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Graphics upgrade

Snodge

Snodge

Snodge

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Evening guys, I'm stupidly thinking about upgrading my Windforce GHz 780Ti to one of the latest 980Ti's however I was wondering if you guys could clear some questions I have.

The reason why I was thinking about upgrading is because the windforce cooler is heating up my CPU due to the way the cooler works it just dumps it out in the case which would be great if I had loads of fans but I have a 360 Rad at the top and the 240 Rad at the front of the case so as you can imagine the CPU temperatures raise about 5-10 than normal load temperatures because of the GPU dumping all of the heat in the case. Which isn't a problem currently as the 5960X is only running at 3.5Ghz however when I come to overclock it I'd rather the CPU temperatures stayed as low as possible.

So my question is to get an AIO 980Ti or something like a windforce which raises another question even though a AIO 980Ti might be cooler than say a reference card they still produce the same amount of heat correct as in outside of the case?

If someone could put me in the right trial of thought that would be great and I also welcome opinions whether 780ti to 980Ti is worth it?
 
I bought the system from somebody without a GPU so I have no idea how to add a GPU into a loop and would want somebody that knew what they were doing near me just incase :P
 
The G1 does seem amazing 30% overclock and still the temperatures don't exceed 60 degrees which is crazy I just have to figure out whether I can get through this upgrade itch as I dont need a new GPU just wanted to get rid of my noisy 780ti for a silent card :)

Would you recommend the G1 from two 980s I wonder how much a performance increase it would be for me
 
If only there was a regular water cooler near where I live so I could ask for their advise about possibly putting a block on my 780ti for near silent gaming I think that's probably my best bet as I don't want to spend £600 on a 50% increase really :(

What'd you think
 
Thanks for all of your inputs, I really do want to put a block on my 780ti but I think my card has a non reference PCB so finding a block might be quite hard? Also I would have absolutely no idea how to drain the system and how to start it again being completely honest I need to find a kind enough fella to help me who lives near ;)

Yeah I'm gaming between 1440p and 1080p due to some fast pace games needing my 1080p 240hz monitor and the 1440p for other titles that aren't fast paced.

If I knew what I was doing I'd get two blocks, drain the system and put two 780ti's in however I'm completely clueless to how to do this.
 
I'm on the south east coast near Frinton.

If there was someone willing to help me that would be so great, they'd obviously be an incentive also ;)
 
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