Need to make a decision on my GPU's

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:16

I have six choices I have been unable to make and I need help! I'm going to go with the most votes and finally put down money either tonight or tomorrow depending on the amount of responses! GPU choices for my water build are: -

1) Save money and keep my EVGA SC ref dedign 980 SLI cards and buy EK waterblocks for them for approx £216

2) Wait and buy 2x 980 Ti Hydro Coppers for approx £1260

3) Buy just 1x 980 Ti Hydro Copper or equivalent pre-watercooled card and overclock

4) Buy 2x EVGA 980 Ti cards from EVGA's site and add the watercooling myself for approx £1300

5) Buy two pre watercooled OCUK tech labs cards for approx £1366

6) Buy the cheapest reference 980 Ti's for approx £1020 and add watercooling myself for approx £226 - Total of £1246

I have spent over 4k on this build already, so saving money is good! I was also thinking I could get back some of the costs of options 2,3,4, 5 & 6 by selling my 980 GPU's on ebay!

Any help would be appreciated as I seem incapable of coming to a decision! Thanks in advance for the much needed help!

Spike

whyscotty · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:18

Option 6

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:20

whyscotty said:
Option 6

Sorry I should have mentioned this!

I have a 4k Gsync monitor

Edit - I see you went for option 6 anyways! The above was in response to what red I was gaming at! I believe we've spoken before about this haven't we?

razorpakk · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:21

6 indeed, you'll cover more than a single 980Ti selling your cards.

whyscotty · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:22

Others would disagree, but if I was going 4K it would be TX in Sli and not ti's

Reason, your spending a lot of dosh

I'd want to remove any chance of a vram bottle neck

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:24

Option 6 = 2 votes so far!

The only reason option 6 scares me is the messing around with the cards! I believe only EVGA covers warranty with changing the stock cooler? Also I'm worried about cards that may not clock well...

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:25

whyscotty said:
Others would disagree, but if I was going 4K it would be TX in Sli and not ti's

Reason, your spending a lot of dosh

I'd want to remove any chance of a vram bottle neck

Sorry not got the money for SLI TX I'm afraid!

whyscotty · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:26

Considering how fast out the box the cards are, overclocking would be the least of my concerns.

Then 6 it is

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:02

Can an inquire as to why a single watercooled and OC'd 980 Ti is out of the question? Would I not get close to the same performance I am getting now?

ukxenon · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:34

I am with the rest go for option 6

Gilbert89 · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:41

Option 6 or alternatively buy me a 980TI and you can have my 290X

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:42

For option 6 I can get 2x Zotac 980 Ti's from ocuk for 510 and add waterblocks for around £1246, whereas option 2 is only £14 more expensive has warranty and has the water cooling as standard? I really didn't expect 6 to get this much of a majority vote!

Mei · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:50

i think u gave ppl too many options
you confused the simple folk around here^^;

savagesam117 · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:53

You said you wanted to save money, option 6 saves you £14.

But 6, because.. You get nice EK boxes and the satisfaction of doing it.

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:54

Mei said:
i think u gave ppl too many options
you confused the simple folk around here^^;

Haha not sure if that's true? What would you choose? Maybe it's because the EVGA hydro coppers are so rare from the EVGA store? I think it's a 2 week wait for the next batch and there is no guarantee I'll get one for a while?

Quartz · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:58

7. Buy a pair of Hybrid 980 Ti cards (EVGA or Inno).

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:59

Quartz said:
7. Buy a pair of Hybrid 980 Ti cards (EVGA or Inno).

Not an option I'm afraid. Want my entire system to to be watercooled with rigid tubing! Got all the cooling apart from the cards

andicole0 · 4 Jul 2015 at 22:07

How does option 6 only cost £226 don't you have to buy the 980Ti's, even if you sell the 980's 2x980TIs and water cooling blocks will be more than that - won't it?

Andi.

spikerules · 4 Jul 2015 at 22:08

andicole0 said:
How does option 6 only cost £226 don't you have to buy the 980Ti's, even if you sell the 980's 2x980TIs and water cooling blocks will be more than that - won't it?

Andi.

I mean buy the cards then add the £226 on top! Let me change it to make more sense

Mei · 4 Jul 2015 at 22:11

spikerules said:
Haha not sure if that's true? What would you choose? Maybe it's because the EVGA hydro coppers are so rare from the EVGA store? I think it's a 2 week wait for the next batch and there is no guarantee I'll get one for a while?

well i dont benchmark i only game
and i play a lot of weird games
so id go the 1 card route and i trust the evga peeps
watercooling is about looks too tho so only if it fit in with my look

my use maybe not same as urs tho and you want/need the 2 card poweh!?