120mm cooler is by far the cheapest
Probably depends on what model of 1070.. There are 4 mounting holes around the GPU on each card (usually used to screw the stock heatsink to it), and from one model to the next those can be varying distances apart from one another. The G12 comes with an AMD and an Nvidia set of mounting brackets, but some of these non-reference cards don't work with either. If you can get your card to work with the G12, then it should work with the AIO used in this video though.
What is your opinion on 240 vs 120 radiator for a single gpu? I was thinking of getting the x52 or the clc 240. It might be a little overkill but I was hoping it'll run quieter with a bigger radiator.
Did you end up using the cooper shims? On my 1070 ti, I have to do it due to the back plate. I’m getting the 2080 ti black edition and going to use the g12 and h55.
I'm using EVGA Hybrid coolers now (setup in a more recent video). The temps were similar.. However with it now being summer, and I live in Kentucky, it's been quite hot lately. I moved my PC to the main floor of my condo as it was getting simply too hot upstairs. I was seeing nearly 70 degree temps even on the AIO's... back down into the high 50's/low 60's downstairs. Heat rises, man. :)
Did you use the hub for the pump on the aio? I dont know where to connect my gpu pump as i have an aio on my core that is using the cpu header and my fan header is used up aswell . Appreciate the response
Your board only has 2 fan headers? Depending on the AIO you use, sometimes the pump itself will have a couple fan headers.. The other option is to use a hub/fan controller that gives you additional headers. I'm not actually using these NZXT G12's anymore, and went with EVGA Hybrid kits (in a later video I go over installing one of them). They kind of reduce the extra header requirements which is nice, but they cost a lot more $$$.
@@DruuzilTechGames Yea one for the cpu and one for the system fan its a gigabyte 78-lmt usb3 r2 board and i have two of the corsair h55 hydro's one on the core and one on gpu , would you be able to suggest a hub or any other way i could do it would a splitter from cpu header into both pumps work? Thank you
@@Weepaddyy Does your PSU have any 4 pin Molex connectors? You can get a Molex to 4-pin fan header adapter which would free up one of the headers on your motherboard, or you could probably connect the AIO to it.
@@DruuzilTechGames Yea i have the evga 500watt though i have amolex to 4-pin hub and the pump will make a buzzing noise when playing resident evil 2 and devil may cry 5 their the only 2 games it happens on black ops 4 wtc is fine i might try a splitter from cpu and connect both pumps to it or try the pump in the system fan header. Btw keep the good work up amazing videos :)
The K120 and the H60 are not compatible. Both are square shaped and do not work with the G12 mount. I'm not sure if the Zotac AMP works with the G12.. Usually it's easiest to get compatibility with reference boards. It's certainly possible.. You might Google it and see if you can find any web forums where someone has done it.
I don't know, but I think the AORUS Extreme is not a reference board design so probably not. You could check Google and see if anyone has tried it, as it "may" work, but AFAIK the G12 mostly fits reference boards.
God bless you for this. Why does someone as good as you have so few subscribers? Thanks, dude.
Will this work with a evga rtx 2080 ti ftw3 ultra?
All I can say is based on the images of the FTW3 ultra is that it "might". They appear to have a similar layout of the mounting holes around the GPU. That said, I can't guarantee anything.
Yeah I’ve been comparing all of the 2080 ti boards to see if they’re similar and it does look like it will work. I’ll use a copper shim if I have to. Thanks!
Cool let me know how that goes.
my man. good job with an excellent overview. i was wondering if the evga clc would work with this bracket. i know it's late but i can help with the dual evga clc's. plug the usb in on just one of them. tune your fan and pump speeds as well as desired rgb settings. unplug it and repeat with the other. it defaults to the last configuration when unplugged. at least that's how mine behave. thanks for the informative video!
I don't own these cards anymore, but good info.
this is a very good budget water cooler, personally i would go for an eisbaer aio just for slightly better performace and the look of it but apart from that its great if u dont have a side panel on your case.
