Aquacomputer Kryographics GTX 980 acrylic glass edition, top quality and performance

Hi to all Xtremehardware.com friends, especially to liquid cooling fans! Today, we’ll talk about full-covers again, starting the reviews of these products for Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 video cards. After several reviews published about Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon R9 290 waterblocks, it is now time to move on to the next series. The first full-cover for Maxwell (GM204) was offered by Aquacomputer, who sent us an amazing Kryographics GTX 980 acrylic glass edition, nickel plated version.

VRM Temperature

During the UNIGINE VALLEY BENCHMARK 1.0 test, VRM temperature was recorded by placing a probe under the fullcover backplate and at the back of the VRM; temperatures were recorded with Aquasuite and, subsequently, maximum temperatures were entered into the graph. This is clearly an approximate measurement, which can , nevertheless, give some indications.

The fullcover produced by the German Aquacomputer has given proof of excellent performances as regards the cooling of the EVGA GTX 980 voltage regulators; the very good temperatures recorded allow skillful users to play around with the overclock without any risk.