New PC build

[CardinalHunter]

What GTX 1070/1080 if i'm water cooling my GPU? Or should i even watercool my GPU, cuz i'm gonna overclock it off the chart for 4k gaming

[CardinalHunter]

GTX 1070/1080 should i get*

[Zyndo]

If you're not going for the highest overclock you can possibly get, then getting watercooling becomes largely an aesthetic exercise, and a very expensive one at that. Although if you do it correctly, you can certainly make your system quieter in the process.

When it comes to pascal, if you are manually overclocking, just get whichever one looks the best or is most affordbale, or things along those lines. Unlike previous generations of cards, the Pascal lineup seems to be able to overclock to pretty much the exact same area as any other card regardless of what features the AIB partners throw at it. Some cards may perform slightly cooler, or have better features (like on board GPU fan headers on the Asus 1080 STRIX) but they're all going to perform about the same.

 

If you're going to be watercooling your GPU, get whichever one has supported water blocks on the market.

[Damocles]

Does it matter? Get the better one duh

[thetechygamer15]

Then you have to get a founder's edition because that is the only block out there. However, If air cooling is a possibility, you can go for the EVGA Classified.

[CardinalHunter]

i mean im gonna use a corsir graphite 780t so space is not really a problem for me

[CardinalHunter]

And whats all this about keeping your gpu on low temp(like say 75C) lengthens the lifespan of your GPU, is it a myth?

[BlackUnicornGaming]

13 minutes ago, CardinalHunter said:

What GTX 1070/1080 if i'm water cooling my GPU? Or should i even watercool my GPU, cuz i'm gonna overclock it off the chart for 4k gaming

 

I say go for a card with a custom pcb so you can put on a water block later after they are more mainstream for the 1080s. You wont get much of an overclock on a FE pcb with only one 8 pinhttp://www.shopblt.com/item/asus-strix-gtx1080-8g-gaming-rog-geforce-gtx-1080/asus_strixgtx10808ggaming.html 

[Damocles]

Heat can kill, but the stock air coolers will last you at least 3 years. Unless of course, you have a those defect cards.

[BlackUnicornGaming]

6 minutes ago, CardinalHunter said:

And whats all this about keeping your gpu on low temp(like say 75C) lengthens the lifespan of your GPU, is it a myth?

sounds like a new linustechtips video to be made

[CardinalHunter]

1 minute ago, BlackUnicornGaming said:

sounds like a new linustechtips video to be made

ikr

[CardinalHunter]

2 minutes ago, Damocles said:

Heat can kill, but the stock air coolers will last you at least 3 years. Unless of course, you have a those defect cards.

but i'm gonna be using this card for the next 5 years i would say

[BlackUnicornGaming]

Gotta finish clearing the area in my room to put my green screen and my computer setup l8r guys

[CardinalHunter]

1 minute ago, BlackUnicornGaming said:

Gotta finish clearing the area in my room to put my green screen and my computer setup l8r guys

bye

[BlackUnicornGaming]

Just now, CardinalHunter said:

but i'm gonna be using this card for the next 5 years i would say

I say use an air card until they come out with more options for waster blocks for custom pcbs....

 

[dizmo]

From what I've seen, it's not really worth it. Most cards from board partners haven't been able to overclock as well as the Founders card, and the Founders card can OC to a point and then no higher; it's not thermals that are the issue, either. So water cooling is kind of pointless. I'd just get a Founders card and run that. Save yourself the few hundred extra dollars.

 

15 minutes ago, Damocles said:

Does it matter? Get the better one duh

They don't all have water block support. So. It doesn't work like that.

3 minutes ago, BlackUnicornGaming said:

I say go for a card with a custom pcb so you can put on a water block later after they are more mainstream for the 1080s. You wont get much of an overclock on a FE pcb with only one 8 pinhttp://www.shopblt.com/item/asus-strix-gtx1080-8g-gaming-rog-geforce-gtx-1080/asus_strixgtx10808ggaming.html 

That's no true actually. The Founder card has been shown to pretty frequently beat the board partner cards regardless of the power they're given. Also, banking on a card "maybe getting a water block in the future" if someone really wants to water cool is horrible advice.

[Damocles]

1 minute ago, CardinalHunter said:

but i'm gonna be using this card for the next 5 years i would say

Who in their right unbankrupt mind wouldn't upgrade every 3 years? Just saying I wouldnt worry too much as silicon lottery still applies when getting a GPU. So no amount of research can change that fact you can RNG a godlike card vs a paper weight.

[CardinalHunter]

11 minutes ago, dizmo said:

From what I've seen, it's not really worth it. Most cards from board partners haven't been able to overclock as well as the Founders card, and the Founders card can OC to a point and then no higher; it's not thermals that are the issue, either. So water cooling is kind of pointless. I'd just get a Founders card and run that. Save yourself the few hundred extra dollars.

 

They don't all have water block support. So. It doesn't work like that.

That's no true actually. The Founder card has been shown to pretty frequently beat the board partner cards regardless of the power they're given. Also, banking on a card "maybe getting a water block in the future" if someone really wants to water cool is horrible advice.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/graphics-cards/asus-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080-review-3643665/

right here, it says the asus strix oc's better so should i go with the asus here?

[dizmo]

37 minutes ago, Damocles said:

Who in their right unbankrupt mind wouldn't upgrade every 3 years? Just saying I wouldnt worry too much as silicon lottery still applies when getting a GPU. So no amount of research can change that fact you can RNG a godlike card vs a paper weight.

Those who don't game every single day. I hadn't upgraded in probably 4 or 5 years. I play games maybe a couple times a week until recently when more titles I'm interested in have come out, and even then most aren't super GPU intensive.

28 minutes ago, CardinalHunter said:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/graphics-cards/asus-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080-review-3643665/

right here, it says the asus strix oc's better so should i go with the asus here?

That's an odd website. Doesn't really provide benchmarks or anything that are easy to glance at.

If that's the one you like, then go for it. Keep in mind an OC isn't guaranteed. Each card is different. Also, if you really want to watercool check and see if there's a block available.

[CardinalHunter]

So should i go for EVGA FTW 1080 or ASUS STRIX 1080, cuz ASUS boost clock looks very remotely but better than the EVGA one