need a little pointer finding some waterblocks

[TrojanWhore]

Hi guys,

hoping someone here can help me, I recently opted into the SLI world on the back of some of OCUK's frankly mind boggling 670 prices!

now I know my old card (gigabyte windforce x3 670) is a reference 680 layout, however, it has the power connectors side by side, not stacked as per a stock 680, so I was wondering if anyone knew accurately which water-blocks will/will not fit on this card without causing issue with the power connectors

the second card IS a 680 pcb, complete with the stacked connectors, however, I am unsure if the specific model is a reference 680 pcb, or a slight variant, it was the KFA2 model on sale at £167.99 on the 16th of august, which Gibbo said was an asian variant never intended for UK shores! Looks reference to me, but I don't really want to drop almost £200 on blocks and tubing for it not to fit! (I'm one of those obsessive people, and tbh, a big part of the reason I want to add my cards to my loop is that it irks me that my cards look so different, but I think I can live with the slight power connector mis-match, so long as the water-blocks are the same design! another part of the reason is that I just acquired a couple of Laing DDCs )

link to pics of 2nd card: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24792982&postcount=49


also, (to save me opening a new thread!) the res's on the pumps I just acquired have some gunk in one, and what looks like some flakes of copper corrosion in the other, I have been to town and bought some ''bottle brushes'', but am unsure what solution to use to clean it with.

was thinking possibly hot water with a bit of cilit bang...or maybe a dash of mayhems concentrate/de-icer, but would be interested to hear your thoughts!

(will add pics of reservoir filth later if anyone's interested!)

 

[stuie]

As per here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=21886607

I believe the 680s should fit the wf3 the kfa2 Ive no idea about im afraid however if gibbo has stated you should have got it id be thinking about getting it swapped out going by the pics alone though it looks like a reference 680 board

 

[TrojanWhore]

thanks stuie, I searched for a bit, but hadn't found that thread!
as pgi pointed out at the end of that one, it is the power connectors that concern me, but I have a vague recollection of seeing the aqua computer block on one, just fitting! (you can see on the underside of that block that one of the screws, the one nearest the power input, is near enough flush to the edge of the block.
the reason I asked is that other brands (XSPC and EK in particular) looked like they probably wouldn't fit around the connector layout on the WindFarm.

I think the EK ones are probably out of the question anyway, unless I'm missing something: can you only connect hoses to the downward facing (for conventional ATX cases) side?