Possible to replace gpu fans or use different cooler? (Asus 1070 Dual)

[Merc]

For an Asus GTX1070 Dual 8GB OC, the stock fans have an annoying noise which seems to be on all of this model, I could RMA a second time but that would be the second card RMA'd and it took a month, I was given a refund and told the store clerk to order the same card, mistake.

[EVILDOTOWAHA]

You could replace fans yes but it would require some work but some fans are stuck on but most fans arent so you should be able to but it will rid your warrarnty and some other stuff but you can replace them yes just unplug them and grab a fan that works for you but not all fans are compatibile but the only manufactuer that i can recall that this works with for me is XFX due to the hard swap fans but might be able to for you so just call and check with the Manufacturer if you can swap the fans and what fans are compatiable.

[Merc]

Originally posted by Nerbmayza (Divine's Grace):

You could replace fans yes but it would require some work but some fans are stuck on but most fans arent so you should be able to but it will rid your warrarnty and some other stuff but you can replace them yes just unplug them and grab a fan that works for you but not all fans are compatibile but the only manufactuer that i can recall that this works with for me is XFX due to the hard swap fans but might be able to for you so just call and check with the Manufacturer if you can swap the fans and what fans are compatiable.

Thanks, I am a little worried about voiding the warranty but I have never had to use a warranty on any card, the issue is the fans only on this card. I could RMA again and hope for another refund but it takes a month. I wonder if these XFX fans will fit my card.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I would suggest just sell the GPU and buy a completely different model that has different cooler design. The MSI and ASUS "white" models are the lower-end models for all their latest series of GPUs. Quality is not exactly the best on these.

If you want to keep the current GPU and just upgrade whats on it. That is do-able.

With something like this perhaps:

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga.html

https://www.nzxt.com/products/kraken-g10-black


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YattxxyWRh0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6M3zxfxUEc

[Merc]

I thought it was a better card than some of the other cards in this series.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You have the dual fan white cooler version ASUS 1070?
That is their low end model.

The black cooler version ASUS 1070 (labeled as STRIX); are their higher end models.

[Merc]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

You have the dual fan white version ASUS 1070?
That is their low end model.

The black version ASUS 1070 (labeled as STRIX); are their higher end models.

I think he sold me this one because it fits in the case, to save me money on buying a new case, the strix isn't any more expensive by the looks of it, but I am not sure if I'll get the money I paid for it, the card is under week old though.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Have you looked at the GPU itself closely?
Ensure the onboard fans are not possibly hitting any wires.
When GPU is installed, watch for things like SATA cables perhaps being too close to GPU and its fans.

Can you perhaps make and share a video, showing the actual issues you speak of?

[Merc]

I looked at the comparisons and the cards are slightly different in comparison which I am not too worried about, it's just the crappy fans I don't like, I'll have another close look at the fans but didn't notice anything. The last card had the same issue it was that the noise was louder than this one. I may go for the arctic cooling if the fans will work the same as the stock fans (tweakable). I could sale If I only use 50 but then iwould have to buy a bigger case and get the computer transfered, everything is fine with my pc so I don't want to mess about with it too much.

Would 250W cooling capacity be sufficient? the TDP of this card is 150 I run it at 110% power target sometimes. Nevermind, I worked out it will max at 165-178 TDP.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If its affordable for you, sure a 250W cooling solution would be more than enough.
Those are meant more for a TitanX or TitanXP though, but as long as it will fit your GTX 1070 and you have physical clearance for the GPU w/ such a cooler, sure.

[oobymach]

If you're eyeballing the arctic 250w cooler it sticks out a fair amount, your card will be 3 slots thick and that's without the backplate installed, I used one on a single fan gtx 760 and it works great, the clearance between the heatsink and gpu allows you to use metal heatsinks on the exposed ram chips which are in turn cooled by the gpu fans blowing straight onto the card. Allowed for an extra 1ghz overclock on the ram.

[Merc]

Originally posted by oobymach:

If you're eyeballing the arctic 250w cooler it sticks out a fair amount, your card will be 3 slots thick and that's without the backplate installed, I used one on a single fan gtx 760 and it works great, the clearance between the heatsink and gpu allows you to use metal heatsinks on the exposed ram chips which are in turn cooled by the gpu fans blowing straight onto the card. Allowed for an extra 1ghz overclock on the ram.

I am looking at it but I read that it has issues with the fans on nvidia cards, I do have 8 inches of clearance underneath the card but only an inch to the side of it, I'd have to remove one of the side fans from the case. But On their site they state that there is issues with nvidia software and the fans which apprently can be fixed with MSI afterburner.

Anyway, here is the noise the card emits...

http://tinypic.com/r/np0shx/9 You cant see anything but you can hear it.

As you can hear, the usual high speed plane taking off noise like all gpu fans but you can also hear, there is a lower tone, like a motor revving up, it sounds like it could be the coils in the fans, I have voided the warranty by taking it apart to see if I could have one fan hanging and see if the noise was still present away from the card, but it was too risky to do, eitherway, I want to try and source some fans and troubleshoot that before trying the arctic cooler.

I am guessing that the arctic coolers are the only ones available, water cooling is expensive.

So, Try different fans>Try Arctic cooler> sound proof case and hope for the best.

It isn't too noticable at low speeds but it is noticable as you can imagine.

P.S. Sourcing fans is proving difficult as these fans have 4 screws and most of the ones I see are 3 screws, the fans are Power Logic DC brushless fans which apprently produce less noise lol.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Side Fans are usually a bad idea anyways.

Best bet is (on a typical tower)
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/upload_2016-1-18_13-56-17-png.71169/
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/attachment.php?attachmentid=13405&d=1383423628
Intake from Bottom & Front; Exhaust from Rear & Top
This helps to have good front to back airflow.

GPUs with PCB-facing fan coolers (non Reference design)
also tend to actually blow hot air towards the side panel.

So if you are using such a GPU and a side panel fan, the side panel fan is most likely best blow out, not in. Now if you have a side-panel fan higher up, over the CPU area, then that could do well to blow cool air towards CPU. But you only want side-panel fans to face one direction, not multiples.

[Merc]

I have an issue, the fans are connected via some weird type of splitter where one fan is connected quite normally by clipping it on the end of the splitter lead but the other fan is actually connected right at the base of the splitter where it's plugged into the GPU.

Is it as easy as just buying a new 4 pin splitter with the same coloured wires to connect two fans more easily to it?

Also, I have noticed that there is only one green wire (tachometer wire) on the current splitter, so only one fan is connected to the tachometer? If I buy a new splitter can I just sever one of the tachometer wires so it is exactly the same as the old set up?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

GPU fans are not like Case Fans as far as their wiring goes.
GPUs use a much smaller connection.

If you can't find replacement fans made for your GPU; then my suggestion would be replace the entire cooler.

[curley60]

I took off the plastic shroud and mounted two 80mm case fans on the Asus 1070 dual fan heatsink. The PCB is one of the worst I've handled, really thin and if you don't hold it with both hands it feels like it will break in half. I should have spent the extra money and bought something with a backplate and a heatsink that actually mounts on the memory and vrms. I thought ASUS was into better quality. So I am going to spend the extra $100 on a Actic Cooling closed loop setup to not only cool it better but to strengthen the card.