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so i have been contemplating my options for a while and sli 680s have popped up a few times, rather then get a newer gpu and paying more id get a second 680, but my issue is that the to pci slots for gpus on my motherboard at so close it seems like the first 1 in the top slot would be smothered by the second one (and yes i want to get a second 3 slot asus one because im picky when it comes to looks and they oc like hell and are quiet) would the second one smother the air flow of the top one? 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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For a 3 slot cooler? Quite possibly... You could fit it, and probably run it... but maybe not oc it that much...

Case: Lian Li PC011-D - CPU: 3900x - GPU: 2080ti Reference - Mobo: Gigabyte - Ram: Corsair 4x16gb 3200MHz - SSD: 2TB Samsung Evo NVME

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Personally, I wouldn't get it... They'd be so close, and I wouldn't want to spend the money, to have it be useless...

Case: Lian Li PC011-D - CPU: 3900x - GPU: 2080ti Reference - Mobo: Gigabyte - Ram: Corsair 4x16gb 3200MHz - SSD: 2TB Samsung Evo NVME

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Personally, I wouldn't get it... They'd be so close, and I wouldn't want to spend the money, to have it be useless...

mm sadly thats what im think decisions decisions decisions.... but the 680 is still a beast i guess i could just keep saving up money for a over hall when i need to 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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mm sadly thats what im think decisions decisions decisions.... but the 680 is still a beast i guess i could just keep saving up money for a over hall when i need to 

Your 680 is still running like a champ... I would save for an overhaul...

Next time, maybe go with a 2 slot cooler :P

 

Good luck :D

Case: Lian Li PC011-D - CPU: 3900x - GPU: 2080ti Reference - Mobo: Gigabyte - Ram: Corsair 4x16gb 3200MHz - SSD: 2TB Samsung Evo NVME

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Your 680 is still running like a champ... I would save for an overhaul...

Next time, maybe go with a 2 slot cooler :P

 

Good luck :D

i wanted to coolest gpu i could get at the time and gigabytes ones look ugly :P thanks anyways 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Check out EVGA next time... (A tad of a fanboy) Their cooler isn't the complete best, however, it doesn't get anywhere near blown out of the water, and they're beastly overclockers.

Case: Lian Li PC011-D - CPU: 3900x - GPU: 2080ti Reference - Mobo: Gigabyte - Ram: Corsair 4x16gb 3200MHz - SSD: 2TB Samsung Evo NVME

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Check out EVGA next time... (A tad of a fanboy) Their cooler isn't the complete best, however, it doesn't get anywhere near blown out of the water, and they're beastly overclockers.

the acx coolers only came around with this gen sadly 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Didn't know that... But interesting (I have an EVGA 780 Classified (ACX cooler of course).

Personally I really liked it for what it has now,

and that even though the PCB is custom, EVGA has a custom waterblock for when I eventually put it underwater.

Case: Lian Li PC011-D - CPU: 3900x - GPU: 2080ti Reference - Mobo: Gigabyte - Ram: Corsair 4x16gb 3200MHz - SSD: 2TB Samsung Evo NVME

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Or watercool the top card with NZXT G10.

 

Too bad I have no spare cash to watercool my 680s

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Check out EVGA next time... (A tad of a fanboy) Their cooler isn't the complete best, however, it doesn't get anywhere near blown out of the water, and they're beastly overclockers.

oh yea look how fat they are :P scroll down a bit to see my post 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/page-205

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Or watercool the top card with NZXT G10.

 

Too bad my 680s are reference.

putting a g10 in their seems a bit odd because id i have to set one of them as fan off and then also deal with better temps on one card then the other 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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