Best 780 Ti model?

[FatEskimo97]

A couple questions, one of which is the obvious, stated in the title: out of all of the models of the 780 Ti, which is the all around best/best for me?

 

I'm going to be buying 2 780 Ti cards for SLI across 3 monitors. I was originally planning on getting the Dual Classified, but then I looked into just how many models of this GPU there were. I will probably OC my GPU (without adding any aftermarket cooling). So I'd like it to be <$800, but you can still suggest things over $800 (just not the (K|NGP|N, I won't be getting it).

 

Also, is it possible to get the "Inno3D iChill GTX 780 Ti Black Accelero Hybrid" in America? This GPU looks amazing, especially with the closed-loop water cooling. I can't find any online though, for I am in the good 'ol USA. Is there any way to import it? And by the looks of it, the iChill seems much better than the EVGA 780 Ti Dual Classified, am I correct in that statement?

 

Thanks

 

 

EDIT: Changed $700 to $800

[Dubesta11]

Really any EVGA card would be great, I like the look of the ACX cooler, specifically this card: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GMTGJIU

 

You could always get a liquid cooler bracket, but it looks like your system is going to be good, so you might want to invest in a custom loop.

[Lays]

In terms of overclockability, the classified should have the best "potential" especially under a custom loop.

 

If your motherboard has good spacing, then anything with an aftermarket cooler will be fine, if it has poor spacing, reference may be a better option.

[FatEskimo97]

Really any EVGA card would be great, I like the look of the ACX cooler, specifically this card: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GMTGJIU

 

You could always get a liquid cooler bracket, but it looks like your system is going to be good, so you might want to invest in a custom loop.

 

In terms of overclockability, the classified should have the best "potential" especially under a custom loop.

 

Custom loops don't exactly "scare" me, but I just have no experience with them, at all. I feel like it has a higher potential of leaking, too. Also, having a custom loop would put me VERY far over my budget, seeing as the 780 Ti Dual Classified Hydro Copper costs about $150 more than the regular Dual Classified, and I don't know how much a reservoir + pump + tubing + fluid costs.

 

Oh, and I changed the price range from the original post. I had it at $700 but I meant to say $800

[Tacitus]

Firstly, I would ask, do you really need two 780 Ti's?

 

What resolution and refresh rate are you running?

 

Secondly, I'd add there is no "best" manufacturer, objectively speaking. Since you'll be running two of them you should check benchmarks for temperatures of the cards on their own, since adding a second one will have a significant impact on temperature of the cards. You should then check manufacturer warranty.

 

I highly doubt you actually need the power of two of those cards, so I'd expect there to be no real-world performance difference between any manufacturer. If you're running really high resolution you should instead consider 290x's in crossfire, as they scale better at higher resolution.

[Lays]

Custom loops don't exactly "scare" me, but I just have no experience with them, at all. I feel like it has a higher potential of leaking, too. Also, having a custom loop would put me VERY far over my budget, seeing as the 780 Ti Dual Classified Hydro Copper costs about $150 more than the regular Dual Classified, and I don't know how much a reservoir + pump + tubing + fluid costs.

 

Oh, and I changed the price range from the original post. I had it at $700 but I meant to say $800

 

 

Custom loops are actually really easy, and it won't damage any of your parts as long as you leak test WITHOUT power going to your components. It's just a bit tedious and time consuming.

 

The second time I had to work on my loop, I spilled like 1/4 of a cup of water on my 780, I just waited for it to dry and fired it back up, perfectly fine.

 

 

What are you planning on doing with your build?  You may be able to save some money and get 2 780's instead without losing any noticeable performance.

[FatEskimo97]

Firstly, I would ask, do you really need two 780 Ti's?

 

What resolution and refresh rate are you running?

 

Secondly, I'd add there is no "best" manufacturer, objectively speaking. Since you'll be running two of them you should check benchmarks for temperatures of the cards on their own, since adding a second one will have a significant impact on temperature of the cards. You should then check manufacturer warranty.

