780ti cooler on 770

[s0lidace]

I have a 780ti titan style cooler. AFAIK it will fit on a reference pcb titan, 770, 780, 780ti. 

I plan to put it on a gtx 770, so I've been looking at cards such as the MSI N770 and the base model EVGA 770 with the blower style cooler.

 

However from the pics ive seen online, they don't have the socket for the led connector, rather just contact points.

 

Who's got any idea as to how i can power the leds on my cooler? bridging the led connector? soldering the wires directly to those contact points? (which will be permanent which i dont want)

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Soldering is the only way I know of that'll be the most stable way of connecting the LED to the board. It isn't permanent either, it's possible to undo it.

[s0lidace]

well yeah, not permanent. but it would require cutting off the connector and exposing the wires, which would kinda suck. i guess i've answered my own question 

[Syntaxvgm]

yah I'd solder it. However I would think the card lack it due to lacking the green logo of the reference cards. How about just get a reference card, I'd bet it would have it? I would bet the no reference card reference PCBs lack it simply since the cooler doesn't have the led

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3770-KR

[s0lidace]

Well, i already have the cooler, and i'm not looking to spend much, I just want to make use of it.

 

 

Rather, who knows what the socket thing is called so i can look for one? I'd have to hand it over to my uncle to do, my soldering skills suck. 

[Syntaxvgm]

well what im saying is get a reference 770 if you can. look on digikey if you wanna find that part, i would think they would have it

[s0lidace]

thanks for the wesbite tip. A reference 770 wouldnt be an option for me because I'm from New Zealand, they don't stock them here. Importing one requires using a shipping redirection service and more costs, stressful warranty, etc. 

[Syntaxvgm]

thanks for the wesbite tip. A reference 770 wouldnt be an option for me because I'm from New Zealand, they don't stock them here. Importing one requires using a shipping redirection service and more costs, stressful warranty, etc. 

ahhhh that makes sense. well good luck!