NZXT S340 Elite Watercooled Dual Vertical Graphics?

[Rs31412]

So, I'm about to go and build a new PC. I've really wanted to do a hard-lined water cooling build. I'm posting here to see if I could get any possible advice since I haven't seen this done exactly this way before. 

 

Here are the parts I plan to buy in the next few weeks:

 

Processor: i7-7700k

Graphics: 2x MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Sea Hawk EK X 8GB GDDR5 Video Card with EKWB waterblock (or 1080 still need to decide if it's worth the price bump)

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z270E

RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200Mhz

Power Supply: Corsair RMX Series 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Case: NZXT S340 Elite

 

I'm also trying to figure out what watercooling products I should get, I'll probably go with EKWB since my GPUS would come with EKWB waterblocks and I'd like a radiator that could support 3 fans.

 

I saw that the case was going to be pretty tight, but I prefer having limitations as opposed to a limitless design like ThermalTake P5 or something like that.

 

I've seen youtube videos of vertically mounting 1 graphics card in NZXT S340 Elite: 

 

As well as vertically mounting in other cases:

 

I have also seen plenty of youtube videos of people Watercooling their CPUS (and sometimes both CPU and GPU):

 

But I have yet to see both Vertically mounted graphics and watercooling custom loops at the same time.

 

 

It seems like I will have to mod the case in some way, but for those who have the NZXT S340 Elite, can you attest to how much space there is in the back to mount vertical graphics cards?

 

I've also seen the CoolerMaster Vertical Graphics Card Holder kits and like the thought of having something more holding up my graphics cards, but alas, they seem to only have space to hold 1 card.

 

I wouldn't mind vertically mounting my graphics cards 1 behind the other, but I'd like to see the cool waterblock that comes on the graphics card.

 

What are everyone else's thoughts?

 

Thanks for the help!

[TheNaitsyrk]

7 minutes ago, Rs31412 said:

So, I'm about to go and build a new PC. I've really wanted to do a hard-lined water cooling build. I'm posting here to see if I could get any possible advice since I haven't seen this done exactly this way before. 

 

Here are the parts I plan to buy in the next few weeks:

 

Processor: i7-7700k

Graphics: 2x MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Sea Hawk EK X 8GB GDDR5 Video Card with EKWB waterblock (or 1080 still need to decide if it's worth the price bump)

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z270E

RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200Mhz

Power Supply: Corsair RMX Series 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Case: NZXT S340 Elite

 

I'm also trying to figure out what watercooling products I should get, I'll probably go with EKWB since my GPUS would come with EKWB waterblocks and I'd like a radiator that could support 3 fans.

 

I saw that the case was going to be pretty tight, but I prefer having limitations as opposed to a limitless design like ThermalTake P5 or something like that.

 

I've seen youtube videos of vertically mounting 1 graphics card in NZXT S340 Elite: 

 

As well as vertically mounting in other cases:

 

I have also seen plenty of youtube videos of people Watercooling their CPUS (and sometimes both CPU and GPU):

 

But I have yet to see both Vertically mounted graphics and watercooling custom loops at the same time.

 

 

It seems like I will have to mod the case in some way, but for those who have the NZXT S340 Elite, can you attest to how much space there is in the back to mount vertical graphics cards?

 

I've also seen the CoolerMaster Vertical Graphics Card Holder kits and like the thought of having something more holding up my graphics cards, but alas, they seem to only have space to hold 1 card.

 

I wouldn't mind vertically mounting my graphics cards 1 behind the other, but I'd like to see the cool waterblock that comes on the graphics card.

 

What are everyone else's thoughts?

 

Thanks for the help!

Why are you buying the EK waterblocks for 1070s? For look or functionality? 'Cause even air cooler can keep them ultra cool. Get single 1080 TI instead.

[SquintyG33Rs]

it's a better idea to buy a gtx 1080 or 1080Ti rather than 2 1070s. multi GPU is practically dead at this point. i know i'm not answering your question but you really should consider this (i don't own the s340 so i can't tell you). games rarely support it and you'll sometimes even get negative performance from it making the extra money spent complete waste.

I know it looks way more dope, but it's not worth it.

[Rs31412]

7 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Why are you buying the EK waterblocks for 1070s?

I'm not buying the EK waterblocks for the 1070s they come preattached to the Sea Hawk EK X's

[TheNaitsyrk]

Just now, Rs31412 said:

I'm not buying the EK waterblocks for the 1070s they come preattached to the Sea Hawk EK X's

Okay, let me rephrase. Why do you want to buy SLI when you can get single 1080 TI and why do you want to water cool them using custom water cooling setup, when it's literally just a waste of money (in my opinion, since it gives no benefits except for looks). 

 

Get a hybrid it's just easier to maintain and if you need to take something apart in the PC there will be no issues and no spills most likely.

 

 

[Rs31412]

8 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

it's a better idea to buy a gtx 1080 or 1080Ti rather than 2 1070s. multi GPU is practically dead at this point. i know i'm not answering your question but you really should consider this (i don't own the s340 so i can't tell you). games rarely support it and you'll sometimes even get negative performance from it making the extra money spent complete waste.

