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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same. I have a 1080ti my pal gave me.....but it's overclocked to all fuck, and I can't afford to build a custom water-cooling loop to upgrade from the 1060.....we'll....I COULD afford it, but there's other stuff that's more importanter

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't you underclock it using MSI afterburner, so it'll run cooler?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sure! But my buddy had thrown away the stock cooling system and just gave me the card with the custom water block on it......

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe buy a broken one that has working fans and then yank the cooling.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That sounds an awful lot like work

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Less work than setting up a water block solution lol

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, but then it's also not as big a performance jump from what I have. I'm strategically lazy....

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, even underclocking it won't make it run that cool. Sounds like a radiator & pump and tubing might be cheaper than buying a dead card and cannibalizing.

Or you could always try to sell it and get a newer card

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, just a whole lot of expenses going out right now. So even £150-200 is off the books for me atm