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Advice needed on 2x 1080gtx?

Garfo

Garfo

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Hi all

Need some advice on my setup ?
I have a EVGA 1080gtx and want to add another but trouble is they will have to be sat right next to each other and I am worried with heat and that.will they over heat? Is it safe to do ?

There is some good airflow going though my case ( corsair 780T )

Cheers
 
Garfo said:
Hi all

Need some advice on my setup ?
I have a EVGA 1080gtx and want to add another but trouble is they will have to be sat right next to each other and I am worried with heat and that.will they over heat? Is it safe to do ?

There is some good airflow going though my case ( corsair 780T )

Cheers
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If you don't have extended spacing, and they're neither founders coolers (blower) nor watercooling, then they'll likely downclock a fair bit.

It's not unsafe, but will prevent them clocking high.

Personally I think 1080 SLI is a bad plan. Too expensive, and a single 1080 is already very powerful.

If you want more performance than 1 1080, I'd advise waiting for the 1080 Ti.
 
Yes they are founders cards and I won't overclock them ;-) ;-) also gonna be running at 4k it's more the heat that I am worried about
 
get a kraken g10 kit from here.
I got them for my 1080s (one of the rads is thinner though because I got a cpu rad for the second card)

My temps have gone from 91c on the top card to less than 60c and 85c on the bottom card to just under 60c and this is with both cards over clocked.

Cost me around £150 in total and was worth it
 
Piece of cake, there are plenty of videos on YouTube. Just take your time and make sure you use the correct screwdrivers/torx keys so you don't strip any heads. Check reviews for the Kraken G10, depending on the card and setup in question you can drop 30 degrees off peak temperatures.
 
Mariusz said:
Piece of cake, there are plenty of videos on YouTube. Just take your time and make sure you use the correct screwdrivers/torx keys so you don't strip any heads. Check reviews for the Kraken G10, depending on the card and setup in question you can drop 30 degrees off peak temperatures.
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funny enough I ended up stripping the head of one of my screws getting the cooler off. Took me a couple of hours with pliers and a lot of patience to get it off so I could mount properly
 
vintage-x said:
funny enough I ended up stripping the head of one of my screws getting the cooler off. Took me a couple of hours with pliers and a lot of patience to get it off so I could mount properly
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I stripped the head of a screw whilst changing the hard drive on my PS3, had to use a junior hacksaw to cut a slot in the screw head so I could use a flat screwdriver to get it out :D
 
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