The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 23c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this. Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by playing Tomb Raider 2014 for 60 minutes and measuring the peak temperature.
Watercooling certainly has its advantages as the results above show. Both GTX980 cards hover around 40C under load – fantastic results.
To test the real world impact of heat I looped 3DMark and measured temperatures of the system under load.
The hottest parts are measure between 34c and 39c. This is a very very impressive watercooling configuration by the OCUK team.