EVGA 980 Hydro Copper - pics

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 17:45

Thought I would share some pics of my recently purchased card.

For those interested, I'm seeing low 20's idle and high 30's load, sometimes creeps into the 40's during longer session. In the loop is a triple EK rad and a quad, the CPU is a 5960X.

And with the case moved from off the floor onto the desk.

RavenXXX2 · 17 Feb 2015 at 17:52

Very nice, would look even nicer with two of them beasts in there.

Geeman1979 · 17 Feb 2015 at 17:53

Tidy looking build.

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 17:53

Forgot to mention that the tubing is bodged in after taking out two 290X's so the routes aren't the best.

Yeah I would love another but I get enough performance out of the single card (without OC), so a bit of a waste of £630 at the moment I think.

Darren777 · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:31

Really nice build ! Where did the desk come from may i ask ?

Josh · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:32

Lovely build!

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:32

Darren777 said:
Really nice build ! Where did the desk come from may i ask ?

Thank you. It's an Ikea desk and it's huge.

whyscotty · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:36

Very nice indeed

Just one problem - the card looks very lonely in there, you really should get another

Tonester0011 · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:39

I agree with the above, it needs more than 1 card.
I tend to watercool two cards, aesthetics is important.

savagesam117 · 17 Feb 2015 at 18:45

That's very nice, the Orange on the motherboard compliments the fluid nicely.
I can't wait to go water cooled, it looks so much better!

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 19:24

Thanks for the comments. I'd love to get a second one, but two things put me off:

1) They're £630 each.
2) At 3440x1440 I can play anything smoothly, without overclocking it.

Tonester0011 · 17 Feb 2015 at 19:25

You can't put a price on looks, that's why i spend so much on makeup. Gotta look good.

bradUK · 17 Feb 2015 at 19:30

Love those hydro cards. Good work!

Ben @ EVGA · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:13

This is a seriously nice looking rig, first time I have seen the new Hydro Copper cards in a system. Thanks for posting the pics.

Ben

RavenXXX2 · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:17

S2KIP said:
Thanks for the comments. I'd love to get a second one, but two things put me off:

1) They're £630 each.
2) At 3440x1440 I can play anything smoothly, without overclocking it.

Is that at medium quality?

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:25

RavenXXX2 said:
Is that at medium quality?

No, max in the games I play. The card boosts to 1500/1900 or so on its own.

Tonester0011 · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:28

You playing games from the turn of the century?

Impressive boost clock though

ChrisD. · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:28

SWTOR.
BF4
Titanfall.

All I've tried so far to be fair.

RavenXXX2 · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:34

Would have been cool if you could change the led colour via software to match your rig, you listening EVGA!

Darren777 · 17 Feb 2015 at 20:40

whyscotty said:
Very nice indeed

Just one problem - the card looks very lonely in there, you really should get another

Absolutey agree