Basic water cooling questions. Help a noob please.

KareBox

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I'm looking to pick up a 980Ti on black Friday and then embark on my first water cooling adventure. After a lot of reading I still have some probably basic questions left.

If I buy a 980ti cooling block, can I simply rip the fan off any 980ti and use it? If this is the case surely buying a pricer Ti is a waste? And Could I assume the warranty would be voided instantly?

I'm planning to replace all my intake fans with radiators. If I don't water cool my Mobo/ram are they likely to overheat? (Case is 780t).

Is there any advantage to a separate pump/res to a combo one?

Thanks in advance!
 
You can't use any 980 ti. You must ensure that a block is made that will be compatible. It's all about the PCB under the cooler.

Normally the cheaper reference boards are the ones that have blocks available and are the choice of watercoolers.

However you can buy a pricier one if a block is available for it as sometimes these non reference designs can overclock more due to better power delivery and custom bios.

As long as you neither "tear" the fan off but instead carefully disassemble and reassemble plus don't tell the manufacturer then warranty should be fine. However some companies have explicitly stated that warranty will not be voided like evga and msi.

Mobo and ram probably won't overheat. Ram certainly won't - I don't even think it can.

Advantage of a combo unit is they are more compact and require less fittings and tubing.
 
Disco_P said:
You can't use any 980 ti. You must ensure that a block is made that will be compatible. It's all about the PCB under the cooler.

Normally the cheaper reference boards are the ones that have blocks available and are the choice of watercoolers.

However you can buy a pricier one if a block is available for it as sometimes these non reference designs can overclock more due to better power delivery and custom bios.

As long as you neither "tear" the fan off but instead carefully disassemble and reassemble plus don't tell the manufacturer then warranty should be fine. However some companies have explicitly stated that warranty will not be voided like evga and msi.

Mobo and ram probably won't overheat. Ram certainly won't - I don't even think it can.

Advantage of a combo unit is they are more compact and require less fittings and tubing.
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Ok. Thanks.
 
Hi,

I would try and pick up an EVGA card if you can, using a different cooling solution and even overclocking the board doesn't void the warranty. As already stated, make sure you get a (EK) block that is compatible with the GPU. The superclock ACX versions are often cheaper than the reference cards and reference cooler, but the PCB is still a reference design. EK has an excellent compatibility checker.

A few extra case fans wouldn't hurt, but your rad fans are effectively acting as case fans anyway, but blowing slightly warmer air. Your MB and RAM will be fine.

Combi pump is fine - just not as "fun" imo!! :P

I'd definitely agree, go with flexi tubing. I'm scare of hardline! Plan your loop, you'll probably need some elbows and 45degs. Make sure their compression fittings like you already have!
 
Disco_P said:
However some companies have explicitly stated that warranty will not be voided like evga and msi.
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Always wondered if companies who put out a product specifically designed for w/c or LN2, with dual BIOSes and everything, have ever claimed invalid warranty if you actually did what it was designed for...
 
hadri said:
Hi,

I would try and pick up an EVGA card if you can, using a different cooling solution and even overclocking the board doesn't void the warranty. As already stated, make sure you get a (EK) block that is compatible with the GPU. The superclock ACX versions are often cheaper than the reference cards and reference cooler, but the PCB is still a reference design. EK has an excellent compatibility checker.

A few extra case fans wouldn't hurt, but your rad fans are effectively acting as case fans anyway, but blowing slightly warmer air. Your MB and RAM will be fine.

Combi pump is fine - just not as "fun" imo!! :P

I'd definitely agree, go with flexi tubing. I'm scare of hardline! Plan your loop, you'll probably need some elbows and 45degs. Make sure their compression fittings like you already have!
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In all honestly, the card will probably depend on Black Friday sales. Also I didn't even realise that the tubing I had picked was hard tubing x_x.
 
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