gtx 980ti sli

noobftw · 22 Feb 2016 at 18:46

Need a water cooling price up for 1 980ti but with the option to add another further down the line, this needs to be silent as my 980ti sli's which are gigabyte g1's sound like they are about to enter mach 1

i have a Phanteks Enthoo Luxe case also, thanks in advance

BriT · 22 Feb 2016 at 19:03

So just GPU's not CPU?

noobftw · 22 Feb 2016 at 19:17

just gpu's and 1 gpu for now, i do want the ability to add cpu and second gpu in the future

NoobCannon · 23 Feb 2016 at 07:52

Easier to do it all at once than keep breaking it down and refilling to add the cpu block for example.

A cpu block is only £50 ish and a couple of extra fittings

noobftw · 23 Feb 2016 at 12:03

OK so sounds like I should do this all at once, so I think I will do cpu and both 980ti's ...

harryface · 23 Feb 2016 at 14:06

I'd be interested to see how much this comes to. I know nothing about watercooling but would like to give it a shot.

ffrank · 23 Feb 2016 at 14:39

I'm also interested in this as a first time watercooler. I would like to water cool my 4930 and 2 x 980's this year.

Smffy · 23 Feb 2016 at 15:07

To get this straight... You are building a custom loop, and you want 1 980Ti and have it under a full water block to cool it - correct?

If the above is true its simple. You install the single card, ideally route the tubing to come in/out above but not essential then run as you so wish. If you get another card you simply buy the new card/waterblock and also the bridge to connect the two. Drain the system, install the new card, bridging it to the 1st and re-run the exiting tube from the 2nd where it was previously coming out the 1st to complete your loop again.

Fill up. Leak test. Enjoy new POWER!

Hope that makes sense, its pretty easy to add more is my point - install the 1st card in the upper PCI (usually what you do anyway) then you add downwards (so leave space underneath).

noobftw · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:16

i understand that

just wanted a bit of help choosing rads, cpu and gpu blocks and a reservoir as im quite new at this lol

yes a custom waterloop - 1 gigabyte 980ti g1 and cpu is a i7 4790k

Fluke · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:24

This is how I ran my set up.

The cards are MSI 980ti's with a dual EKWB bridge connecting the two EKWB water blocks on the graphics cards.

noobftw · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:26

looks epic but am i right in thinking that would be quite difficult to achieve for a noob haha

Fluke · 23 Feb 2016 at 22:46

If you take your time anything is possible.

noobftw · 24 Feb 2016 at 12:46

Will i need 2 radiators for 2 980ti's and a cpu then ? any recommendations with silence in mind

BattFink · 24 Feb 2016 at 12:57

noobftw said:
Will i need 2 radiators for 2 980ti's and a cpu then ? any recommendations with silence in mind

Personally I'd put as many radiators in the case as you can.

I'm running a 5960x and 3 980ti's, I've currently got:

2 x 480 rads
1 x 240 rad
1 x 120 rad

No real reason to, apart from that I can.. All my fans are spinning at 300ish RPM when the system is idle & is silent