 

I highly doubt you actually need the power of two of those cards, so I'd expect there to be no real-world performance difference between any manufacturer. If you're running really high resolution you should instead consider 290x's in crossfire, as they scale better at higher resolution.

 

I will be running 3 1920x1080p monitors (5760x1080?) at 144hz. Along with hardcore gaming, I will be doing work in 3ds Max and a good amount of VFX and regular video editing. And I was thinking about the 295x2, but I decided to stay with nVidia because Autodesk programs (3ds max and stuff like that) use PhysX for a lot of features.

 

 

Custom loops are actually really easy, and it won't damage any of your parts as long as you leak test WITHOUT power going to your components. It's just a bit tedious and time consuming.

 

The second time I had to work on my loop, I spilled like 1/4 of a cup of water on my 780, I just waited for it to dry and fired it back up, perfectly fine.

 

 

What are you planning on doing with your build?  You may be able to save some money and get 2 780's instead without losing any noticeable performance.

 

 

Yea I'm fine with time consuming things, but money is a factor too haha. For what I'm doing with my build, read above this quote (my reply to the other quote) for what I'm doing

[kingdorian]

Get 2 780's and if you like the 6Gb version and make a nice custom water cooling loop with the money you save

 

 

edit: if you take two of these and equip them with water blocks, your golden imho... With the 400dollars you save you are able to affort a part of the watercooling loop. But I don't know if there are waterblocks for them... I'll take a look for you.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-06gp43787kr

But the 6Gb isn't even necessary when gaming at three screens. I don't know about autodesk software though. If that software also doesn't eat a lot of vram you could even go with the 780 hydro copper and cool and overclock the crap out of them.

https://www.google.nl/search?q=780+hydro+copper&oq=780+hydro+copper&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.5197j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

However I think you save even more money just buying the cheapest 780 (with reference pcb) you can find and slab a water block on there yourself.

That would be:2x 500$ (gpu's) + 2x 130$ (waterblocks) makes: 1300euro's and you only have to buy the rads+pump+tubing and some small watercooling stuff.

[FatEskimo97]

Get 2 780's and if you like the 6Gb version and make a nice custom water cooling loop with the money you save

 

 

edit: if you take two of these and equip them with water blocks, your golden imho... With the 400dollars you save you are able to affort a part of the watercooling loop. But I don't know if there are waterblocks for them... I'll take a look for you.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-06gp43787kr

But the 6Gb isn't even necessary when gaming at three screens. I don't know about autodesk software though. If that software also doesn't eat a lot of vram you could even go with the 780 hydro copper.

https://www.google.nl/search?q=780+hydro+copper&oq=780+hydro+copper&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.5197j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

 

Nah that software is what does eat vram lol. Rendering animations with millions of polygons frame-by-frame with HD textures... it's a bitch

[kingdorian]

Nah that software is what does eat vram lol. Rendering animations with millions of polygons frame-by-frame with HD textures... it's a bitch

Then your best bet will be 780's 6Gb version (and liquid cooling them), you won't notice the difference in gaming between dual 780Ti and 780 (in your case triple 4k is different ofcourse).

[FatEskimo97]

Then your best bet will be 780's 6Gb version (and liquid cooling them), you won't notice the difference in gaming between dual 780Ti and 780 (in your case triple 4k is different ofcourse).

 

I'm not doing triple 4k, I'm doing triple 1080p. And I don't see a water block for the 6gb 780 on EVGA's website. Is it the same as the 780ti block?

[kingdorian]

I'm not doing triple 4k, I'm doing triple 1080p. And I don't see a water block for the 6gb 780 on EVGA's website. Is it the same as the 780ti block?

I mean triple 4k is different then what you're doing, you have essentially 3/4times 4k ;P

A standard 6Gb 780 Superclocked waterblock will fit just fine. EK waterblocks has some nice ones!

[Darkstar101]

Asus.

[ErickS89]

EVGA KingPin 6GB whenever that's released that is...

 

Asus DirectCUII isn't bad either.