A240G Compatibility

[Teague]

Hi,

I am thinking of picking up the EKWB A240G kit but the gpu compatibility is actually very limited with the included block.  It's pretty much limited to founder's edition cards (for 1080s which is what I'm getting), which are unecessarily expensive right now, especially if you are going to waterblock it anyway.  The pcb's for the founder's cards should be similar to a lot of aftermarket cards right?  Even the EVGA ACX cards that are available now don't match the compatibility list exactly, does anyone know what aftermarket cards (on the cheap) are identical to the founder's in terms of waterblock compatibility or is the EK list actually that accurate?  I would like to save $60-70 especially for something that I'm gonna waterblock anyway.  The ACX card and the compatibility list are linked below.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487244

https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/waterblock/3831109890769

[TSL]

The EVGA SuperClocked ACX 3.0 GTX 1080 has a nVidia reference PCB. Check here:https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/step1_complist?gpu_gpus=1593

Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487244&cm_re=evga_gtx_1080-_-14-487-244-_-Product

[mech]

28 minutes ago, Teague said:

Hi,

I am thinking of picking up the EKWB A240G kit but the gpu compatibility is actually very limited with the included block.  It's pretty much limited to founder's edition cards (for 1080s which is what I'm getting), which are unecessarily expensive right now, especially if you are going to waterblock it anyway.  The pcb's for the founder's cards should be similar to a lot of aftermarket cards right?  Even the EVGA ACX cards that are available now don't match the compatibility list exactly, does anyone know what aftermarket cards (on the cheap) are identical to the founder's in terms of waterblock compatibility or is the EK list actually that accurate?  I would like to save $60-70 especially for something that I'm gonna waterblock anyway.  The ACX card and the compatibility list are linked below.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487244

https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/waterblock/3831109890769

If you get the 1080 founder edition off of nvidias website, it is only $20 more than the one @TSL suggested