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I may be getting another watercooled 780 (because I'm insane), what's the recommended "fitting" to use??? for like between the two cards I mean

 

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the sli bridge in the mobo box

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the sli bridge in the mobo box

ah crap sorry I need to edit my original post, I mean the fitting. I'm tired tonight.

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hardtubing

[spoiler=My Beast Rig Damocles]Case: Coolermaster Storm Stryker Motherboard: Asus x79 deluxe CPU: Intel I7 4960x @3.6GHz (soon to be oc) RAM: Kingston HyperX 64GB @2400MHz GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 (Gigabyte) @4GB PSU: Corsair RM1000 Fully modular CPUCooler: Corsair H100i Watercooling Storage: Seagate 2TB SV35.6 SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5"   x2  Sound: Creative Soundblaster ZxR sound card

This is my old pc which I am reamending to be a media server or a nas. Motherboard: Generic fujitsu CPU: Intel pentium G640 @2.8 GHz RAM: 4GB generic fujitsu memory PSU:  CPUCooler: Stock intel cpu cooler Storage:  Fujitsu MHZ2120BH @120GB, Soon to have a HDD for more storage. 

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What you mean? Like tube size? I just connected mine with a tube in between. I'll need to re-size image but I'll get one posted. 

 

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Hrm... I'm not sure if mine will have that much of a gap... but I'm assuming it'll still be manageable?

 

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Yeah. Before you put the cards in, do the tubing then put your 2 or 3 cards in. the tube i got is so impossible to bend, so It was a pain to get on. 

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Yeah. Before you put the cards in, do the tubing then put your 2 or 3 cards in. the tube i got is so impossible to bend, so It was a pain to get on. 

Sounds good! Thanks much!

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Linus demoed a completely metal solution in one of his dual-card setups. Someone would have to remember the title of the video though...

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I may be getting another watercooled 780 (because I'm insane), what's the recommended "fitting" to use??? for like between the two cards I mean

 

edited - i'm tired

 

You have 2 main choices, use hard tubing like bitspower's crystal link or you can use a bridge like this http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/vga-blocks/multiple-block-connectivity/fc-connection-parts/ek-fc-bridge-dual-parallel.html .

 

I have recently added a second 780 to my loop and decided to go with hard tubing as I think it looks better. However, I dont know why but despite it being sold pre cut to length for the correct amount of pcie slots it was the wrong size and I had to cut it down by quite a bit to get the gpus into the slots and without putting heaps of pressure on the mobo. Wasnt a huge deal but still required a bit messing around and the right tools to get it sorted which not everyone has on hand.

 

There is also the choice of whether you run your gpu water blocks in series or parallel, there is not a big difference in temps end of the day but still something to consider and for aesthetics as well. 

 

So yeah up to I would go with whatever you feel looks best. 

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