Yeah the aesthetics are kinda "meh", lol
@@DruuzilTechGames only due to the fact that it doesn't fill up the whole card, if think if they charged slightly more and improved a little on looks it would be amazing as the modularity is unparalleled
"my right hand's pretty tired right now"
X42 Kraken fits nicely with this bracket
Pretty much all of NZXT's modern AIO's should fit it similarly. They all have the same block; the differences are in the radiator size.
yeah u fuckin dumbass
I'm late to this. How did you run SLI without an NVLink bridge? I want this for my 2 2080Ti's, but they block the bridge connection.
It's been some time since I made this or ran dual 20 series GPU's, however if you look at 19:53 in the video you'll see the cards are bridged. What I did was take the internal "guts" out of the NVLINK bridge (ie I removed the plastic outer shell) to make it smaller, and then it fit successfully. Doesn't look as nice of course, but it's functional.
Nicely done. I've been looking for a video like this. I'll be doing it to a XC Ultra Gaming model in the future with a 360mm AIO cooler. Though thinking where the VRMs are where the thermal pads are. Take those off and out some stick on copper heatsinks. And if I can find it. Some kinda heatsinks for those VRMs near the video connectors.
Thanks for the video, I will be avoiding the evga clc for ease of installation
GUYS DO NOT KEEP THE FACEPLATE ON! I kept it on like he did in the video, and I got 70 C on load. After removing it and the thermal pads, the max I got was 50.
Can you please explain what u mean by faceplate?
yeah bro what the FUCK do you mean by faceplate? you mean backplate? gpu backplate?
I was thinking about that plate too. Never saw any other TH-camr keeping it on.
I mean the plate that's directly under the cooler. Not the backplate
Keep up the good work friend! Was really worried if it was compatible.
will this work with a pair of Nvidia RTX 2080Ti Founders Edition?
FE cards are the same layout as the XC gaming so it should work yes. No guarantees though. ;)
hey guys, so just wondering if the thermal pads should be left on if they are not actually transferring heat to a heatsink. wouldnt it be better if they were removed so open air could cool the plate?
Late comment what kinda screws did u use? i have so many of these aios i would love to use one on my gpu
Which screws specifically are you referring to in the video? Sorry, as you mentioned though it's an old video. Is there a timestamp you're referring to so I can see which screws you're talking about?
I would say at 13:53 when you screw the AIO down what screws would those happen to be?
Although I'm not 100% sure since I don't own any of this stuff anymore, at 14:24 I mentioned the screws came with the cooler, so hopefully that narrows it down.
do anyone knows the length of the EVGA CLC 120 AIO tube? i want to make sure it is long enough for my case and i cant find the info anywhere
Although I'm not able to find the information specifically anywhere, as I recall the tubes are around 10 inches.
Did you end up having to use the copper shims? I had to use them on my 1080 so i have a bag still left over of them. You mentioned you may have to use them but never confirmed it?
No shims were required.
@@DruuzilTechGames did the temps get betteR?
@@v91maximus91v I switched to using EVGA Hybrid kits. The temps in the summer get into the low 60 range, and in winter maybe the low to mid 50's.
@@DruuzilTechGames any preference over the g12?
@@v91maximus91v The Hybrid kits have less loose wiring and cover the VRMs better. More expensive though..
Have you tried overclocking this setup? I have the same card and would be curious about the temps if i OC'd it with this AIO.
52 degrees overclocked under load.
Man now looking at your video it makes me think that those temps must be the norm for watercooling this particular gpu and that the 2080Ti is just a hot ass chip, cuz I liquid cooled my 2080 Ti the same way you did with a Kraken G12 and a Corsair H55 but I have TWO fans on the radiator in push pull and my temps have pinged at 73c before. Like just now I finished playing a bit of Gears 5 and I was at 70c pretty much the whole time but at idle I'm at 43c. I honestly don't get it. I have 2080 Ti EVGA Blower Card and don't get me wrong before at 100% fan speed I was hitting 83c! I'm happier the temps are a lot better but when I watercooled my 1080 Ti FE card the same way I NEVER hit temperatures this high. I was in the 50's. Glad to see I'm not crazy. I've been thinking now that maybe I should have used liquid metal instead of thermal paste. I just gotta cover of those little transisitors surrounding the gpu with nail polish or something first.
I did a follow up to this video concerning that issue. My pump was on a low setting/low rpm. Not sure if a Corsair H55 can be controlled but that may be your issue.