I know it looks way more dope, but it's not worth it.

The main point of this build would be for gaming, but I also plan on creating games in engines such as Cryengine and Unreal Engine, so having the extra graphics power to run simulations (that are very un-optimized) and be able to work in programs like Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, etc.

 

I'm sure I would be able to do this off of one card, but it's one of those "it would be nice if I have the extra money to ensure that I won't have any graphical limitations"

[TheNaitsyrk]

8 minutes ago, Rs31412 said:

The main point of this build would be for gaming, but I also plan on creating games in engines such as Cryengine and Unreal Engine, so having the extra graphics power to run simulations (that are very un-optimized) and be able to work in programs like Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, etc.

 

I'm sure I would be able to do this off of one card, but it's one of those "it would be nice if I have the extra money to ensure that I won't have any graphical limitations"

3DS MAX relies more on RAM than anything else (obviously CPU is also there but you don't have an issue with a CPU since you never asked about it). Friend was 3D modelling on his laptop with 6th Gen i5 and 8GB of RAM. 

Same goes for Unity and Unreal Engine 4. My Univeristy PC's got GTX 980 and i7 4790K + 16GB RAM and there's 0 lag. When I was making a characters and animations for it, it was ultra smooth on that system. UV unwrapping was a piece of cake also, but annoying as it always is.

 

I had 1070 system and I built a huge level with realistic water and realistic animated grass as well as boulders, plains and mountains and GTX 1070 was still rendering about 50 FPS / s when I exported the game, but level was MASSIVE.

 

You will not have any graphical limitations unless you use GT210 (Which I was using 'cause I was waiting to buy 1080 TI).

 

EDIT: We had a limit of 15k verts and 10k polys, but it still worked fine.

[Rs31412]

1 minute ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

3DS MAX relies more on RAM than anything else. Friend was 3D modelling on his laptop with 6th Gen i5 and 8GB of RAM. 

Same goes for Unity and Unreal Engine 4. My Univeristy PC's got GTX 980 and i7 4790K + 16GB RAM and there's 0 lag. When I was making a characters and animations for it, it was ultra smooth on that system. UV unwrapping was a piece of cake also, but annoying as it always is.

 

You will not have any graphical limitations unless you use GT210 (Which I was using 'cause I was waiting to buy 1080 TI).

Thanks for the info! I honestly didn't recall it being that RAM intensive. 

 

6 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

why do you want to water cool them using custom water cooling setup

I honestly am trying to go for quiet and decorative PC build that will completely crush my current build. (FX 8150, AMD RX480, 8GB RAM DDR3, having random HDMI no signal problems during gaming/random shutdowns, etc. almost certain it's the CPU overheating (70C on restart after a hard shutdown))

[Rs31412]

We have gotten a little off-topic here. I'm thankful for those who have posted already and their advice, but I'm still searching for tips on making a successful watercooled and vertical GPU setup in the NZXT S340 Elite.

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, Rs31412 said:

Thanks for the info! I honestly didn't recall it being that RAM intensive. 

 

I honestly am trying to go for quiet and decorative PC build that will completely crush my current build. (FX 8150, AMD RX480, 8GB RAM DDR3, having random HDMI no signal problems during gaming/random shutdowns, etc. almost certain it's the CPU overheating (70C on restart after a hard shutdown))

When you're rendering the shape in 3DS MAX it will use CPU and RAM. It will use most likely 16GB + of RAM depending on what you're doing.

 

Answering your second thing, yes I see that your current build is not exceedingly amazing. However, you still need fans on radiators to get the heat out. I recommend to just buy 1080 TI Strix (Which is the coldest and quietest GTX 1080 TI on air), or get SC2 Hybrid like me. You can put your own fan on it and forget about it. It would still be a better choice than the water cooling setup which will cost a fair bit of money and instead you could've bought e.g. SSD or NVME drives etc. Put money where it counts and not where it doesn't. I hope it works out for you.

[SquintyG33Rs]

55 minutes ago, Rs31412 said:

The main point of this build would be for gaming, but I also plan on creating games in engines such as Cryengine and Unreal Engine, so having the extra graphics power to run simulations (that are very un-optimized) and be able to work in programs like Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, etc.

 

I'm sure I would be able to do this off of one card, but it's one of those "it would be nice if I have the extra money to ensure that I won't have any graphical limitations"

you over estimate what those use. and your end goal in game dev is to make it playable for normal hardware and ppl. and they don't have 2 gtx 1070s. and sure rendering doesn't rely on sli so it will work fine and be better but a single more powerfull GPU will also do better and your engine problems won't be fixed by 2 gpus for the same reasons game don't work with it

[Rs31412]

Again, I feel like we're getting off topic.

 

I understand that everyone is concerned about the budget and rate of return, but I just would like an answer on whether this is possible or not. Like I said before, I have yet to see a computer made with a custom loop w/ CPU and GPU with dual vertical graphics cards (really in any case, but specifically) in the NZXT S340 Elite.

 

Thank you.