1080 Ti

[BoilInBagRis]

So, I'm in the end phase of upgrading my pc, the current setup can be found here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QQgHkT

 

The last part I need to upgrade is my GPU and main monitor. For that I was thinking a 1080 Ti along with a solid high refresh rate curved 1440p monitor. 

Currently, the MSI Gaming X Trio is on sale through massdrop (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-gaming-x-trio/talk) for 729,99 USD and I'm thinking of getting it.

I would however have to instantly void warranty by taking the card apart, changing out the red acrylic covers on the LED's as well as painting the shroud itself in white/silver and the same goes for the backplate.

 

Unfortunately I have not been able to find any nice white/silver 1080's or 1080 Ti's except for the Galax/KFA2 cards but those are near impossible to get a hold of.

Would the Trio be a good investment? Is it reasonable or should I go for a 1080 instead? 

Perhaps worth mentioning is that I am eventually switching out the AIO for a custom loop and would then most likely include the GPU in the loop as well.

 

Any and all advice are more than welcome!

[ImNotThere]

13 minutes ago, BoilInBagRis said:

So, I'm in the end phase of upgrading my pc, the current setup can be found here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QQgHkT

 

The last part I need to upgrade is my GPU and main monitor. For that I was thinking a 1080 Ti along with a solid high refresh rate curved 1440p monitor. 

Currently, the MSI Gaming X Trio is on sale through massdrop (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-gaming-x-trio/talk) for 729,99 USD and I'm thinking of getting it.

I would however have to instantly void warranty by taking the card apart, changing out the red acrylic covers on the LED's as well as painting the shroud itself in white/silver and the same goes for the backplate.

 

Unfortunately I have not been able to find any nice white/silver 1080's or 1080 Ti's except for the Galax/KFA2 cards but those are near impossible to get a hold of.

Would the Trio be a good investment? Is it reasonable or should I go for a 1080 instead? 

Perhaps worth mentioning is that I am eventually switching out the AIO for a custom loop and would then most likely include the GPU in the loop as well.

 

Any and all advice are more than welcome!

all 1080tis perform near identical, the arctic accelero is white, buy the cheapest 1080ti and slap an accelero on it seeing as youre talking about voiding warranties 

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

All 1080tis perform near identical,

Hold on! There is 1 video card should be avoided the GTX 1080 Ti MSi Aero because MSi dumps its worse performing chips on it... aside the ugly, loud and under-performing cooler.

 

Aside that yes get the cheapest with a reference PCB specially if you're planning to get an AiO.

[BoilInBagRis]

8 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

all 1080tis perform near identical, the arctic accelero is white, buy the cheapest 1080ti and slap an accelero on it seeing as youre talking about voiding warranties 

I've been looking at the accelero previously but I can't seem to find it in white in Sweden. Also, it kind of takes away the RGB function of most cards and since I've spent a bit on enhancing the aesthetics by rgb lighting with strips and fans then I figured I might want to utilize the card's light as well.

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Hold on! There is 1 video card should be avoided the GTX 1080 Ti MSi Aero because MSi dumps its worse performing chips on it... aside the ugly, loud and under-performing cooler.

 

Aside that yes get the cheapest with a reference PCB specially if you're planning to get an AiO.

just because its an underperforming card doesnt mean it still performs within 5 or 6 frames of another 1080ti even if it does sound like a jet engine to make that happen  (plus is was saying strap an accelero so it wouldnt matter what 1080ti)

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

the arctic accelero is white, buy the cheapest 1080ti and slap an accelero on it seeing as youre talking about voiding warranties 

That cooler looks the worst imo

[ImNotThere]

Just now, BoilInBagRis said:

I've been looking at the accelero previously but I can't seem to find it in white in Sweden. Also, it kind of takes away the RGB function of most cards and since I've spent a bit on enhancing the aesthetics by rgb lighting with strips and fans then I figured I might want to utilize the card's light as well.

i see, its not for everyone the msi trio is a pre binned card and looks great, make sure you know what youre doing though if youre going to void your warranty

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

That cooler looks the worst imo

each to their own

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, ImNotThere said:

(plus is was saying strap an accelero so it wouldnt matter what 1080ti)

It would matter plenty because as you ignored what I said MSi after its binning process throws the worse chips on the Aero, what is the point to go water cooling to overclock if you're getting a chip that'll have poor overclocking capacity? difference can go as high as 10fps on max settings as well so if that's what the OP is after it is by all means valid point

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

It would matter plenty because as you ignored what I said MSi after its binning process throws the worse chips on the Aero, what is the point to go water cooling to overclock if you're getting a chip that'll have poor overclocking capacity? difference can go as high as 10fps on max settings as well so if that's what the OP is after it is by all means valid point

i was assuming they were just looking for aesthetics, completely ignored binning oops

[BoilInBagRis]

5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Hold on! There is 1 video card should be avoided the GTX 1080 Ti MSi Aero because MSi dumps its worse performing chips on it... aside the ugly, loud and under-performing cooler.

 

Aside that yes get the cheapest with a reference PCB specially if you're planning to get an AiO.

I'm planning on removing the AIO (Deepcool Captain 240) and custom cool. However that might take me a while as I'm going back to uni in a month and won't have near as much money to spend during the foreseeable future. I therefore thought it would be a decent idea to get one of the beefier air cooled cards for now and then switch it out later.

[Jurrunio]

Most EVGA cards are grey.

