New pc? or make it work?

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Ok, here's the deal. I want to liquid cool because 

     -its quieter then using all these fans

     -looks cool

     -my gpu's and cpu runs about 60 degrees C with a mild load and about 80 degrees C with a load

     

 

But i'm questioning doing it with these cards because I wanted a true full cover block for my graphics cards and no company in the world apparently makes a full cover block for the Geforce 970 ACX ssc+ (04G-P4-3975-KR)

(except for oc cool and that's not even a true full cover block) I wasn't planning on liquid cooling my pc that's why i got the cards I did.  so I guess i'm stuck unless you guys have any suggestions...?

I want to just start over and start a new build but after putting $1,800 into this build I don't want to just throw it away. If i could sell it i would and just start over but who's going to buy a pc like this for $1,800? This was my first build and I learned ALOT from it. I realize now that I was just going for functionally and not for looks when i was buying the parts. in my opinion this is ugly.

 

BUT i guess what i'm asking is do I sit around see if some one will buy my gaming pc? i just don't know what to do... has anyone had any luck on ebay selling?  or am I just crazy wanting more. This setup works I guess just not pretty. 

   

[RichieXtheXboss]

what cpu do you have

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Operating System
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.60GHz    50 °C
    Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
    MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (SOCKET 0)    34 °C
Graphics
    PHL 272G5DY (1920x1080@144Hz)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA)    39 °C
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA)    34 °C
    ForceWare version: 372.54
    SLI Enabled
Storage
    465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SSD)    32 °C
    28GB Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
    ASUS DRW-24B1ST j
Audio
    Realtek High Definition Audio

[RichieXtheXboss]

just get a cpu cooler I have the cryorig h7 and it runs mine at 4.3ghz under load at 81 max degrees Celsius and sense yours runs at 3.6 it will do great 

 

1 hour ago, rrubberr said:

80 under load isn't an issue, and based on that I doubt that your fans ever reach 100%. Make a custom fan curve and it'll be golden. Who cares if it's pretty? Who cares if it'l loud? Those are still some pretty good specs, and I'm sure it runs anything you throw at it just fine.

not everything if sli doesn't work in a game it wouldn't be to good

[Energycore]

It's not going to be more silent than an air cooler, and upgrading the case fans.

[Energycore]

Just now, rrubberr said:

That's the upteenth time today that I've been in a thread with somebody who has tried to bash SLI. Stop.

Why should they stop?

 

Are you annoyed that so many people disagree with you?

[RichieXtheXboss]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

That's the upteenth time today that I've been in a thread with somebody who has tried to bash SLI. Stop.

not a bash against sli it is a bash agasinst game devs that don't include what a game needs to run sli or crossfire correctly

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

Not that they disagree with me, that I've been using modern SLI and CFX for the past 5 years, and I somehow haven't had this mythical experience of the PC Devil coming down to reclaim my body to the depths of hell because I dared link up two GPU's in SLI. It's funny. The only people going after SLI seem to have literally 0 experience with it.

I think there's a lot of concern with less games supporting it as time passes and Nvidia dropping support for 3 and 4 - way.

 

And the fact that most people can't afford a Titan X AND a Tian Z.

 

When we say "you're better off running a single card for now", we're playing it safe for a user who's chosen to deposit their trust on us.

[Energycore]

Just now, rrubberr said:

I don't see how what GPU's I currently have relate to it at all. I've used 660 ti's, I've used 7990's, I've used a single Titan Z. All of them were the same. They provided a satisfactory boost in performance, and not once did I loose a limb or have a seizure. SLI is SLI and CFX is CFX. The system is the same no matter how much you choose to pay, save for dual core boards.

My comment is related to my suspicion that you personally don't have to worry about bang for buck

 

Many people who ask a recommendation are in the predicament of having a small budget yet still wanting a satisfactory boost.

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I bought these cards before the 1070 and 1080 were announced. otherwise i would have went with the 1070 with the ek block already installed. ( had I known what the F i was doing)

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

I'm using a five year old PC with a year old GPU and a two year old GPU for precisely that reason.

I wonder how much you paid for that Titan Z

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....Well this went nowhere fast....

 

[Energycore]

Just now, rrubberr said:

Substantially less than a fifth of the original price.

Stuff is making more sense now.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

Not sure I follow.

I thought your point of view was that of someone who had so much money they had to use SLI because no single card was good enough at the time

 

 

[PRTI]

7 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I thought your point of view was that of someone who had so much money they had to use SLI because no single card was good enough at the time

 

 

Should i SLI 3 GTX 480's over a GTX 1080?

 

Of course,if we combine the numbers the 480's get 1440,a 1080 gets only 1080,so we should always go for 3-Way GTX 480's over a GTX 1080

[Energycore]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

Should i SLI 3 GTX 480's over a GTX 1080?

 

Of course,if we combine the numbers the 480's get 1440,a 1080 gets only 1080,so we should always go for 3-Way GTX 480's over a GTX 1080

Why not SLI 4 470s? Moar numbers!

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Why not SLI 4 470s? Moar numbers!

Your right...but we should probably go workstation mode and get 8 Titan X's! MOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

[Energycore]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

Your right...but we should probably go workstation mode and get 8 Titan X's! MOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

And thus, 8 gamers 1 CPU

[PRTI]

Just now, Energycore said:

And thus, 8 gamers 1 CPU

The CPU is being gangbanged by those GPU's

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

The CPU is being gangbanged by those GPU's

When they said more PCI Lanes I thought they meant something else.....