EVGA GTX 980Ti Catches fire and burned to its death

[ArnieRambo]

So as the title says.....my GPU just randomly caught on fire last night

Its still in warranty so getting that sorted to send it away.....thing is i don't really want to wait....was wondering what a decent upgrade would be?

Specs

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT 1440p 144hz
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K
Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) 1866MHz
System Drive: Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD
Storage Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i

 

[Minibiker]

Ouch not nice mate, Do you have a budget in mind? Obviously im guessing you want something thats on par with the 980 or something a tad better

 

[pgi947]

Recently got a 1070 in replacement for a dead 980ti, nice little bump in performance. Using the same monitor and cpu as yourself.

Gibbo has a pretty tasty deal on 1070ti's just now for £400...

 

[Kirby Wurm]

Oof! Thank goodness for that warranty, my 980Ti has a year left, hope it doesn't follow suit!

A 1070Ti would give a decent little bump in performance (a better deal than the 1070 at OCUK right now due to the small price difference).

 

[ArnieRambo]

Yeah I'm glad I had the 5yr warranty on it

I really want a EVGA 1080ti but I dunno if it's worth its price tag

 

[KillBoY_UK]

you can't do a GPU on fire friend with no photos

 

[Davedree]

No way would I be paying the inflated price of 2 year old tech, to then settle with a sidegrade.
If you are prepared to spend then get yourself a 1080ti, or just wait.

 

[ArnieRambo]

This is the only image I have unfortunately.....couldn't be bothered to strip it down
it goes from there all the way to the center of the board

 

[DONOHUE07]

The only upgrade I would do from a 980ti is a 1080ti, everything else just wouldn’t be worth it IMO

 

[KillBoY_UK]

This is the only image I have unfortunately.....couldn't be bothered to strip it down
it goes from there all the way to the center of the board

That's quite bad, right though and around the PCB

 

[MooMoo444]

When you claim on warranty tell them it fried your PC too

Was it heavily clocked?

 

[ArnieRambo]

was actually at stock clock

it was random as hell....i was watching some youtube videos...it restarted, fans went into hyper drive and then hellfire and brimstone started to go down in my case.

 

[Elfmeister.]

That's unfortunate!.

Would it happen to be this exact card? "EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+", also did the fire put itself out and how long have you had the card?, my 980Ti is near on 3 year old.

 

[ArnieRambo]

Its that exact card mate and ive had it since release....glad it had 5yr warranty like

 

[mof]

If you don't want to wait for a replacement I think you could use EVGA's advanced RMA process to get a replacement quickly and then you don't have to rush to upgrade just yet.

I'm also interested in more details about the fire. Did the system shut itself down straight away?

 

[HRL]

When you claim on warranty tell them it fried your PC too

Was it heavily clocked?

Not really worth committing fraud for.

Would probably have to provide evidence anyway.

 

[clone]

Get on the EVGA forum mate they will be quick to help you out.

 

[TheGentry]

all new meaning to "this gpu is fire"

 

[MissChief]

Before anyone starts recommending what new card to buy let's wait and see what he gets offered. I'd expect a 1070. And if everything else is OK (tested it on another card yet?) I don't really see much of an upgrade is required.

 

[LambChop]

Is that a Fermi card ?