MSI's Gaming Titanium is light grey

 

If you dont mind black cards then there are more options, though it seems you do.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, BoilInBagRis said:

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EVGA branded Founders Edition? Full 3 years of warranty that covers Water Cooling messing around unlike all the other brands, it is Silver looking, in fact best looking card and performs decently enough cooling wise while has good overclocking chip.

[BoilInBagRis]

5 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

i see, its not for everyone the msi trio is a pre binned card and looks great, make sure you know what youre doing though if youre going to void your warranty

I have been practicing quite a lot on older cards of mine that I don't use anymore. Taking them apart and putting them back together is no big deal. Painting them isn't much harder than holding the release and waving your arm around so i think I'll manage with that too if I'm not too unlucky

[BoilInBagRis]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Most EVGA cards are grey.

MSI's Gaming Titanium is light grey

 

If you dont mind black cards then there are more options, though it seems you do.

The EVGA cards are still too much black parts for my taste. I looked at the Titanium X cards from MSI but I can only find the 1070 Ti and it's still something I would need to repaint due to the heavy black colouring

[BoilInBagRis]

5 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

i was assuming they were just looking for aesthetics, completely ignored binning oops

I still want a card that's decently binned. If I'm going to toss 700 USD+ on a card then going solely for aesthetics would be a bad idea. 
I'm not into paying for like the Kingpin cards and their binning but something decent is my minimum requirement.

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, BoilInBagRis said:

The EVGA cards are still too much black parts for my taste. I looked at the Titanium X cards from MSI but I can only find the 1070 Ti and it's still something I would need to repaint due to the heavy black colouring

How about the EVGA FTW3 then? That shroud seems to be silver or holes.

[Hugsy Malone]

36 minutes ago, BoilInBagRis said:

Perhaps worth mentioning is that I am eventually switching out the AIO for a custom loop and would then most likely include the GPU in the loop as well.

The MSI Armour is a really cheap model of 1080ti, but it has the same upgraded PCB as the gaming X. So if you want the watercool, that would be the best value. Gamers Nexus often recommend this option for custom loops.

 

[BoilInBagRis]

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

How about the EVGA FTW3 then? That shroud seems to be silver or holes.

Only the thin shroud is silverish, the rest of the card is entirely black and the lighting on that card is not really much to stare at

[BoilInBagRis]

1 hour ago, Hugsy Malone said:

The MSI Armour is a really cheap model of 1080ti, but it has the same upgraded PCB as the gaming X. So if you want the watercool, that would be the best value. Gamers Nexus often recommend this option for custom loops.

 

Yeah I looked at that one, but the issue is that I don't know when I'll be able to put up 800 USD+ for cooling which is what it'll cost me due to extremely high taxes in Sweden. If I get any GPU 1070/Ti 1080/ti it'll take me a while to get the money to pay for a full custom loop so I'd like something that'll keep silent and cool until I have the funds to finance my extremely superfluous "needs"

[Hugsy Malone]

21 hours ago, BoilInBagRis said:

the funds to finance my extremely superfluous "needs"

Haha fair!

Well the 1080tis to check out would be (all UK links sorry):
Zotac AMP
Zotac Extreme
EVGA
Asus Strix

Aorus
Asus Poseidon

Palit

Beyond that you're looking at something a bit more obscure like Galax or Colorful

[BoilInBagRis]

8 minutes ago, Hugsy Malone said:

Haha fair!

Well the 1080tis to check out would be (all UK links sorry):
Zotac AMP
Zotac Extreme
EVGA
Asus Strix

Aorus
Asus Poseidon

Palit

Beyond that you're looking at something a bit more obscure like Galax or Colorful

Colorful seems a bit too hard to get a hold of one without being unsure whether or not it's a copy. 

I've been looking at Galax/KFA2 but they're either 1000 USD or none for sale at all.

I guess my only option is to instantaneously void warranty and paint it. I'll post a pick of my system in the thread later today and it'll probably be clear why I don't want the classic black/grey style cards

[Hugsy Malone]

9 minutes ago, BoilInBagRis said:

Colorful seems a bit too hard to get a hold of one without being unsure whether or not it's a copy. 

I've been looking at Galax/KFA2 but they're either 1000 USD or none for sale at all.

I guess my only option is to instantaneously void warranty and paint it. I'll post a pick of my system in the thread later today and it'll probably be clear why I don't want the classic black/grey style cards

Its a difficult choice to be fair. The EVGA one at least has RGB lights  on the side and on the fans. It also has an illuminated backplate, not sure if its RGB tho.

[BoilInBagRis]

22 minutes ago, Hugsy Malone said:

Its a difficult choice to be fair. The EVGA one at least has RGB lights  on the side and on the fans. It also has an illuminated backplate, not sure if its RGB tho.

Yeah, but with the rest of the EVGA card design, much is left to be desired.

I know the Zotac AMP one has RGB bot on the side as well as the backplate. Same goes for the Gaming X Trio and Lightning cards from MSI.

It really sucks that the Galax ones are so damn hard to find and when eventually found, insanely expensive. They have like the perfect look with a steel/silverish coated backplate and the shroud in white. That's exactly the colour scheme I'm going for but I'm sure as hell not willing to toss 1000 USD on a GPU

[BoilInBagRis]

This is how the build looks at the moment. The zip ties are there for structure and when the cables have been formed, I'll take them off.