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which 1080ti for putting under water?
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Yep, so whatever you can get cheapest, unless you want to maintain your warranty in which case I think evga and gigabyte are most lenient.
Soldato
Depends the costs.
You need to calculate how much it will cost you to get the cheapest 1080ti + waterclock + backplate and compare it's price against a pre-watercooled card like the Aorus Waterforce (~835) or the MSI Seahawk
(that one goes around £800 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-33n-ms.html) or the EVGA Hydro Copper (~822)
Or if something like the Inno iChill Black with the AIO might be a better option.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...raphics-card-c108tb-1sdn-q6mnx-gx-06u-in.html
(review here
http://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/graphics/inno3d-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-ichill-black-review/1/ )
Also you need to consider warranty options, and if the manufacturer allows watercooling without losing the warranty like Gigabyte & EVGA.
Soldato
I think the cheapest card with waterblock warranty is the gigabyte founders. I'd get that plus a block as the stock backplate probably still works.
Pre waterblocked cards are fine but have very little resale value.
Pre waterblocked cards are fine but have very little resale value.
currently the MSI seahawk is on sale https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-33n-ms.html
Looks like it probably offers the best value option just at the moment.
Looks like it probably offers the best value option just at the moment.
Associate
Always gone evga on water builds. Although have found cards like the classifieds clock slightly higher if you after ultimate performance. But its still a lotto. Reference is easier to find a block and you often find the blocks easier to sell on later.
The voltage is hard limited, the clocks are not so you can avoid throttling and squeeze more out of it whilst doing so at very low temps under load. My 1080s will run at 2,138mhz and +400mhz memory at full load they are still only 38c in SLI.
I've seen the seahawks for as low as £680 which is a good buy... it looks like it's £949 here again which is way off.
A 1080ti is a lot to start with add the price of a water block on top and it's really expensive. You seem to hit the TDP wall with air cooling on Pascal, so unless the card are really loud I don't see any point.
Soldato
Very rarely do people water for an objective reason. It's mostly cause we can.
Seahawk EK X comes pre-blocked for that price. For the price elsewhere it's not nearly as bad...
Certainly on my 1080s I can push them further with water to the limit without any throttling due to minimal temperatures. I don't think many will be running consistently at over 2,100mhz with memory OC on air without some thermal throttling.
£680 is not bad? It's horrendous. Nvidia showed a reference 1080 at 2250Mhz.