Liquid Cooling and Overclocking the GTX 580 with Danger Den

Graphics cards 1048 Page 12 of 12 Published by

teaser

Final words and conclusion

 

 

Final words and conclusion

Adding LCS to your PC is a great thing to do, but certainly is very expensive as the investment in the 120 USD water-block is just the start. You'll need tubing, radiator, pump, reservoir, fans, coolant, clamps and so on. A good LCS setup will set you down 200 bucks easily. You do reap the benefits from it though as you can make your PC really silent, really cool and really high-performing.

But the overall dynamics just change so much.

Depending on the liquid cooling setup you opt for, make sure you go for low-noise. Always use low RPM yet quality fans on your radiator, preferably regulated through your system BIOS or fan controller so you can tweak what noise levels are acceptable for you. When we look at the temperatures we can only conclude that they are just so much better for the GTX 580, it really is a crime not to overclock the card once you are on water-cooling.

Overclocking, what we have accomplished here today is not something insignificant. The default core clock for that GTX 580 is 772 MHz core and 1544 MHz on the shader processors. We pushed this card close to a full GHz. And yeah that's just a testimony of what we have been saying all along. There is a lot of potential in this graphics card. Anyway, with the overclock you just gained another 10%-25% extra performance on average depending on your GPU game dependency.

So then, if you are not afraid of liquid cooling inside a PC, and nature calls and lures that GTX 580 to you, we'd very much like to recommend you to have a look at Danger Den's solution. We tested them many times before and once again this block is impressive and quite easy to install. 

Of course, you will always take a risk by manually removing the reference cooler. Cards can break down during the process, it's as simple as that. But do it right, follow our guidelines and you'll minimize the risk.

guru3d-toppick-150px.jpgDanger Den offers the DD-GTX580 all copper version at roughly 115 USD, the nickel coated top version like tested today will set you down 120 USD, whereas the fully nickel coated version is 130 USD. In the grand scheme of things, it's a lot of money for a cooling product, we do however feel it is worth the money as the GTX 580 is just so much better when you can keep it chilled down this easily.

It is becoming a bit of a habit for Danger Den but the DD-GTX580 cooling block comes very much recommended, it will style up that GTX 580 and your PC completely and you'll get the luxury of silent and very effective cooling.

You can give Danger den a visit right here.

Share this content
Twitter Facebook Reddit WhatsApp Email Print