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Hi,

 

I'm looking hard for a 1080 Ti to water cool now, at first I thought it needed to be a Reference card for the block to fit, but I just saw Jayz's new video and he has a EK water cooled EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti Black Edition.

Of course I would pay a premium for one of these instead of a Reference card from Nvidia's website (which are available quite often here if I camp on the website).

 

Would it be worth it? How much further can I take a third party graphics card over a reference card?

What would be the main differences?

I plan on overclocking, but won't be doing any power mods to the card.

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16 minutes ago, szwagi said:

Hi,

 

I'm looking hard for a 1080 Ti to water cool now, at first I thought it needed to be a Reference card for the block to fit, but I just saw Jayz's new video and he has a EK water cooled EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti Black Edition.

Of course I would pay a premium for one of these instead of a Reference card from Nvidia's website (which are available quite often here if I camp on the website).

 

Would it be worth it? How much further can I take a third party graphics card over a reference card?

What would be the main differences?

I plan on overclocking, but won't be doing any power mods to the card.

doesnt really matter, but many prefer the asus strix 1080 ti, especially for watercooling, but the FE version is fine too

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If it’s the gpu, it won’t matter game wise. Unless you want better benchmarking numbers. 

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I have found that with pascal it makes no difference whatsoever as all are voltage locked, and blocks for the reference cards are easier to find for watercooling accessories. I currently have a 1080 ftw but that is only because I believe EVGA makes the cost difference customer support-wise.

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The third party cards main advantage over reference is the cooler, so you gain nothing there if you water cool.  Some have slightly better components, but you're probably not going to be seeing much of a gain.  Overclocking is all about keeping things cool and the silicon lottery.  Also keep in mind that not all non-reference cards have waterblocks designed for them!

 

There are also a couple of cards that come with factory waterblocks attached which means you retain the warranty when watercooling (you usually lose it once you take off the air cooler to attach a waterblock). Usually comes in cheaper than buying the card + block.  Only downside is you don't have the air cooler when it comes time to resell; smaller market of buyers for water only cards. MSI Seahawk EK X and Gigabyte Aorus Waterforce WB to name a couple of these.

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If you use an EVGA card you keep your warranty (As long as you put the old cooler back on). Other brands are not as consistent on this.

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This may help. It says it a good card to buy if you want to water cool. Only because the fans suck.

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36 minutes ago, Mk7-Golf-R said:

 

This may help. It says it a good card to buy if you want to water cool. Only because the fans suck.

This is a good custom pcb at a good price due to the weak cooler. MSI intentionally put a 1070 cooler on it to sell it at a lower price point.

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2 hours ago, asand1 said:

This is a good custom pcb at a good price due to the weak cooler. MSI intentionally put a 1070 cooler on it to sell it at a lower price point.

I can see this as a good alternative to the FE card from Nvidia's website, even though it's around £80 pounds more.

Any idea if this would fit a EK 1080 Ti block? It doesn't say anything on the EK website, and it's a custom pcb.

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1 hour ago, szwagi said:

I can see this as a good alternative to the FE card from Nvidia's website, even though it's around £80 pounds more.

Any idea if this would fit a EK 1080 Ti block? It doesn't say anything on the EK website, and it's a custom pcb.

I really don't know. I do know it is exactly the same as the 1080 Gaming X.

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A) Almost every custom gpu will have an accompanying waterblock

B) There will be very little difference unless you buy a binned card (Asus platinum series, msi lightning, galax HOF, Evga Kingpin etc) and those cost an arm and a leg

 

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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