Which 1080 to buy?

[Nosirrath]

Okay, so I'll keep it simple. I have £750. I want a GTX 1080. I can't tell the difference between them.

 

So you guys have helped me so much in the past I thought I'd ask once again.

I know it's probably best to get a cheaper card like a 1060/1070 and put my money towards an upgrade or something but tbh I want the bragging rights of saying "I have a 1080", sorry if that makes me a bad person or whatever.

I have a 6700k @ 4.8ghz, an asus z170 s mobo and a 750W power supply.

Cooling-wise it'd have to be air cooled but I'm looking to upgrade to water in a year or so.

As far as usage it's gonna see a lot, I'm an avid gamer and I'm going for a somewhat overkill thing anyway, I'm sick of being held back because I only got the bare minimum for what I need to save a few quid.

I'm going to bed soon so sorry if I can't answer your questions immediately but I tried to include everything I could think of and I'll be back about 12 hours after I post this.

 

Thanks again, Nos

[Himommies]

Pick which you think looks best almost everything else is the same nowadays

[Cyracus]

EVGA cards are good, and I've heard only glowing reviews about their customer service, and places like ek make water blocks for many of their cards

[Nosirrath]

Anything I should specifically watch out for when shopping?

[Vigilante505]

I just bought the Asus 1080 Advanced and flashed it over to the Overclocked variant. Runs great. If you're ok with mediocre RGB....

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

EVGA cards are good, and I've heard only glowing reviews about their customer service, and places like ek make water blocks for many of their cards

So go with that.Though if you are watercooling go with a FE cause I think waterblocks for those are cheaper or at least one that uses a refrence PCB which the EVGA ones do use

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Nosirrath said:

Anything I should specifically watch out for when shopping?

ANything on PCpartpicker should be fine also I know your psu is 750watt but what model is that

[Nosirrath]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

ANything on PCpartpicker should be fine also I know your psu is 750watt but what model is that

Corsair CS750M

[Guest]

Just now, Nosirrath said:

Corsair CS750M

@Energycore should he get a better unit?

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

@Energycore should he get a better unit?

No he's fine

[Energycore]

11 minutes ago, Nosirrath said:

Okay, so I'll keep it simple. I have £750. I want a GTX 1080. I can't tell the difference between them.

 

So you guys have helped me so much in the past I thought I'd ask once again.

I know it's probably best to get a cheaper card like a 1060/1070 and put my money towards an upgrade or something but tbh I want the bragging rights of saying "I have a 1080", sorry if that makes me a bad person or whatever.

I have a 6700k @ 4.8ghz, an asus z170 s mobo and a 750W power supply.

Cooling-wise it'd have to be air cooled but I'm looking to upgrade to water in a year or so.

As far as usage it's gonna see a lot, I'm an avid gamer and I'm going for a somewhat overkill thing anyway, I'm sick of being held back because I only got the bare minimum for what I need to save a few quid.

I'm going to bed soon so sorry if I can't answer your questions immediately but I tried to include everything I could think of and I'll be back about 12 hours after I post this.

 

Thanks again, Nos

I would get the Palit Gamerock, has a pretty big beefy cooler and is only £580. Apart from noise there's nothing to gain from a more expensive 1080.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

I would get the Palit Gamerock, has a pretty big beefy cooler and is only £580. Apart from noise there's nothing to gain from a more expensive 1080.

Yeah I would get it too. It's the cheapest GTX 1080 too but might look ugly

 

and blue

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I would get the Palit Gamerock, has a pretty big beefy cooler and is only £580. Apart from noise there's nothing to gain from a more expensive 1080.

Watercooling support?It's using a custom PCB  and I think finding waterblocks for that might be heard

[Nosirrath]

Just from a quick scan on Amazon, I like the look of this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HRYFQAA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1AJC4A59LA5N6

purely because it's white and so's the rest of the build

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

Watercooling support?It's using a custom PCB  and I think finding waterblocks for that might be heard

I stand corrected

https://www.ekwb.com/news/new-ek-water-blocks-for-multiple-palit-and-gainward-graphics-cards/

[patric_o]

They are all about the same. Unless you plan on liquid cooling it. In that case I'd recommend a reference version. If not then try to keep to the "popular" companies such as EVGA, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc.

[Energycore]

15 minutes ago, Nosirrath said:

I want the bragging rights of saying "I have a 1080", sorry if that makes me a bad person or whatever.

You should wait for a 1080 Ti then, because as soon as that launches the 1080 is no longer the bragging right card.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

I stand corrected

https://www.ekwb.com/news/new-ek-water-blocks-for-multiple-palit-and-gainward-graphics-cards/

If only more people did the research at the same time as they ask a question lol Cheers

[Nosirrath]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

You should wait for a 1080 Ti then, because as soon as that launches the 1080 is no longer the bragging right card.

 

Any idea when that's coming? Still trucking along with a 950 at the moment. So I'd rather upgrade sooner than the bragging rights later

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Nosirrath said:

Any idea when that's coming? Still trucking along with a 950 at the moment. So I'd rather upgrade sooner than the bragging rights later

Well, it seems they'll announce it at CES this month, should be available between then and mid February.

[Energycore]

24 minutes ago, Nosirrath said:

I'm going to bed soon

Isn't it like 4 in the UK?

[Nosirrath]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Well, it seems they'll announce it at CES this month, should be available between then and mid February.

Okay, I'll hold off til then, might get me off the impulse-buy mood finally.

 

PS. I knew I recognised you from somewhere. You helped me when I was first making my build last April/June. Thanks for the continued support man! I have the case and SSD you recommended right next to me.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Nosirrath said:

Okay, I'll hold off til then, might get me off the impulse-buy mood finally.

 

PS. I knew I recognised you from somewhere. You helped me when I was first making my build last April/June. Thanks for the continued support man! I have the case and SSD you recommended right next to me.

Awesome! What parts list did you get?

[Nosirrath]

Just now, Energycore said:

Isn't it like 4 in the UK?

4:06 yessirree I told you I was an avid gamer. What would I be without a messed up sleep cycle?

[Energycore]

Just now, Nosirrath said:

4:06 yessirree I told you I was an avid gamer. What would I be without a messed up sleep cycle?

Fuck yeah! I love staying up all night at least once per vacation season.