@@DruuzilTechGames After I made that comment I went back and took the card apart and discovered that parts of the die wasn't comletely covered by thermal paste. I have NO IDEA how that happened but I cleaned it up and reapplied it and then smoothed it out myself before applying the cooler. Temps are much better now. Highest it ever got now is just 64. So I'm happy. Had a scare though and thought I messed something up cuz my framerates were suffering for some reason so I went back and loosened up the screws on the cooler and relieved some mounting pressure and now everything is all good. Thanks for the advice.
@@sph3reofpain Glad you got it working. I currently run a Zotac 2080 Ti Max AMP edition card with a Corsair H50 on it and it idles right now at 26, and caps out like 48. Are you using 1 or 2 fans on your radiator?
@@DruuzilTechGames I'm running 2 fans on the radiator in push pull configuration as an exhaust to my fractal design core 500 case.
@@sph3reofpain Weird. Is it hot in your house/apartment/etc?
Did your cards die? Also how was the VRAM cooling?
I don't own these cards anymore, I sold both off quite a while ago. One of them is still in use by one of my coworkers, I don't remember who I sold the other one to. I don't know what the temps were at this point and I can't test them since I don't have them anymore. Sorry.
cool video man,
question, how did you get your NVLink to fit? i assume you had to cut the frame to size and also remove the plastic shroud off of the bridge?
i'm thinking of doing the same to my 2080Ti SLI setup.....just weighing up my options at the moment
I just removed the shroud. No further modification was needed.
@@DruuzilTechGames thanks for the response bud, i was looking into the kraken G10 but seems hard to find. i'm thinking of taking a hacksaw to the G12 bracket and respraying it because i dont want to leave the bridge open :D
@@Esch88 I used tin snips on a set of g12's in the past when I used them on gtx 1080's in SLI. The HB SLI Bridge was too large and so I modified the g12s enough to make room.
@@DruuzilTechGames cool cool, just debating on which coolers to pick up. think i'm gunna go for the kraken X42's
Is the rtx 2080 also compatible with the AMD bracket?
To my knowledge the 2080 and 2080 Ti is the same layout (assuming a reference board design) so it should be yes.
@@DruuzilTechGames Thank you
Can you have the backplate on? I plan on doing the same thing, adding a g12 onto EVGA 2080 TI XC Ultra.
Yeah the backplate stays on.
Did u do it im planning to do the same how are the vrams ?
Were you ever able to get the second CLC 120 to show up in Flow Control? I have one for my GPU currently (set up identically to one of yours) and am debating the addition of a second one for my CPU. The LED's I'm not so worried about but being able to turn both pumps down to about 70% would be a huge benefit.
No, only 1 ever showed.
@@DruuzilTechGames did the pumps run at the same speed together or did one run at full speed constantly? Thanks for the quick reply!
@@seeingred1990 One ran at whatever I told it via the software (usually set it ~70% for noise/performance ratio), the other wasn't detected so I don't know what it was running at.
Hi there, what are you using to control the fan's speed? I have placed the CLC 120 on my GPU, and the "Flow Control" software from EVGA sucks hard, it shows temps over 100 celsius degrees, and can't have any control over fan's speed :-/
How do you twist the clc120 to the kraken?
I have buying both after watching your video, but I can't twist the pump to the kraken
Pls help me dude
You have to align the "teeth" on the CLC with the spaces on the G12. Push it through, then give it a slight twist until the teeth on the clc120 are aligned with the teeth on the G12, which holds it in position. It's been quite a while since I made this video but as I recall it took a bit of force to get it in there.
I'm abit late but I was asking if that same aio would work, gonna implement the g12 in my mining rig, with my 1070s, and the evga 120mm cooler is by far the cheapest
Probably depends on what model of 1070.. There are 4 mounting holes around the GPU on each card (usually used to screw the stock heatsink to it), and from one model to the next those can be varying distances apart from one another. The G12 comes with an AMD and an Nvidia set of mounting brackets, but some of these non-reference cards don't work with either. If you can get your card to work with the G12, then it should work with the AIO used in this video though.
What is your opinion on 240 vs 120 radiator for a single gpu? I was thinking of getting the x52 or the clc 240. It might be a little overkill but I was hoping it'll run quieter with a bigger radiator.
