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Bitspower waterblock which contacts chokes gives higher boost clock compared to EK. Results from an independent review (overclockers.ru). Core clock under full load: Bitspower: 2072-2088-2114. EK: 2006-2025-2056 Asus Strix stock air cooler: 2025-2063 (it also contacts chokes). Temps for Bitspower and EK were almost same: Bitspower 47*C core, 47*C VRM; EK 48*C core, 45*C VRM. Strix stock cooler (2200 RPM): 61*C core, 58*C VRM

I know I'm lost all the lotteries (7700k stable at only 4.9, MB VRM whines, GPU overclocks poorly and produce much heat), but I still cannot understand why my GPU overclocks worse as I rise the voltage. With air cooler I was able to get +60 MHz GPU and boost clock was around ~1975 at ~70*C. Idle was 50-53*C (1070 had ~43*C idling, also Strix version). According to reviews Strix 1080Ti should have almost equal temps to Strix 1070, so this already indicates that my chip is not lucky. With waterblock I could not set GPU frequency any higher, but boost clock stays around 2050 MHz. Temp under full load is ~40-43*C. But if I try to increase the voltage using voltage tool even +60 becomes unstable. At 1.15V only +30 is stable. It's first time I see higher voltage results in lower OC. BTW at Kombustor (Furry Donut) GPU power consumption is around 450W@1.1V and 500W@1.15V, seems to be way too high.

Does anyone know about volt modding strix 1070? As far as I know strix 1070 and 1080 PCBs are same, but there is no modded BIOS for 1070 so I'm looking for a way to increase voltage by hardware mod. Would like to get 2.2-2.3GHz with custom loop.