Do I need a third-party cooling system for a GTX 570?

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I need to know if it is required to get a special cooling system to accommodate a GTX 570 graphics card.
 
For best temps, you would want a water block in full loop. But otherwise, the stock cooler is more than enough for any graphics card.
 
wolfeking said:
For best temps, you would want a water block in full loop. But otherwise, the stock cooler is more than enough for any graphics card.
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good to know, so playing skyrim and other games in ultra mode for extended periods (18+ hours, although rarely), and using photoshop and illustrator with many instances, and watching 1080p movies, and running two 1080p 24" monitors, and having 11 million browser windows open, isn't going to need any extra cooling than what comes with the graphics?

When would cooling be needed?

p.s. I keep my room at around 73 degrees during the day and at around 60 degrees at night (I can't sleep unless it's cold! and I'm near the ceiling in my loft bed ;))
 
There are only 2 times when you need better cooling. If you find the stock cooler to be noisy (most folks that go water do it for this reason) or for the few and proud, the ones that overclock the card until it cries for mama.
Any other use, and the cards stock cooler is plenty.
 
wolfeking said:
There are only 2 times when you need better cooling. If you find the stock cooler to be noisy (most folks that go water do it for this reason) or for the few and proud, the ones that overclock the card until it cries for mama.
Any other use, and the cards stock cooler is plenty.
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Since this is my first PC build, I don't want to do any overclocking. There is a possibility I might need it for noise, I guess it depends on how I feel about the sound. Thank you, this is very helpful!

So I will see if the noise bothers me, and if so then later on I will get some water cooling.
 
If you find the noise bothers you, then you can try using MSI afterburner to play with the fan speed before you try water cooling. This is a step in between. And really, if you water cool, it is a good idea to have several years of either automotive cooling experience, or plumbing experience before you try it. And it will be probably around $500 in just cooling to do a proper loop. You pretty much have to have a RR Merlin of a graphics card to need water cooling for sound only.
 
wolfeking said:
If you find the noise bothers you, then you can try using MSI afterburner to play with the fan speed before you try water cooling. This is a step in between. And really, if you water cool, it is a good idea to have several years of either automotive cooling experience, or plumbing experience before you try it. And it will be probably around $500 in just cooling to do a proper loop. You pretty much have to have a RR Merlin of a graphics card to need water cooling for sound only.
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My laptop is an MSI so I do have experience using MSI Afterburner. Really good tip, Thank you. :)

I would rather tolerate the noise then to spend an extra $500 ;) Also I have no experience with plumbing or automotive cooling. So it sounds like water cooling would be a bad idea for me ;)
 
Not so much a bad idea, but it would take a lot more research if you don't have experience with cooling flow.
And it may be cheaper if you get a kit, like the XSPC Raystorm 360 for example, and a GTX 570 waterblock would be cheaper, but would not perform as well.
 
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