What size screws did you have to get to replace the thumb screws?
Did you end up using the cooper shims? On my 1070 ti, I have to do it due to the back plate. I’m getting the 2080 ti black edition and going to use the g12 and h55.
Didn't need the shims nope
Any changes in temps? Are you satisfied with the setup?
I'm using EVGA Hybrid coolers now (setup in a more recent video). The temps were similar.. However with it now being summer, and I live in Kentucky, it's been quite hot lately. I moved my PC to the main floor of my condo as it was getting simply too hot upstairs. I was seeing nearly 70 degree temps even on the AIO's... back down into the high 50's/low 60's downstairs. Heat rises, man. :)
Did you use the hub for the pump on the aio? I dont know where to connect my gpu pump as i have an aio on my core that is using the cpu header and my fan header is used up aswell . Appreciate the response
Your board only has 2 fan headers? Depending on the AIO you use, sometimes the pump itself will have a couple fan headers.. The other option is to use a hub/fan controller that gives you additional headers.
I'm not actually using these NZXT G12's anymore, and went with EVGA Hybrid kits (in a later video I go over installing one of them). They kind of reduce the extra header requirements which is nice, but they cost a lot more $$$.
@@DruuzilTechGames Yea one for the cpu and one for the system fan its a gigabyte 78-lmt usb3 r2 board and i have two of the corsair h55 hydro's one on the core and one on gpu , would you be able to suggest a hub or any other way i could do it would a splitter from cpu header into both pumps work? Thank you
@@Weepaddyy Does your PSU have any 4 pin Molex connectors? You can get a Molex to 4-pin fan header adapter which would free up one of the headers on your motherboard, or you could probably connect the AIO to it.
@@DruuzilTechGames Yea i have the evga 500watt though i have amolex to 4-pin hub and the pump will make a buzzing noise when playing resident evil 2 and devil may cry 5 their the only 2 games it happens on black ops 4 wtc is fine i might try a splitter from cpu and connect both pumps to it or try the pump in the system fan header. Btw keep the good work up amazing videos :)
@@Weepaddyy Thanks dude
Would a kraken x62 fit on the amd bracket?
Yes, I used the Kraken x62 in a previous video on the same card with a G12 bracket.
They're both NZXT products so of course.
My CL11 doesnt seem to work... I cant twist it on
why does everyone that AIO cools their gpu use a single fan radiator? everyone uses it. i bought a 240mm because a 120mm is kinda small, too small
Cheaper
Also space. Depends on how much room you have in your case, but 120mm rads can fit pretty much anywhere.
@@DruuzilTechGames i have 2 AIO in my pc now. 240mm on my 1080ti and 360mm on my cpu
thanks
Np
Should work for 2080s too right?
If it's the reference board design yeah.
Would g12 work with antec kuhler k120 or corsair h60 on a zotac gtx 1080 amp edition
The K120 and the H60 are not compatible. Both are square shaped and do not work with the G12 mount. I'm not sure if the Zotac AMP works with the G12.. Usually it's easiest to get compatibility with reference boards. It's certainly possible.. You might Google it and see if you can find any web forums where someone has done it.
Do you think I can do this with an AMD powercolor RX 580? (Even if the NZXT G12 says that it is not compatible)
Yes, I got the G10 on my MSI RX580
Glad you made the video but it's a little bit of a rambler.
Yes sorry that is one of my less admirable habitsm
Hello can I do it on an Aorus RTX 2080 extreme 8Go ?
I don't know, but I think the AORUS Extreme is not a reference board design so probably not. You could check Google and see if anyone has tried it, as it "may" work, but AFAIK the G12 mostly fits reference boards.
Is there a way to make h115i work with the braket?
😂 all you have to do is loosen up those four screws to easily mount the EVGA instead of doing all thay extra stuff you were doing lol
Are you talking screws on the aio or on the G12?
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@@DruuzilTechGames Dude!?
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evga clc 120 has a poor liquid cooling performance maybe that is the reason why your second gpu reaches 69 degrees
It doesn't. I made a correction video, the 2nd temp wasn't the GPU but rather the power system. Both cards maxed out at 52.