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EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X Hydro Copper & EK Water blocks for TITAN X
shrekislove123 replied to ahhming's topic in Tech News
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EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X Hydro Copper & EK Water blocks for TITAN X
shrekislove123 replied to ahhming's topic in Tech News
They have to, all waterblocks need backplates in order to hold the waterblock to the card. If you see the 980 hydrocopper or even the separate EK block for 980s they have backplates too -
Thanks for the insight, will look into this carefully for the next few days before deciding on anything
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Thats the problem. I agree with everything you said except for the fact that I really wouldn't buy used hardware, I'd rather pay slightly more for the guarantee of an "out-of-the-box" product that still has its warranty intact. IMO, I am certain that the new Nvidia 1000 series/whatever they are named will be much better compared to my 780 ti; however, the price that I will have to pay for a single new card when that comes out will certainly be more than the price I will pay for a 780 TI now, and if compared, the performance boost I would get relative to my current setup now means it would be better to get a 780 ti. I know its unfair to use my current performance as a benchmark but its really the only way I can assess the benefits when buying new models. For example. getting a 780 Ti would boost my performance by 60-70 %, whereas paying more for a new generation of cards would gain me something like a 40% performance boost (am I wrong on this? Since the 980 isn't really that much more powerful than the 780 ti). Directx12 is supposed to be released late 2015, and it claims to have backwards compatibility for previous cards including Kepler, but since everything is still in an infant stage I personally take news with a pinch of salt, especially when it comes to release dates (*cough*cough* Rockstar :wacko: )
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@Faceman Do you think it will be worth it to get another 780 TI for 2 way SLI if I'm gonna continue gaming on mmy 1080p 24 inch 144hz monitor? I don't think I will get a new 1440p/4k res monitor as I'm going to wait for the prices of them to drop, but I do want to futureproof my system so that I won't have to upgrade for some time and 780 Ti's are quickly becoming scarce as Nvidia has halted production of the 7xx series since last year.
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@Faceman Will do, cheers!
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Apologies if I didn't phrase the question correctly What I meant is do you think it is necessary for the 2nd card? Does the second card in an SLI setup have the same usage as the first card? If so, then I will definitely install another G10 and H55 as my first card was running 70+ when overclocked and gaming. However, the second problem I will have is that the only spot left in my case to fit the second AIO radiator for the second GPU is in the front top intake. This will mean that I will be intaking in the warm air from cooling the second GPU; I mean, I'll still have a side intake fan and a bottom front intake but I fear this may actually be detrimental to both my GPU's being cooled with the G10 as the rest of my components will get warmer air. Would love to hear your thoughts on this . Sorry if its a little complicated
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@Faceman Just a question, if I want to go 2 way SLI in the future, is another CLC AIO necessary for that 2nd card? I heard that only top cards should be worried about in SLI setups due to them receiving less heat. I doubt I'll be swapping my card anytime soon, considering that the newly released 980 is basically on par with my 780 ti when it comes to performance.
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@Faceman Thanks so much for that. My mind is finally at peace
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@Faceman Thanks! Couldn't have done it without your help, would've been helpless trying to install it myself. Heck, I had a friend helping me and it still took us over an hour because the thermal paste kept smudging due to the Asetek pump not lining up properly. Yeah, I meant slim fans; according to the owner's club thread for the Phantom 410, if I want to add fans on top of the H100 for push-pull they have to be >16mm thick. The only suitable ones I've found are the Gelid Slim 120mmm fans which are 15.8mm http://www.gelidsolutions.com/products/index.php?lid=1&cid=2&id=83&tab=2 Would you know why slim fans aren't as useful compared to thick fans? I mean, since they are only the pull fans, they don't have to be static pressure optimised right? Because they are not pushing air through a radiator or anything and airflow will not be hindered. However, the issue I will have if I add another 2 fans for push-pull on the 240mm CPU AIO is that my the built in fan controller on my case will not be able to handle all of them, therefore I would have to purchase a 5.25 inch controller on top of another 2 fans. I am not sure if this is worth the investment for a minor/negligible performance improvement. Could you please put my annoying perfectionist mind to rest and convince me out of it with your personal experience and logic ?
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@Faceman Here it is at last http://imgur.com/a/cxnNE Sorry I couldn't upload the photos here because they were too large and the forum doesn't allow me to insert pictures from Imgur The Kraken G10 was a complete pain to install, even with my friend helping me we had to redo the thermal paste because we could never get the Asetek pump installed properly and it kept smudging it, thank god I'll never have to do that again. I'mm amazed at mmy temperatures, barely hitting 50 degrees Celsius in Unigine Valley. I hooked the both the push-pull fans on the H55 AIO for the G10 and the 2 top push exhaust fans on the H100 for my CPU to my Phantom 410 fan controller, so I can easily flick the switch if I want better performance. The only drawback is that my case is slightly louder now than it was before but that doesn't really bother me anyway. Also I have a question regarding the radiators; how come you said that push-pull configs on the 120mm AIO for the Kraken G10 would make a significant difference, whereas on the 240mm H100 for the CPU it wouldn't do anything except be louder? I don't know much about the science behind radiators so I'd like to find out
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@Faceman Apologies for that, turns out the pump power for the H55 AIO on the Kraken G10 was set to 0 rpm by my motherboard by default, therefore the pump wasn't even running. I've sorted it out now, will upload completed pics later today!
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@Faceman I've got a problem; I installed the g10 yesterday without the copper shim and ran some benchmarks to make sure it was seated correctly: my GPU didn't go above 50 celsius under overclocked load in Unigine Valley. So this morning I start up Counter strike and I keep getting black screens. I thought it was a problem with steam, so I updated that and updated all Geforce drivers, still it kept crashing Then I checked my GPU idle temperatures in desktop and they were 60 degrees. This would normally be caused by improper seating of the copper block to the GPU; but I don't understand Why was it fine yesterday night when running benchmarks for 40+ minutes? And suddenly now it develops a problem? What should I do? Should I re install the Kraken G10? I didn't use the copper shim because when I tried installing the pump with it, it seemed like it was too hard to get the pump installed with the shim on top, therefore I thought that it wasn't necessary
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Wow those are great temps. Can't wait to see what I get! I really wish the Phantom 410 came with more radiator support; your case provides insane compatibilities for large radiators as a mere Mid Tower :blink:
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@Faceman Noted, thanks! I was just getting a little paranoid about the fan, thinking that it might not be of sufficient CFM to adequately cool the other parts of the card. Just so I can get an idea of what temps I'm expecting (since I'm using a similar setup as you, except with a H55 for the G10), what is your GPU under full load at gaming or benchmarking? How does it handle at overclock? Also, what case do you have? I really like the side panel; pity the one on the Phantom 410 is a small one, would love to have a full window like on the 750D
